How To Hang Up An Old Window On A Wall

One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window.

How to hang up an old window on a wall.

Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights. I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished. 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. 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 originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place. Find the ceiling joists or wall studs in the area where you plan to hang your window. I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window. Attach the window to wall studs when you are hanging it in front of another window.

Ok so thats what the wall looks like. The depth of the shelf is up to you depending on what you want to display. Let me walk you through how i hung them. Drive one picture hanging screw through the wall and into the stud at the pencil mark with a power drill and a phillips head screwdriver bit.

You will need the ceiling joists if you are hanging the window as a room divider or in front of a floor to ceiling window. To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window.