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DINING ROOM WALL SCULPTURES - Types, Where To Buy, and How To Size
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Apr 11, 2025
In this video, I’m sharing some of my favorite dining room wall sculpture ideas—from modern metal art to organic wood pieces and sculptural wall panels that add texture and depth. Whether your style is minimal, glam, rustic, or somewhere in between, I’ve got inspiration to help you make a bold statement without overwhelming your space. ✨| FREE DOWNLOAD |✨ The Big List - 101 Places To Shop Home Decor Online https://diannedecor.com/the-big-list | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 00:57 Types of Wall Sculptures 06:40 Where To Buy 07:43 How To Size 13:07 Outro Featured in this video: Metal Wall Sculptures Aislinn Handmade Modern Abstract Wall Decor - https://sovrn.co/1isharz Belisa Metal Layered Abstract Home Wall Decor - https://sovrn.co/anfphjh Gold Metal Overlapping Lines Abstract Home Wall Decor - https://sovrn.co/kuiwe0r
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hi it's Lindsay Diane from
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dianecor.com In this video we're going
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to talk all about dining room wall
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sculptures We'll talk about the
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different styles that are available
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where to buy and how to properly size
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your wall sculpture for your particular
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dining room Let's get started The right
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wall decor can really transform your
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space And in a dining room you want
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something that stands out that's a
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conversation starter It's a place where
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people are really going to be sitting
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right in front of that artwork And so
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you want to make it really interesting
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and really bold And wall sculptures
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bring a three-dimensional element that
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can really make your wall stand out in a
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way that a flat 2D piece of wall art
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can't So in this video we're going to go
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through the different types of wall
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sculptures that you can find and then we
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will go on to talk about where you can
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buy them and how to properly size them
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for your space The first type of wall
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sculpture is going to be a metal
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sculpture Now these are going to give
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you more of an industrial modern vibe
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You're also going to find these in a
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limited amount of colors or finishes
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Because it's metal odds are you're going
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to see a silver toned Sometimes they may
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be um painted matte black but odds are
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you're going to get a silver or a bronze
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or a coppery kind of color with your
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metal wall sculpture Now these are great
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because you can get different styles of
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metal work You can have pieces that have
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been bent and forged into certain shapes
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You can find ones that have that
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hammered metal look to them There are a
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lot of different varieties within the
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metal wall sculpture family More often
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than not if you're searching for an
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abstract design you're going to find it
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in a metal wall sculpture These pieces
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of wall decor are of course easy to
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maintain It's sort of you install it and
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you don't really have to do much to it
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Occasionally you may need to do a little
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bit of dusting but that's uh few and far
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between For the most part these are a
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lowmaintenance piece The next type of
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wall sculpture is the wood wall
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sculpture So if you want to add some
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warmth and a more organic feel into your
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space consider going with a wood wall
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sculpture Of course you are going to
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find a quite a range of wood stains when
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you're going for something that is of
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course made out of wood So you may find
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something that's in a dark deep mahogany
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or you may find something that's in a
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pale sort of beachy gray driftwood color
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and everything in between When it comes
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to wood wall sculptures you just need to
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be a little bit mindful of whether or
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not this is a sealed piece You don't
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want too much moisture getting to it if
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it's not Um so know that going in when
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you read the description because if you
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are thinking maybe I want it on my patio
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for my dining room and the patio you may
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need to make sure that that piece is
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sealed to be able to withhold some
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moisture in the elements versus if
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you're just going to have it inside your
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home There are a lot of rustic reclaimed
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wood wall sculptures available So if you
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have that rustic or farmhouse or boho
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look this may be a great option for a
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wall sculpture for your dining room You
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can also use a wood wall sculpture to
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help complement the wood tones that are
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already in your space So your dining
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room table a u you know sideboard a
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buffet cabinet your dining room chairs
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Think about that when you are choosing
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the tone of wood for your dining room
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wall sculpture Next you have living
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walls Now these are usually made of a
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preserved moss or succulents or even
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some faux plants They are really a lot
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of fun to look at I particularly love
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this style of wall sculpture You can see
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them in a variety of different patterns
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and
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configurations You may find them framed
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in a large rectangular frame or you may
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find some that are more free form that
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hang on the wall Either way they're a
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great way to bring a lot of greenery
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into your space and have a really really
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interesting look Now you may have some
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care instructions that go along with
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your living wall sculpture although as
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far as I know it's not a lot of high
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maintenance for the moss You may have to
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spray it occasionally but um I would say
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definitely look at you know whoever
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you're purchasing it from see what the
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care instructions are More often than
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not you're just going to have some
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preserved moss that you don't need to do
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anything with or you have faux
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succulents inside of it that you really
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don't need to do anything with because
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they're artificial If you want to bring
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some vibrancy into your space and you
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really want to bring the outdoors inside
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a living wall sculpture is the way to go
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Last but not least are balls orbs and
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sets Now you will find a lot of wall
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sculptures that are actually being sold
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as individual pieces that are meant for
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you to put them together in a gallery
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wall style So they may be a single
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string of something or you may see these
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little orbs or little um you know
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squares that are slices of a tree trunk
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or something like that And they're meant
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to be hung in a series Sometimes they
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may be selling them in different sizes
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but odds are when you see these pieces
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and you see uh a beautiful array of the
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same item they're actually selling the
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individual item and you need to purchase
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multiples of that in order to get the
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look in the picture But they do make a
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really beautiful look especially if you
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have a large wall that you need to fill
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out A a piece of wall sculpture or a
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piece of artwork is only going to be but
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so big until it starts to come in panels
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However if you have individual pieces
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that you are assembling to create a
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display this is going to help you cover
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a larger area easily That being said you
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have to kind of pay attention to the
