Hang your picture on a stud.
How to hang a picture over a wall safe.
But although it may seem easy hanging a picture properly is much more than a haphazard task.
Remote control picture safe if you choose to go with the safe behind a picture option look into a device that looks like a frame but can t be removed unless you have access to a remote control.
The horizontal runs should have enough space to avoid most damage unless you drill into the hole in the stud that they pass through.
Hardware and wall considerations.
Another way is to cut out brown paper in the size and shape of your frames or artwork.
Use a level and make any adjustments as needed.
Organize them on the floor then tape them to the wall.
Use a ladder when utilizing the yhi picture hanging system so that you can get that one piece of artwork or that picture wall above the bed up with ease and without accidentally blowing out your knee or cracking your bed frame.
It is light enough to swing to the left or right on a pair of normal two inch hinges from a hardware store of course you can just hang the canvas on the wire and a hook but we prefer the convenience of hinges.
Move them around until you get an arrangement you like.
When you re happy with the placement mark the top centers of the frames on a piece of tape attached to the wall.
Here are five favorite tips for taking a one hole approach to hanging a picture on the wall.
Drywall has a stud or wooden support brace about every 16 inches 40 6 cm.
We found that a 24 x 36 canvas hung vertically and centered over the frame of the blumsafe perfectly covers our deep wall safe.
Find a wall stud using a stud finder or by gently tapping the wall until you hear a solid rather than a hollow sound.
A single 1 1 2 inch 4d or 2 inch 6d finishing nail will support most pictures even when nailing between studs.
For heavier pictures it is best to hang your picture on a stud.