What size painting should I hang above a sofa?
A common starting point is a work between two thirds and three quarters of the width of the sofa. It is a guide and not a rule: a strong single work can be smaller, and a large work can run wider.
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These are the starting points galleries and designers commonly use, worked out for your wall. They are a guide and not a rule, and a good work will sometimes break them.
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AB / FAQ
A common starting point is a work between two thirds and three quarters of the width of the sofa. It is a guide and not a rule: a strong single work can be smaller, and a large work can run wider.
A common practice in galleries is to hang a work so that its centre is about 145 to 150 centimetres from the floor. Above furniture, many people leave a gap of about 15 to 25 centimetres between the furniture and the bottom edge of the work.
Yes. The On Your Wall page lets you photograph your wall, mark one measurement you know, and see a work at true size. Nothing you upload leaves your device.
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AB / WORKS

Abstract
Prakash Bal Joshi. A square field worked in ultramarine, violet and teal, with a vermilion form rising through the centre and two dark verticals standing before it.

Devotional & narrative
Ramesh Gorjala. A turquoise face in profile, the tilak white against it, looks quietly out of the canvas.

Abstract
Sanjeev Sonpimpare. Two rounded figures, one in deep ultramarine and one in pale cornflower blue, hold each other in an embrace; a smaller dark-blue form nestles against the pale figure's sh.

Landscape, nature & trees
Swati. A view through a rain-covered window: a misty park in grey-green, dark trees massing at the right, and a pale path running across the middle distance with a single small.
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