Hanging guides

The numbers behind hanging art properly - the same ones Murello uses to render a piece on your wall at its real size.

• How high to hang a picture

  Centre at 145 cm, and the gap that overrules it above furniture.

• What size art above a sofa

  Two thirds of the sofa width, with the numbers for every common size.

• What size art above a bed

  Two thirds of the bed width, and never wider than the headboard.

• Gallery wall spacing

  5-8 cm between frames, and how to size the whole group.

• How to hang art without nails

  Where adhesive strips work, where they fail, and what to do on plaster.

• Print sizes and resolution

  A-sizes in centimetres, and how many pixels each one actually needs.