Guides / Living room · Published 2026-10-28
Art above a sofa: two-thirds wide, 8–10″ above
Most art above a sofa is hung too high.
The rules: art about two-thirds the width of the sofa (an 84″ sofa takes about 56″ of art), with the bottom 8–10″ above the sofa back so they read as one group. On a bare wall, centre art at 57–60″ from the floor instead. Gallery walls count as one rectangle, with 2–3″ between frames.
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