Tips to Decorate a Large Living Room Wall!

If you have a large, naked wall in your living room, you might be stumped over how to dress it up. But there are many options for decorating a big wall in a living room, none of which need to be complicated. You can hang framed art, tapestries, paint it, or use adhesive mural to make it pretty. You just need to know what option you like and how to do it.

1.Hang multiple pieces of art on the wall for variety. Hang a line of medium-sized canvas paintings, photos, or other art in identical frames along the wall for a symmetrical look. This would look good between two windows or two doors. As a rule of thumb, art should be hung at eye level, but not if the ceiling is low. A low ceiling height is considered 8 to 9 feet (2.4 to 2.7 m). If you’re hanging a collection of art, hang it as though it were one piece, as opposed to individual pieces. Pinterest and home decor magazines can provide a lot of inspiration for arranging your wall art, especially if you want to create a gallery wall.

2.Hang a large piece of art to create a focal point. The center point should be at eye level. When hanging art above furniture, leave at least 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) of space between the top of the furniture and the bottom of the art. If you hang art above a sofa or another piece of furniture, its width shouldn’t span more than 2/3 the width of the length of your sofa. If the art is larger than the piece of furniture, the furniture will look too small. If you’re mounting above a fireplace, the art’s width should fall between the length of the fireplace opening and the length of the mantelpiece. 

3.Make a gallery arrangement for an artsy vibe. Print your favorite photographs and hang them at different heights to make an art gallery look in your living room. When grouping 4 or more pieces 1 above the other, the art should be visually balanced on both sides of an imaginary vertical line. So too many larger frames on one side of the imaginary line will unbalance the arrangement. For instance, if there are only large frames on the right side of the arrangement, and only small frames on the left, it would look clumsy. Make sure the art is similar in color scheme, subject matter, or frame style. You should also coordinate the artwork with your living room’s color scheme. You may change the art in your gallery wall over time to accommodate bigger, smaller, or different artwork without it becoming outdated or mismatched.

It's okay for your gallery wall to start small and grow over time. Add more frames as you get more photos or art to hang.