Hanging Up Picture Frames On The Wall

For most prints and most walls standard nails or picture hanging hooks work just fine.

Hanging up picture frames on the wall.

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. Now just hold the picture up maneuver it to the best spot and press in to mark for the nail. If you want to hang a group of pictures for a gallery wall hang the center of the grouping at 57 inches. This tip works best when you re hanging pictures with hardware screwed on the back of the frame but if you re putting up wire hung pictures just measure the distance from the top of the wire to the pushpin hole and move the nail down that distance.

With groupings the largest frame is usually best in the center or at the center bottom. 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. But although it may seem easy hanging a picture properly is much more than a haphazard task. This is predicated mainly on three things.

Size weight of the picture the hanging options present on the picture i e. 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.