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How to Make Four Separate Wall Hangings out of One Enlarged Photo

You don't have to look too hard to find a variety of ways to add art to your home. One approach to creating four separate but related hanging art pieces is to take a large photo and create four smaller, individual photos from it. In creating the separate prints, you can make all four equal sizes, or you can make different-sized prints. If you decide to create different-sized prints, make sure they will each fit into premade mats and frames.

Things You'll Need

Photo trimmer, or cutting board and utility knife
Ruler or straight edge
Picture frames
Photo mats (optional)

Instructions

- 1
  Order a large enough print so you can create four prints that will be big enough to be visible from across the room. If you have an 11-by-14-inch print, you would be able to create four individual 5-by-7-inch prints.
- 2
  Use a photo trimmer to cut your image into four individual prints. A photo trimmer will provide a straight and even cut. Alternatively, use a cutting board and an extremely sharp utility knife to cut the photograph. If you choose to use a cutting board and utility knife, be sure to use a ruler or straight edge to make a straight cut.
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  Insert the four individual prints into their own frames. You can also use photographic mats, which create a border around the picture. Note that using a mat also increases the size of the frame, which will take up more space on your wall. If, for example, you have 5-by-7-inch pictures, these traditionally go into a mat that then fits an 8-by-10-inch frame.
- 4
  Hang the four pictures on your wall, arranging them so they look like the original picture, or separate them to create a different effect.

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