• Wall Art Size Guide (Australia)

Wall Art Size Guide (Australia)

Every measurement here is in centimetres, because you are hanging art in Australia, not converting inches in your head. Rule of thumb before anything else: go one size bigger than your first instinct. Small art on a big wall is the most common regret we hear about.

Canvas sizes at a glance

  • 20x30 cm (8x12"): desks, shelves and small nooks. Sits happily leaning against a wall rather than hung.
  • 30x40 cm (12x16"): hallways, above side tables, or as the supporting piece in a set.
  • 40x50 cm (16x20"): the most popular pick. Right above a desk or monitor, readable without dominating.
  • 50x70 cm (20x28"): statement piece for an office or gym wall, readable from across the room.
  • 70x100 cm (28x40"): the whole wall is the frame. One of these carries a room on its own.

Room by room

  • Above a desk or monitor: 40x50 cm or 50x70 cm, hung so the centre of the canvas sits at eye level when you are standing, roughly 145 to 155 cm from the floor.
  • Above a couch or bed: art should span 60 to 75 percent of the furniture width. For a standard 2.2 m couch, that means one 70x100 cm piece or a set of three 40x50 cm canvases with 8 to 10 cm gaps.
  • Home gym or garage: 50x70 cm minimum. You are reading it mid-set from metres away, not admiring it up close.
  • Hallways: 30x40 cm pieces in a row work better than one large piece, since you view them side-on while moving.
  • Video call background: 40x50 cm hung just above head height in frame. Sharp typography reads well on camera; busy art turns to noise.

Building a set

Two or three pieces in a row read like a personal code, and it is exactly how our buy-two-get-the-third-free offer is meant to be used. Keep gaps consistent at 8 to 10 cm, align the tops rather than the centres for pieces of different heights, and keep one visual style per wall.

Hanging heights that always work

  • Single piece on an empty wall: centre at 145 to 155 cm from the floor.
  • Above furniture: leave 15 to 25 cm between the furniture top and the canvas bottom.
  • Sets: treat the whole set as one shape, then centre that shape using the rules above.

Still unsure? Email hello@hustleandsoul.co with a photo of your wall and rough measurements, and we will tell you straight which size fits. No upselling, just the honest answer.