Have you ever walked into a room and felt like that picture is hung too high or too low? It might not even be the artwork itself. It might just be where it has been placed.
Many professional installers will use the 57-inch rule as their baseline. Here the centre of the artwork is positioned near average eye-level. This creates balance and comfort for how you look at the artwork.
What is the 57-Inch Rule?
The 57-inch rule refers to where the centre of a work is measured from the floor: right at about 57 inches − or around 145 CM.
The key one is that the measurement is to the centre of the work, and not the top...
