I took pictures of all my artwork, uploaded the pics and cropped them, then rearranged them virtually until I was happy with the arrangement. Mine are all over the map in terms of frame styles, mat colors, sizes, etc., but I ended up with an arrangement I like.

I don't really have any general rules, but I do think it helps to pick your favorite one or the one you want to be the focal point and put it up first. Then build from there and place other frames around it. It's really your preference on how you want them arranged.

I always do like cawaps. For some reason the trial arrangements look better on screen than they do on the wall. And the on screen saves a lot of holes in the wall. I sew so I always use either old sewing machine needles or a couple of straight pins to hold pictures if I can. Tiny holes.

If you have the floor space, play with them on the floor until you get an arrangement you like. You can choose whether you want to lay out the pieces to create an invisible shape like a rectangle:

London's Big Girl Room · 詳細

or here where they used the walls and the sofa to create 3 strong edges:

Transitional Living Room · 詳細

or here where they created a diamond shape:

City Apartment · 詳細

or here, an oval:

Decorist Celebrity Designer Joni Lay · 詳細

Or you can go for a very random edge:

Dallas, TX: Sara & Rocky Garza · 詳細

As in this example, you can make the furnishings be a part of the arrangement....

Living Room · 詳細

Another alternative is, if you have enough, then fill the wall:

Traditional Residence · 詳細

What you want to notice is balance and scale and, when doing disparate pieces, to make sure they are random enough so it doesn't look like 1 or 2 are misplaced. Look at things like size, shape, colors, frames, and the amount of "white space" you leave around each piece.

Hanging them as a group will make them seem more important.

Look up "gallery wall" on Pinterest. The best of them have some underlying unifying factor: symmetry, subject matter, shape of the outline of the group.

Annie, that's exactly what I had in mind. Thanks so much!