| A Little Savvy with Framed Art Prints and
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| | distract!ing the viewer's eye away. They
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| Photographs
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| | should compliment the piece, not compete
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| Can Help Successfully Pull a Room
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| | for attention. And, finally, I suggest a
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| Together
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| | level and a good sturdy hammer, if you're
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| By Celeste Teresi DeSapri
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| | doing the hanging yourself.
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| Maybe you're restricted by an older
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| | Careful hanging, relationships, and
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| living space with existing furnishings,
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| | grouping will help give a professional
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| or overwhelmed by the possibilities a
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| | look. Unity is most important in bringing
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| stark new space may offer. Maybe you're
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| | a display of pictures, prints and
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| decorating with unlimited funds, or on a
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| | photographs together. Grouping frames for
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| shoe string budget. What ever the
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| | your walls are will give character to the
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| circumstances, framed art and prints can
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| | setting. Frames in the same color and
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| offer numerous solutions to decorating
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| | finishes unify a collection, even if
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| dilemmas, and they are often key elements
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| | pictures are of various shapes and sizes.
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| in bringing a room together.
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| | Framing different subjects with the same
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| To use framed art successfully, as wall
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| | color mount also helps unity.
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| décor, color, and grouping, proportions
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| | Placing all the items you wish to group
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| and hanging need to be given careful
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| | for a particular wall, on the floor in
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| consideration. Begin by thinking about
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| | that room is an easy way to visualize a
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| the feeling or mood you wish to convey.
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| | plan. You can rearrange the items until
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| Consider the colors and styles of
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| | you are satisfied. Then, step back and
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| existing furnishings, you may wish to
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| | check the arrangement, before going to
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| reinforce, contrast or complement
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| | the wall. Remember, a consistent spacing
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| especially those that would be difficult
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| | factor between each item is important.
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| or costly to change, such as flooring or
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| | Picture cords and large hooks may be
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| bathroom fixtures. Study the space
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| | hidden under bell cords, ribbons and
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| itself. Is it large and expansive, with
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| | decorative rosettes. For formal settings,
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| high ceilings, or small and intimate?
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| | chains can hang pictures on traditional
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| So, now that you've begun thinking about
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| | picture rods. Large, bold pictures can be
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| mood, space, color and placement, here
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| | further away, in more open rooms. Small
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| are some thoughts about materials and
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| | detailed pictures should be hung in
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| tools. If conservation is an important
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| | intimate halls and baths. The most common
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| concern, the matting material should be
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| | error made in hanging pictures is to hang
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| one hundred percent acid free rag board.
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| | them too high. Standing eye level of an
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| This is what museums use. Double mats may
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| | average person is fine for halls and
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| work well in situations where you want to
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| | entryways. In living and dinning rooms,
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| maximize an accent color. The accent
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| | pictures should be at eye level when
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| colored mat is usually placed under the
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| | seated.
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| lighter mat so only about one sixteenth
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| | Celeste is a free lance designer and
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| to one quarter inch (about three to five
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| | illustrator who earned her BFA degree,
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| centimeters) of it shows. Mats are
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| | with a major in illustration and a minor
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| usually four ply, but thicker, eight ply
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| | in portraiture, from the Cleveland
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| mats can really draw in the eye. They
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| | Institute of Art. Her works can be found
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| work best with photos and very small
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| | in various corporate and private
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| prints. Silk mats may be used in more
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| | collections as well as online at The
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| formal and classic situations. If a mat
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| | Northern Ohio Illustrator's Society where
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| is not used there are spacers, called
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| | she serves on the board.
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| fillets that may be used to prevent the
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| | For more works of art, please visit our
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| piece from touching the glass. This
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| | Art Gallery of Fine Prints and Posters
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| prevents condensation from forming. UV
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| | from Home to over 100,000 art prints and
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| glass does not prevent, but will cut down
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| | posters, easily sort able by artist and
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| the amount of fading, over time. Always
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| | style.
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| make sure your mat and frame are not
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