Hanging Pictures On Wall With Wire

Wire ring sawtooth hanger etc and wall material.

Hanging pictures on wall with wire.

If you want to hang a group of pictures for a gallery wall hang the center of the grouping at 57 inches. Use a hammer to drive the stem of a rivet down and into the wall. Reader alvin lewis. For most prints and most walls standard nails or picture hanging hooks work just fine.

With groupings the largest frame is usually best in the center or at the center bottom. This is predicated mainly on three things. Now repeat the same process of looping and knotting the picture wire to the d ring that you did on the other side leaving 5 inches of excess wire. This is where you want your wire to hang once it is mounted on the wall.

Rivets at the hardware store for less than 5. If you re hanging a picture with wire use double wire for heavy pieces. But although it may seem easy hanging a picture properly is much more than a haphazard task. Size weight of the picture the hanging options present on the picture i e.

The rivet head won t slide into the wall when you hang the picture. Here s a better way to hang pictures and other light items on drywall. This also applies for large mirrors. You can buy packages of 1 8 in.

Before hanging a picture you have to choose how you re going to hang it. The 57 inch standard is based on the average eye height of an adult and is the rule used to determine how high to hang pictures in museums and galleries. Anchors are available with hooks to hang pictures and with special hooks to hang mirrors.