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pricing here because the individual
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items may be a little bit more expensive
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than you expect And when you're saying I
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want nine of them or 12 of them to make
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this really beautiful display it can add
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up quickly But the balls the orbs and
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the sets are another easy way to bring
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in a sculptural or 3D element into your
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dining room space So where can you find
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affordable wall sculptures the first
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place that you're going to want to look
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if you want something really unique is
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to go to Etsy Now the price can get a
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little bit high on some of these but for
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the most part they are very affordable
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at Etsy You can also find them at Bed
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Bath and Beyond which was um you know it
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has the overstock inventory kind of
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infused into it now So overstock is gone
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Overstock and Bed Bath and Beyond merged
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And so now it's just Bed Bath and Beyond
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They have a massive inventory because of
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their merger with Overstock And so this
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is a great place to find some wall
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sculptures particularly metal wall
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sculptures Wayfair is another good spot
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for these metal wall sculptures and the
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ones that come in sets like the balls
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and the orbs They have a large selection
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of those as well And then you're going
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to want to check Amazon Amazon is
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probably going to be the best as far as
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pricing is concerned out of all of these
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and you'll find a really wide variety
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here as well So once you've narrowed
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down your wall sculpture type you want
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to make sure that it's properly sized
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for your wall so you get the best impact
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out of that piece of artwork Now the
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conventional calculation for sizing wall
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art is to multiply the width of your
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wall by 6 and the height of your wall
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by6 This will give you the low-end range
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for how wide and tall your piece of
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artwork should be The high-end range is
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often said to be 75 So you would
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multiply the length by 75 and the height
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by 75 Now this is not the figure that
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I'm going to recommend to you and I will
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tell you
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why This particular figure does not take
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into consideration two very important
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things One you are in a dining room
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space an enclosed dining room space that
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is already mostly taken up by a table
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and chairs you do not have the space to
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sort of stand back and admire this piece
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as if you were in a gallery And because
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of that that sizing is off You are not
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going to want to measure your your
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height of your wall from the floor all
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the way up and then use 3/4 of that or
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even you know a 2/3 of that That's going
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to be way too big your painting is going
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to land at like your waist or your knees
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and that's way too low to be viewing
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even at standing height or at sitting
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height The second reason why I think
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that this figure or this calculation
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does not work for a dining room is that
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often we have sideboards in our dining
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room So you may have it to as a a buffet
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sideboard situation and you're storing
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dishes or you're using it to um house
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your serving platters or something like
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that you don't want artwork that's going
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to fall below that right you already
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have a piece of furniture here so you
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need to measure from that space up And
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again you're not going to go so far up
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that you're craning your head if you
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have a double height ceiling or
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something like that So I'm going to give
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you the figure and I'm going to show you
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why this figure works um on my screen So
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here's the calculation that I recommend
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You want to do the length of your wall
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time 6 And that will give you a rough
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estimation of how wide your artwork
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should be Now the height you're going to
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want to take your height of your wall
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For the most part the average wall
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height is probably going to be about 9
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ft If you're an older home you're
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probably going to have a u a lower
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ceiling Sometimes if you are in a more
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modern home and you have this double
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height ceiling you're not measuring all
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the way up the double height right just
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go with 9 ft and you should be good And
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you're going to want to subtract 4T from
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that 9 So if your wall is 9 ft subtract
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four because that's going to bring you
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to about the height of a side table or
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it's going to bring you to about waist
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level for a person And then take that
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figure So in our example 9 - 4 you're
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going to get 5
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ft* 6 and that is going to give me the
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rough estimate for a height for my wall
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sculpture I'm going to show you how it
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looks in an illustration here Um I'm in
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sort of an AutoCAD type um program and
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I'm going to show you how that lays out
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Okay so you can see here I have a
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elevation laid out for you I have my
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wall at 12 ft long and 9 ft high I have
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in here what would be the equivalent of
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an eightseater dining table So it's 8 ft
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long You can see I have three chairs
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lined up here in the elevation You would
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have two more chairs on either end and
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another three on the opposite side That
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would put you at eight seats
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altogether But what I want you to see is
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the size of the artwork here So you see
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this piece of artwork here I have gotten
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these dimensions by using the
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calculation of your 12 ft * 6 that got
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me to 7.2 or otherwise around 86 in and
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then the 9 ft - 4
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= 5 ft * 6 and that gets me 3T or
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otherwise 36 in And you can see how
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perfectly sized this piece of artwork is
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for the space It is large It's bold but
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it's not so big that it's hanging below
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the height of the chairs or so tall that
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someone who's standing is going to have
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to crane their neck up to see it So this
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is the calculation in action Feel free
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to use this I will put it in the
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description box below in case you just
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want to copy and paste it for your own
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reference That is how you would
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calculate the size of your wall
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sculpture So don't forget to explore the
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different types of wall sculptures the
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metal wood living walls and the balls
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orbs or sets Any of these would make a
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beautiful showpiece for a dining room
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and then go over to Amazon or Wayfair or
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Bed Bath and Beyond or Etsy and start
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checking some options out You should be
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able to find something for the average
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dining room under $400 for a wall
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sculpture These are well worth the
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investment and will really make a
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beautiful beautiful addition to your
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dining room I hope you found this
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helpful Don't forget to visit me at
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