Another good article in today’s Chronicle shows how designers of this year’s Sunset House in Menlo Park chose to cover an entire wall with art in the dining room.  The mosaic effect lends itself to San Francisco homes which can often be challenged by wall space.

Here are tips on how to hang multiple pieces of art on a single wall–

1. Consider painting the wall a contrasting color to give your pieces a good ‘pop.’

2. Map out how you want to place your pictures on the floor in front of the wall. The Sunset House designers spent two hours on this part.

3. Strive for a mix of small, medium and large pieces. If you go all small it will look tacky. Go all big and it becomes overwhelming.

4. Choose about three anchor pieces. This follows good design sense. Whether working with flowers, pictures or furniture, get the big pieces in place first, then add the smaller ones.

5. Start by aligning the outer edges and work your way in toward the center. Spacing can become irregular in the middle if all the outside edges of your mosaice are in lign with each other.

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