Guide
How to hang three prints together
Simple rules for a set of three: hanging height, spacing, choosing prints that belong together, and frames. With three ready-made room sets of vintage prints.
Three prints in a row is the easiest gallery wall to get right. It fills a sofa wall, a bed head or a sideboard, and it needs only one measurement and one rule.
Height
Hang the group so its centre is at about eye level, roughly 145–150 cm (57–60 in) from the floor. Above furniture, leave about 20–25 cm (8–10 in) between the furniture and the bottom of the frames, and make the whole group about two thirds of the furniture’s width.
Spacing
Keep the gaps between frames small and equal: 5–8 cm (2–3 in) is a good range. Small gaps make three frames read as one picture; large gaps make them drift apart.
Choosing three that belong together
- Share one thing. Same colour, same technique or same subject: three blues, three dark grounds, three flowers.
- Vary one thing. A dark print between two light ones, or a landscape between two portraits, gives the row a centre.
- Same proportion. Print all three from the same file ratio (all 4:5, for example) so the frames match.
Frames
Use one frame style for all three, or two that alternate (wood, black, wood). A white mat makes small prints look larger and more finished.
Ready-made sets
Our room sets are chosen with these rules: Blue Garden (blue and pale, a photogram in the middle), Istanbul in Blue (Iznik blues, Ottoman scenes) and Low Light (three dark grounds for a warm room). Each costs less than buying the three prints separately.