When you re hanging something above a table or chair leave no more than 12 between the surface and the end of your frame.
How to hang a picture on a wall height.
For a standard 8 foot high gallery wall viewed from a standing position the optimal position for a painting or piece of art is eye level.
Framing a picture can make or break a room.
Say the right height to hang the center of your artwork is 57 inches.
If the art is in a room where you ll mostly be seated like in a dining room you can hang it on the low end of the eye level range.
Feel more than capable of hammering a nail into a wall to hang a picture.
If you re hanging smaller frames try to find narrow walls or hang a collection of pictures in order for your wall to be balanced.
If you want to hang a gallery wall you can still use the 57 inches rule just measure the entire collection of frames as the height and width.
Place the artwork so that its center is roughly 57 inches to 63 inches above the floor.
Pictures are the first.
There is a right height to hang a picture.
This is particularly true for pictures hanging in a foyer or hallway.
Over my protruding fire place i hang them to horizontal center leaving four or so inches on each side depending on frame size and then leave an equal amount of space below to the fire place.
If you plan to hang a group of pictures arrange the prints so that the center of the arrangement is at eye level.
On an open wall i have a gallery wall in my foyer i hang them so the vertical center is at my eye hight about 66.
If you wish you can deviate from the formula when hanging artwork above a couch.