{"id":31573,"date":"2020-08-27T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=31573"},"modified":"2020-08-27T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:01:04","slug":"hanging-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/hanging-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Pictures: Too Much Art. Not Enough Wall Space. Sheltering at Home Week 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Too much art. What do we do with it all? In the foreground, an antique quilt that we’ve never had a big enough spot for. But now, with the kitchen wall gone — we’ve got a huge, long wall in the dining room. Photos by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 26, 2020. Sheltering at Home Week 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remodel is done. The furniture is back in the house. The carpets are laid. And now it’s time for the hard part: Hanging pictures.<\/p>\n

Which of the dozens of paintings, photos, quilts and rugs we’ve collected over the years should we hang on our walls — and where?<\/p>\n

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“New Beginnings,” a painting by my college friend Melissa Bisbee Orme,<\/a> could brighten up our dark den. Behind it, one of my own (amateur) paintings and Christina’s wedding portrait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A couple of weeks ago, Jon and I spent an entire Sunday on the picture-hanging project. We got as far as pulling everything out of storage and propping it up against walls and furniture all over the house.<\/p>\n

By day’s end, we had managed to put up only one item, our Navajo rug. It now hangs in the living room over the new mantel.<\/p>\n

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The Ganado Red Navajo rug. In real life it looks dingy in this spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trouble is, the Navajo rug has aged a bit since we first acquired it. The whites aren’t white anymore and it looks dingy next to the newly painted, bright white fireplace.<\/p>\n

In other words, one day’s work, zero pictures on the walls. At this rate, we’ll be hanging pictures, and taking them down, for weeks to come.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the living room is a veritable art museum of paintings, posters, quilts, photos, lithographs and giclees.<\/p>\n

I kinda like it.<\/p>\n

Help! Leave a comment below and let us know how you decide how and where to hang your art work. Does everyone in the house agree on what to put where? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

More about that wall we took away at “Too Many Walls, Not Enough Bathrooms.”<\/a>\u00a0 Next time you’re in Hungary, surround yourself with beauty at “Matthias Church — Budapest’s Splashy, Gorgeous, Over-the-Top Church.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Christina painted this when she was 8. Hang it in her old bedroom?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My father’s paternal grandmother, Agnes Falconer. I’ve had giclees made of this photo and of other ancestors, but have yet to send them to my cousins. Gotta do that! She’ll hang in my office for inspiration — and Victorian rigor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This retablo of Joseph with the Baby Jesus and its metalwork frame come from Chimayo, New Mexico. A spot by the front door?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A thangka of the Avalokite\u015bvara Buddha from a trip to Nepal. Hang him next to Joseph and the Baby Jesus and listen in on the conversation?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My father’s maternal grandmother drew this picture of my grandmother<\/a> more than a century ago. This little girl’s got presence. She can hold the space between the two big sliding doors in the living-dining room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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