Hello Sleuths - In this episode I'll be solving the issues of hanging art with 5 Tricks + Tips to Make Hanging Art not a Mystery
Whether dwelling or selling, wall art is an essential ingredient to make a house a home. Here are tools and tips for you to get art up on the walls.
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Welcome sleuths to another episode of Only Stagers in the building. I'm your host, Julia Joseph. Today's episode The Case of the Crooked Painting.
I recently write online a fellow home stager in dismay over her home staging artwork, not hanging properly. Alas, it seems that the nail she used was dragging down the drywall, causing her piece to end up crooked. Hmm. Let's discuss this case, starting with a little bit of insight. If you're recently hung, artwork is dragging down the wall. Most likely you've used the wrong nail.
A key ingredient to hanging out is to make sure that you have the right hanger for the type of art, especially its weight. Let's take the mystery out of hanging art. In today's episode, I'll be reviewing my favorite five tools and then some tips to hang art properly. Along with tool bag basics. There's a plethora of amazing new tools, improved gadgets, and picture hanging nails, hooks, and products available to you. If you haven't been to your local home improvement store's picture hanging section recently, I implore you to do so. Two. I've made my own favorite list in my Amazon affiliate store for you to peruse.
Here are five of my favorites from the list that are always in my tool bag.
- Number one the monkey hook. This as seen on TV invention makes hanging any especially heavy art a breeze. These picture hanging gadgets look like giant fishing hooks, with a small hook on one end to hang the art in a curved base that goes into the drywall. The great thing is you don't need any tools to use it. Does poke the sharp end into the drywall, turn, and then push the hook all the way through to the bottom. Clicks into place. The curve of the hook distributes the weight behind the wall. They become, in multiple sizes, up to £50, perfect for heavy art and hanging mirrors. Best part they only leave a small hole. Perfect for home staging.
- Number two the picture hanging tool. This is my very favorite tool in my shoe bag. In fact, tomorrow we're hanging out and it's already in my bag in the car, ready to go. I've had mine for 24 years. This is best used for wired art. The tool is basically a stick like device with a hook on one end to hold the art while hanging. The hook has a small nail or a bump on it, and the reverse side of the hook to mark the spot to add your picture to. On the other end of the stick, there is a handle to hang the art in its best position. It's super easy to use, extends your arm for perfect placement for wired or saw, tooth hanging art or pictures. Some even have a built in level, making it the complete package for hanging art.
- Number three tape measure with fractions. When hanging out its key to find its best placement. This requires measuring to make it easy and take some of the math out of your calculations. A tape measure with fractions. No need to count those pesky lines. The tape has those fractions right on them. Time saver miracle device.
- Number four art bumpers. These are plastic rubber sticker disks and are perfect to adhere on any art back corner to keep them from becoming unlevel. Daily movement in the home. Walking doors closing which create vibrations. These bumpers will both protect the wall and also absorb the vibration to keep your art from moving, thus becoming crooked. These just a little tip. These. Also these bumpers are perfect for cabinet doors as well.
- Number five my second favorite tool in my tool bag a roll of painter's blue tape. Blue tape, which has a less of a piece of end, can be used as a template to mark art going on the walls. For instance, if you have a piece of art that has two hangers on the back, simply cut a long piece of the tape. Align it to the back. Mark were the two supports are with either a marker or pop a little hole in with the nail. Then place the tape on the wall. Level it in. You're ready to go. Put your picture hangers into where the marks are. Remove the blow tape and it's perfectly hung. The tape two can be rolled up and adhered on the bottom of the two sides of your art in a pinch. If you don't have art bumpers,
Here are a few tips of good picture hanging. Investigate the art or object that will be hung. The first step to a good art hang is to investigate the object being hung. Estimate its weight. That will help you determine what type of hook or nail to use. Turn it around to see if its wired, has nail rings or has saw tooth hangers. Cetera. This tool will help you determine the product that you use. Next, take a look at the wall that you're going to hang the art on. The golden rule of hanging a picture is to have the center of the picture be at 57in. This reflects the standard eye height of the average person, and is used as the standard in most art galleries and museums. Next, investigate the wall that it's being hung on. Try wall is easy, but what if you're hanging on an old plaster wall or even brick? For plastic walls, which chip easily. A trick is to find your mark. Add a square of blue tape. Then either use a small drill bit to create a starter hole, or use picture hooks that have nails that will go in on an angle. You can also use Velcro type adhesive picture hangers. Up to around £5 for brick walls. There are these wonderful inventions called brick clips. Some even have adjustable clips that adjust to any size of the brick, and then work as a ratchet to put them onto the walls.
In regard to the dismay. Fellow home stager with her crooked picture. Because of the weight of the picture, she most likely use a single play nail to hang it, causing the weight of the picture to drag down the drywall. There may have been two ring hangers on the back to support the load. Then she could have easily employed my blue tape trick to hang the piece, or if wired, used a weighted appropriate monkey hook to distribute the weight, then added bumpers to the corners of the art or that blue tape trick. And she could have had a properly hung picture that would have held up till the home was sold. In conclusion, and to wrap up this case with the proper tools, a bit of investigation, and good hanging technique, anyone can solve the mystery of the case of the crooked picture. Make sure to visit my podcast description or my site for a link to my Amazon store for my art hanging essentials. Till next time, sleuths!