15 Unconventional Ways to Display Framed Art

We picked up a friend at someone's house. Seated in the living room, waiting for our friend to come downstairs, we, of course, looked around. And there, on the ceiling, was a painting. This look was very popular in the Renaissance. Nowadays? Not so much. But, after we got over tossing the logistics around in our head (What if there's an earthquake? What kind of hooks do you use? How do you dust it?), we decided we liked the idea. Alternatives to the eye-level, wall hung convention after the jump...

On a door
On the ceiling
On a cabinet
On the side of bureau
On the railings of a porch
Tucked into a bookshelf
Hanging from a dresser drawer
Covered with glass and used as serving tray
Inside the closet
Very high up on the wall
On the exterior walls of the house
Hanging from a lampshade
Secreted inside a drawer
Thickly stacked from floor to ceiling
Along the floor, at base of a wall

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[image courtesy Tony Duquette.com]

Comments (5)

one of my paintings is on a thick piece of plywood. same dimensions as a shelf from a wide bookshelf. i suspended the painting face-down on brackets above my closet door to provide extra near-ceiling storage. you got to see the painting and it did double duty as a storage shelf! i've since taken it down (thanks to a purge of the stored items, yay!) and it's now standing vertically against the wall in my entryway. i'm going to keep it there for now.

posted by *heather leaf* on February 26th 2008 at 8:43am
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In a one room loft, but with lots of art and little wall space, you have to get creative! We have some up high, above the entrance to the bathroom, tucked amongst books, and along a wardrobe. We have a great Japanese screen hanging over our circuit board (which is otherwise very visible).

posted by renee c.f. on February 26th 2008 at 9:00am
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This is a great post, and I'd love to see more examples of unusual hanging, especially when dealing with funky spaces. I have a few of my own to share:

Taxidermy fish high above the mantel:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualingual/2099436470/in/set-72157594505190197/

Japanese scroll high above the stairs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualingual/2294835182/in/set-72157594505190197/

Wall of screenprinting screens, in lieu of storing them away:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualingual/2294835186/in/set-72157594505190197/

posted by visualingual on February 26th 2008 at 11:39am
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I love this post!

posted by design_scouting on February 27th 2008 at 7:01pm
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Oh Gawd!!!
I LOVE that room!!!!

posted by polychrome1 on April 25th 2008 at 2:35pm
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