Decorate loft wall overlooking Great Room (ceiling, photos, ceilings, doors)

[islander03]

We have a loft that overlooks the Great Room. See attached photo.

What type of photos, prints, artwork, or decorations do you recommend to hang on the partial wall?

Thanks!

[Pitt Chick]

Whatever type you personally like!

I would not be in a rush to do that wall. Looks like there are plenty of other (larger) surfaces to concentrate on.
First thing I would do it paint.

[Kayekaye]

Yes, fill the rest of the room first then think about it. It might be a good place for a tapestry.

[silibran]

These sorts of walls are tricky. I had a vaulted ceiling in a great room, and it took me years to figure out how to hang things in it.

I advise locating the horizontal "lines" formed by the tops of doorways, windows and entranceways that should stretch around the room, or most of the room. One hopes that they all line up. You use that imaginary line that stretches between the tops as a guide for hanging things. Hang things above, below or occasionally overlapping the line between the doorways.

But you reference that "line" when you hang things. In one case I hung blue and white plates with the bottom rims lined up with the "line" between the top of a window and a door. The largest plate was hung deliberately to overlap the bottom a bit--for interest. I lined bookshelves up with the top of the lowest wall, which was also the top of the hallway entrance. Try to establish a flow around the room, referencing the line that stretches between the tops of the doors, if possible.

You can hang big things above the line, and small things below. You can hang an enormous thing smack in the middle. But reference the line subtly using the tops of your furniture and the things you hang. For taller furniture that isn't quite tall enough, add something at the top to reach that "line." Try to have a couple of furniture pieces that are tall enough to be close to that "line."

I know this sounds sort of dumb. But this works for vaulted ceilings.