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How to Hang a Picture

Pictures often come with hangers. The most common types are saw-toothed, wire and D-rings. The saw-toothed hanger is the most ...
Holes in walls, crooked lines, not to mention marital arguments: Hanging art is fraught with potential pitfalls. Still, it can be done, and it doesn’t have to be as difficult as you think.
Step 4: Hang It Up Use a small nail or wall hook for wire hangers, or follow instructions for discs or strips. Pro Tip: Start with the center plate and work outward to keep your spacing on track.
Typical hanging baskets are made of wire, coco fiber, or plastic and come in diameters of 8 to 24 inches. Liners for wire baskets include sphagnum moss, coco fiber, burlap, plastic, and pressed ...
To keep your heavy mirror level on the wall, use two anchors. Place a scrap piece of wood (8”-12” depending on the size of your mirror) underneath the taut hanging wire.
For large pictures that have a bracket on each side instead of a wire, it is much like hanging two pictures instead of one. Measure the distance from one bracket to the other.
Back at the wall, measure 6 inches down from the top mark and mark the spot. This is your wire mark. Measure the distance from the wire mark to the floor. Let’s say it’s 60 inches.
Stanley makes a specialty wire stapler that shoots a U-shaped staple and has a stop gauge with three depth settings that you adjust to match your cable. I have one of these and it works very well ...