How To Hang Two Large Pictures On One Wall

If hanging on a plaster wall make sure you use a hanger that uses screws not nails.

How to hang two large pictures on one wall.

Make sure the frames look good together as a grouping. If your picture is narrower use a mounting picture hanger to hang it from one point on the wall stud. Tap the plug into place and insert the screw. To hang the paintings so they combine into a single display station them no further apart than this distance.

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 you re hanging a picture with wire use double wire for heavy pieces. Hardware dealers can recommend the correct screw and bit sizes. Space the two hangers at least half the picture s width apart.

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. Make a small room seem larger by opting for large pictures or make the room seem taller by hanging pictures high on the wall. 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. Use a power drill with a carbide tipped bit to create a hole for the plug.

Instead trace each piece on kraft paper label the tracing and cut it out. Adjust as necessary before putting hardware in the wall. For concrete block or brick walls use lead wall plugs available at most building supply stores to support a hanging screw. 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.

Choose a hanger that uses several nails for added strength. This rule also applies to groups of three and four. Hammer the nails into the wall stud then hang your picture on the hanger. This also applies for large mirrors.

When hanging two art pieces treat them as one and still hang them 60 inches from the floor to the center of the grouping. If you re hanging portraits draw arrows on the paper to indicate which way the subject is looking. The second is to wait and hold off until you have accumulated enough pictures then hang them all at once. One is to place a single focal point style piece on the wall and slowly add pictures around it to produce the grouping over time.

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