How To Hang Two Large Pictures On One Wall

If you re hanging a picture with wire use double wire for heavy pieces.

How to hang two large pictures on one wall.

If you re hanging portraits draw arrows on the paper to indicate which way the subject is looking. Use a power drill with a carbide tipped bit to create a hole for the plug. Hardware dealers can recommend the correct screw and bit sizes. This also applies for large mirrors.

If you are using two d rings to hang a picture from two picture hangers mark the spots for the hardware on the wall and use the level to be sure they re even. Make sure the frames look good together as a grouping. This rule also applies to groups of three and four. When hanging two art pieces treat them as one and still hang them 60 inches from the floor to the center of the grouping.

Make a small room seem larger by opting for large pictures or make the room seem taller by hanging pictures high on the wall. Save yourself the frustration and your walls the trauma of hanging and rehanging a grouping of art. Tap the plug into place and insert the screw. Adjust as necessary before putting hardware in the wall.

Space the two hangers at least half the picture s width apart. 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. For concrete block or brick walls use lead wall plugs available at most building supply stores to support a hanging screw. Choose a hanger that uses several nails for added strength.

Make sure they are spaced only a few inches apart so they look together and not disconnected. 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. If your picture is narrower use a mounting picture hanger to hang it from one point on the wall stud. The second is to wait and hold off until you have accumulated enough pictures then hang them all at once.

Instead trace each piece on kraft paper label the tracing and cut it out. If a room is very large group together pictures so you re not left with bare patches on the walls or consider using large pieces of furniture to help balance the room. If hanging on a plaster wall make sure you use a hanger that uses screws not nails. Hammer the nails into the wall stud then hang your picture on the hanger.

Determine the width of the narrower painting and divide it by two.