An extra large macrame wall hanging in this style ships in five lengths, 23.6 to 51.2 in (60 to 130 cm), and picking the right one comes down to what sits below the drop, not the wall above it. Houseland's version is a single narrow banner on a wooden dowel, sold as one length and one color per order, on a rod that runs about 7.9 in (20 cm) wide on the longer lengths.
Ten option names cover those five lengths, and each ships as one of two looks: an airy open chevron, or a dense knotted panel. Get the length wrong and the piece either stops short of the furniture it's meant to answer or crowds a footboard it should clear; get the look wrong and a see-through zigzag ends up where a solid panel was wanted, or the reverse.
What lengths does an extra large macrame wall hanging come in?
Five: 23.6 in (60 cm), 27.6 in (70 cm), 35.4 in (90 cm), 43.3 in (110 cm) and 51.2 in (130 cm), read directly from the ten option names on the listing. The rod is about 7.9 in (20 cm) on the four longer lengths and about 5.9 in (15 cm) on the 23.6 in (60 cm) length.
| Length | Rod width | Best gap for it |
|---|---|---|
| 23.6 in (60 cm) | About 5.9 in (15 cm) | Short — above a nightstand or beside a doorway |
| 27.6 in (70 cm) | About 7.9 in (20 cm) | Short-to-mid — nightstand or a narrow gap beside furniture |
| 35.4 in (90 cm) | About 7.9 in (20 cm) | Headboard wall with a footboard or low dresser below |
| 43.3 in (110 cm) | About 7.9 in (20 cm) | Tall run — stairwell or two-story entry |
| 51.2 in (130 cm) | About 7.9 in (20 cm) | Genuinely tall wall — stairwell or entry with nothing below |
How do you measure the right drop before you order?
Measure straight down from your planned hanging point to the top of whatever sits below it, leave about a hand's width — roughly 4 in (10 cm), per the product page's hanging note — and match what's left to the closest length.
- Mark the hook height first, usually at or a little above eye level — a range Houseland's own hanging-height guide puts at 57 to 60 in to the center of the piece.
- Measure straight down from that mark to the top of the furniture, radiator or floor the piece will end above.
- Leave about a hand's width, roughly 4 in (10 cm), of clearance below that point.
- Match what's left to the closest length at or under that figure — 23.6, 27.6, 35.4, 43.3 or 51.2 in — rounding down, not up, if you land between two.
- If width, not height, is the open question on your wall, work through measuring wall art in three numbers before committing to a single narrow banner.
Which length suits which spot in the room?
Match length to what's actually below the gap, not to the room's general size.
- Nightstand or bedside gap: 23.6 to 27.6 in (60-70 cm). Measure from your planned hook point down to the nightstand's own top surface, not the floor, since that's the surface the fringe needs to clear, and leave a hand's width above it.
- Headboard wall: 35.4 in (90 cm), the length shown beside a headboard in the listing's photos, above a footboard or a low dresser.
- Beside a doorway: any of the five lengths, because the constraint there is width, not drop — a standard interior door runs about 80 in (203 cm) to the top of the frame, past even the longest 51.2 in option, so it's the narrow rod that lets this banner sit in a gap a wider tapestry can't, not the length.
- Stairwell or two-story entry: 43.3 or 51.2 in (110 or 130 cm), the two lengths built for a genuinely tall run of wall rather than a single-story room.
What's the difference between the two knotting styles?
Two looks ship under this listing's ten option names. An open chevron banner is a zigzag of diamond outlines in thin cord, with the wall showing through the gaps. A dense knotted panel is a solid run of knotted diamonds with small eyelets and almost no gap, reading as a single block of texture from across a room. Color and length are named on each option; check the photo on that option before you order to see which look you're choosing.
Recommended for this use case: a reader filling a headboard wall with a footboard or a low dresser underneath suits the 35.4 in (90 cm) length in one of the dense-panel colors — mustard yellow, rust orange or undyed cream — for a solid block of texture above the pillows rather than the airier chevron look.
From the shop
Huge Macrame Wall Hanging, 20 cm Wide Banner in 5 Lengths, 10 Styles
Best for a headboard wall or a narrow doorway gap: five lengths from 23.6 to 51.2 in (60-130 cm), with the rod narrowing to about 5.9 in (15 cm) on the shortest length; no hanging hardware included, so budget for a hook rated with margin.
View the 8 in wide macrame banner — dimensions & current priceWhat should you know before you hang it?
It hangs from a single cord loop at the top of the dowel, and no hook, nail or adhesive strip ships with it. Use a hook rated comfortably above the piece, not an adhesive strip at its limit, and expect the cord to carry a slight travel-wave out of the packaging that settles into a straighter hang over the first few days. No depth-off-the-wall figure is published either, so plan on it sitting flat and close, the way a knotted cord piece over a thin dowel typically does.
How do you hang it without hardware or drilling into a stud?
There's one hanging point on every length: the cord loop already tied at the top of the dowel. Plan on supplying your own hook, since none is included — Houseland's picture-hook and wall-anchor guide covers picking one for pieces in this weight class.
- Use the hook height from the measuring steps above.
- Check the wall type — drywall, plaster or masonry — before choosing a fastener, since each needs a different hook or anchor.
- Pick a hook rated above what the piece looks like it weighs, since no figure is published for any length.
- Hang the cord loop directly on the hook; there's no bracket or second fixing point to align.
- Give it a day to settle before combing the fringe on the dense-panel styles.
None of this changes across the five lengths — only the hook height moves.
What if none of these lengths fit your wall?
A wall that's wide rather than tall — a blank run above a sofa with no furniture below to stop at — isn't what this shape solves. The rod stays narrow at every length, so a wider tapestry or a piece built for horizontal coverage suits that wall better than a longer version of this banner. Houseland's wall art collection carries wider shapes for that case.
For full wall coverage with no gaps, choose one of the dense-panel colors — mustard yellow, rust orange or undyed cream — at 35.4, 43.3 or 51.2 in (90, 110 or 130 cm), and check the photo on that option before ordering to confirm the look.
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