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LPT: Hang pictures on your wall at 57” on center, which is the standard gallery viewing height.
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You’ve probably been hanging them too high, and it will feel weird at first!
57” (145cm) puts pictures right at an optimal position, and is the accepted “standard gallery” viewing height. When you use this as a standard, your living space will look much cozier. There is always an exception of course but this is a good rule of thumb.
Do a little math to figure out where to poke your hole on the wall:
- Measure your picture’s height and halve it.
- Figure out how far the distance from the top edge of the picture is to what the picture will actually hang on. Sometimes that’s a piece of wire - take your finger and pull the wire up like it’s hanging on a wall, and measure from your finger to the top of the frame. Or, if it’s a hanging clip, measure the distance from the top of the clip to the top of the frame. Subtract this from the first value.
- Add 57 if working in inches, (or 145 if working in centimeters)
Example:
I have a picture that’s 24” tall. Half of that is 12”. The hanging wire when fully taught leaves 3.25” from the top of the picture.
So, 12 - 3.25 + 57 = 65.75”
Measure up from the floor 65.75” and make your hole!
Edit: I was informed about the error in my original math, and have corrected it
Edit: I never imagined how sensitive people would be over this tip, it’s not a law, it just looks nice when you do it lol
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My general approach to picture hanging height is "oh, the previous tenant has left a nail there." :P
Might give this a go in some spots when I redecorate.
But the math is wrong.
You go up 57", then go up half the frame height. That puts you at the upper edge of the frame.
You then have to go down the distance to the mounting point from the top. So you substract that one. Not add it all.
OP's example should be 57+12-3.25=65.75
Daily Song Discussion #57: Dark Center of the Universe
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This is the third track from Modest Mouse’s third album, The Moon & Antarctica. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? What’s your favorite live performance of the song? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?
SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.
Rating Results
- 3rd Planet: 9.7/10
- Gravity Rides Everything: 9.39/10
- Dark Center of the Universe: 9.01/10
Top Comment: I don’t think there is a better start to an album than the first 3 songs on moon and Antarctica. It’s hard to pick a favorite lyric but I’ll go with “Everyone's life ends but no one ever completes it. Dry and wet ice, they both melt And you're equally cheated”. I believe I’ve only seen it performed 2 or maybe 3 times out of 13 shows but September 01-2022 was magical, maybe it was the lsd lol. I’ll give it a 9 out of 10, such a banger!