How To Hang A Picture On The Wall Straight

Anchors are available with hooks to hang pictures and with special hooks to hang mirrors.

How to hang a picture on the wall straight. You can buy packages of 1 8 in. Use a level to make sure your tape is perfectly straight. If you are using one or two picture hangers and wire strung on the back of the frame hang the picture and then use the level to make it straight. Hammer your nails in on the dots you previously marked.

Here are five favorite tips for taking a one hole approach to hanging a picture on the wall. Rivets at the hardware store for less than 5. The rivet head won t slide into the wall when you hang the picture. To hang a picture hold it up against the wall where you want it to hang then use a pencil to mark the wall along the top center of the frame.

Lay the picture face down on a flat surface and hook a measuring tape on the hanging wire on the back of the picture then pull the wire up towards the top of the picture until it is taut. If you want to hang two frames next to each other do the same thing for the second frame and make sure the strips of tape are level with one another. Project a level line and tape exact size paper patterns on the wall. This also applies for large mirrors.

Here s a better way to hang pictures and other light items on drywall. Take your marked tape and place it on the wall where you want your pictures to hang. If you re hanging a picture with wire use double wire for heavy pieces. You have to buy those special picture hanging hooks measure six ways till sunday punch a hole or two in a pristine wall and then after all that the frame always seems to end up crooked.

But although it may seem easy hanging a picture properly is much more than a haphazard task. To securely hang heavy pictures where there is no access to a stud run two wires between the screw eyes and support each with a wall hanger. Reader alvin lewis. Mark the top center of each pattern with the corner of a sticky note.