How To Hang An Old Window On A Wall

I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished.

How to hang an old window on a wall.

How to hang an old window sash on a wall. Up until today that window sat in the garage while i tried to figure out a way to hang it i wasn t looking that hard until the last few days. Then stain or paint the shelf to match the window finish and then mount it to the thick piece of wood at the bottom of the window which is called a rail. I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window.

Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them. Let me walk you through how i hung them. Ok so thats what the wall looks like. Measure down from the top left corner of the sash to approximately one third of the total height of the sash and mark it.

I originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place. Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights. To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window. Hanging a heavy window on the wall a few months ago a bought a wonderful nine paned window from a friend in ohio.

The boxes are held in place with velcro. The lights were randomly taped into place inside the frames. If you give a hook a small tap with a hammer then it bites into the wood enough that you can usually screw it in by hand without drilling a guide hole first. This part goes on the wall.