Pick a photo with people in it. They see the building every day.
The house is there every day; the people are the subject. A waist-up shot of two sits evenly inside a 50 by 50 square, which is the most balanced framing of all. A child's photo counts too, as long as the face is large.
Silhouettes are among the most flattering shapes for brick. The figures become one solid dark mass, the evening sky takes most of the 50 by 50 board, and roughly 40 shades lay the gradient. From down a hallway it reads as depth.
For someone you know less well, a landscape is more tactful than a portrait. Mountains, lakes, fields of flowers are broad areas of colour, and a 2:1 panorama hangs well above a sofa. The gradient comes out naturally.
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Vases, cushions and framed prints are guesses about someone else's taste, made before they have finished deciding it themselves. A photograph of their own life is the one wall object that cannot clash.
Arriving at a housewarming holding something large means the host has to find somewhere for it while managing a room full of people. Sending it a few days later gets a better reception.
A first place carries more weight than a fifth move. It is the one where people photograph the empty rooms before the furniture arrives, and the one where a wall piece gets remembered.
Plenty of new places do not allow holes in the walls. A framed piece that leans on a shelf or a mantel avoids that entirely, which is worth checking before choosing the larger size.
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The most popular size
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A statement piece for the living room
Living room wall, 50cm. Hallway or office, 40cm
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The problem with the usual list is that all of it is consumable or decorative. Something built from their own photo is neither, which is why it is still on the wall a year later.
One piece with both of them in it does more than two separate items. It is also the first thing in the house that belongs to both of them.
Living room walls take the 50cm. The 40cm suits a hallway, a shelf or a home office, where people stand closer and the piece does not compete with furniture.
