When I created this grid of mirrors on my dining room wall, I knew I'd need something to keep them hanging level. After all, I didn't go through all the bother of meticulously measuring and marking the placement of each mirror just for them to end up lopsided whenver the wind blows! After the jump, I'll share the little trick I used to keep the frames level.
To keep framed artwork level on the wall use a little square of electrical tape on the bottom corners of the frame! The tape creates just enough friction to keep the frame from shifting on the wall, as these IKEA mirrors tend to do.
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I'll have to try that - I've used Museum Putty before to great effect as well.
Hanging each piece from two D-rings attached to the back of the frame is another trick to ensure they won't settle lopsidedly. You just have to make sure your nails are super straight.
I have something similar on the wall of my living room. It's a bunch of painted canvases in a 3 x 3 grid. I'm keeping them level with those 3M picture hanging strips that are like velcro. It looks really great and I haven't had to adjust it at all.
For an installation of small/light pieces such as these, I wouldn't bother w/ hangers at all.
Two small pieces of double-stick foam tape - top and bottom - will hold these to the wall just fine. (When it comes time to move or do something else, you'd have to patch holes and repaint anyways)
I wish I had thought of the double-stick tape when I hung a grid of the same ikea frames...
After a week of collaging a set of 9, I spent another day measuring and knotting cord around the carpet tacks I'd nailed into the back. Rehanging them in a new apt was not enjoyable.
Finishing-a-project-mode = not my smartest moments.
These look great, now I'm kicking myself for not buying them on sale the last time I was @ Ikea..
bepsf must have been in my entryway. I hung 3x4 of these mirrors with ease 3 years ago and they have never shifted.
If the frames are light, Velcro with an adhesive back works great to hang artwork. It is endlessly adjustable and REALLY easy to use!
They also sell those little clear rubber "feet" for the backs of paintings and frames at most frame supply stores. They work well, too.
As does the museum putty that someone suggested. As a Southern Californian I always wonder (hope?) that the museum putty will somehow magically keep the frames against the walls as they collapse in the big one.
Experience has taught me that electrical tape will leave dark marks on the wall when removed. Beware, those of you who rent and cannot paint!
my question is what method you used to get all the frames so perfectly aligned? Please share!!! Looks great
The best I find is to use 1 D-ring, on each side of the frame.
Put them low enough so you can use a picture hook to hook onto the D-ring. And attach all the rings in the exact same spots.
Get a level with a ruler on it, and work out some math. Measure the distance between each D-ring, and the space you want between the frames
Then you just do row by row.
Here I am doing just that...
http://colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/ribba-frames-from-ikea-transformation.html
Thanks for the tip! I have a couple of frames that I'm always adjusting... hopefully this will do the trick!
3M Pull Strips.