Cowboy Wall Art for the Living Room: Prints That Hold the Wall
Most living room art fails for one reason: it is too small. Here is how to size cowboy prints over a sofa, pick a frame, and choose a piece that holds the room.
By the Frontier Prints team · Published
Size it for the sofa first
Art over a sofa should fill about two thirds of the sofa width. For a standard three seat sofa, that is a 24x36, or two 18x24s hung side by side with two inches between. Center it 57 to 60 inches off the floor and leave 8 to 10 inches above the sofa back. Landscape pieces like Saddle Ready and Desert Dusk Rider sit well over a long sofa. Tall pieces like Lone Rider are better over an armchair. The full math is in our size and frame guide.
- Black frames sharpen graphic prints and keep bold line work crisp.
- Walnut and natural wood warm up leather furniture and painterly pieces.
- White frames keep a light room light. Add the slim white mat for a little air around the image.
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Admit One
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Long Way Home
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Saddle Ready
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Dust-Off
From $40.00
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Ride of the West
From $40.00
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Lone Rider
From $40.00
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Rain Check
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Ride or Die
From $40.00
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Split Reins
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Brush Down
From $40.00
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Desert Dusk Rider
From $40.00
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Fence Line Family
From $40.00
Cowboys and cowgirls wall art ideas for a living room
Pick one anchor, then keep the rest quiet. Long Way Home and Dust-Off carry a wall on their own. For a gallery wall, pair one large piece with two smaller ones and repeat a color: the burnt orange in Admit One echoes the sunset in Fence Line Family. More layouts live in our gallery wall ideas and cowboy wall art ideas.
Questions and answers
What size cowboy wall art works best over a living room sofa?
For most sofas, a 24x36 or a pair of 18x24s covers about two thirds of the width. A framed 24x36 is $350, or $370 with the slim white mat. A framed 18x24 is $250, or $270 with the mat.
Do framed prints arrive ready to hang?
Yes. Framed pieces are framed by hand in Phoenix, ship flat in a protective box, and arrive ready to hang. The front is acrylic or styrene, never glass, so a big piece over the sofa stays light.
How much is shipping on a large framed cowboy print?
Orders with a framed piece pay postage for every box, quoted at checkout from your ZIP code. Most ship by USPS. The 36x48 ships by UPS because it is too big for USPS. We ship to US addresses only.