How to Mix and Match Your Art to Create the Perfect 'Salon-Style' Hang

2. Mix and match

Like we said earlier, the mix is the most important thing. When thinking about your salon space you need to make sure you keep it interesting by mixing and matching different styles, frames, sizes and colours. Place a tiny black and white line drawing next to a framed retro poster, style a colourful collage next to a simple photo.

Pay attention to the colours of your artworks as well as the frames they are in, the more diverse the better. The idea of a salon hang is to show off your personality, so don’t be afraid to group disparate things next to each other. Lay it all out on the floor to see how it looks together, adding and subtracting pictures as you go until you get your perfect match.

4. Start big

The first thing you hang, and the focal point of your whole wall, should be the biggest and most important picture. That one goes in the centre, and from there you can work outwards. Make sure that the focal point is hanging in your eye line, which is where it will make the most impression.

From there, you can start grouping smaller pictures next to it. Continue to work from the inside to the outside, hanging each of your salon artworks as you go.

5. The one rule

There’s only one rule with a salon hang, and it is this: Big pictures in the centre. Don’t hang your largest artworks on the outside of your salon, as they will throw off the alignment of your gallery. Keep them in the middle and hang smaller pieces on the edges. This will help your salon feel ‘complete’ and hemmed in, even if you plan to keep adding to it as you go. Happy picture hanging, everybody!