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Arranging and Hanging Artwork
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Tips on using artwork as a finishing touch for your home. How to hang art, choose prints and posters, collect original art, and arrange pictures.

"28 Tips for Hanging Artwork"
Hanging artwork baffles many home decorators. How high should a picture be hung on the wall, what color should the matting be, and how can you decide what goes where? Find answers here, in 14 pages of illustrated quick tips on hanging art.

"Decorative Solutions Using Art"
  See how art can visually open up a space, add personality, color, and get techniques for using art to solve common decorating dilemmas.

"Artwork on a Budget"
No budget for artwork? No problem! Choose from these ideas for free, and almost free, ideas to create your own custom artwork for your home.

"Decorative Solutions Using Art"
See how art can visually open up a space, add personality, color, and get techniques for using art to solve common decorating dilemmas.

Artwork in Large Rooms on HGTV
Tips on hanging small art pieces within a larger empty frame hung on a wall. From HGTV's Room by Room.

Arranging Art: Picture Perfect Arrangements
Excellent mini tutorial on arranging art on your walls. Several photos illustrate chair, stairway, sofa, vertical and corner arrangement principles. See all 4 pages!

Art Display Essentials
A great place to look for pillars, stands, picture hanging, easels, plate stands, and display accessories.

Art Lighting
Article and photos about proper lighting on artwork in a home.

Buying Fine Art
Advice and information on buying fine art in this article from Business Week.

Art Online
Some of the many terrific Internet sources for buying art, posters, and prints, online.

Care of Artwork
Good list of tips on caring for art, where to hang it, how to protect it, and more.

Design an Art Collage Best of the Net
Some great tips and techniques to help you hang a grouping of many objects and art.

Arranging Prints How-to
Tips on displaying and hanging artwork and prints, from iHomeDecor.com.

Displaying Art from HGTV
A list of articles, projects, and how-tos from HGTV's website -- all focused on displaying artwork.

Focal Point
Notice how the arrangement of pictures provides a focal point above the sofa in these before and after photos.

Do It Yourself Framing
Advice on framing and matting your own artwork, needlework, and crafts. From Decorating Plus.

Framing Tips
Expert tips on framing art for the least damage. Also, on using frames to hold a variety of objects including letters, collectibles, and family heirlooms.

Hang Up Help from Digs Magazine
Three pages of tips and info on hanging wall art.

Hanging Heavy Objects from Walls from BHG Online
Two illustrations (see all pages in the story) show how to securely hang heavy pictures and artwork.

Hanging Art
Steps to selecting, planning, and hanging pictures.

Hanging Light Objects from Walls from BHG Online
Illustrates two methods of hanging small and lightweight artwork on the wall.

How-to Hang a Picture
Step-by-step instructions with drawings to walk you through the process of hanging a picture.

French Mat Instructions from Southern Living
How to embellish artwork with a mat decorated with paint and ink pens.

Hanging Medium-Weight Objects on Walls from BHG Online
Four quick pages of illustrations on the best ways to hang mirrors and artwork on the wall.

Mirror Arrangement
Photo of a variety of mirrors, hung over a side table.

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