Height
Keep the centre of the print at eye level, roughly 145 cm from the floor. Galleries use this measure because a standing person sees the frame without looking up or down.
Over a sofa or a desk the rule changes: the bottom of the frame sits 15–20 cm above the furniture's top edge. Higher floats, lower gets bumped.
Measuring and the nail
- Turn the frame over and measure from the top edge down to the hanger. Call it x.
- Mark where the top of the frame should land: if the centre is at 145 cm, the top is 145 cm plus half the frame's height.
- Come down by x from that point and make a small pencil mark. That is where the nail goes.
- Drive the nail in at a 45 degree angle, tip pointing slightly up. That is how it carries the weight.
- Hang it, step back, straighten by eye or with a level. Two small felt pads behind the bottom corners keep it from drifting.
Pairs and threes
Two prints side by side take a 5 cm gap; align their centres, not their bottoms. That line is what makes different sizes read as one group.
Frames are a separate post. The short version: black or oak, a slim profile, a finger's width of mount around the print. Prints ship unframed; the frame below is one idea.
