How to Easily Position and Hang Picture Frames Every Time

Do you have a picture frame or a collage of frames to hang? Do you have trouble positioning the frame on the wall or there's no one around to help hold the frame to see where you would like it? Try this little trick and you will have those frames hung quickly and easily every time, I promise!

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Picture frame/s
• Scissors
• Tape
• Picture Nails
• Hammer
• Printer paper

1. Determine which wall in your home you want to hang your picture frame or your collage of frames.
2. Use printer paper and trace your picture frame on the paper. If you have a very large piece of artwork or an oversized frame you could use this method but you will have to piece together paper and tape the pieces together.
3. Once you have the paper the same size as your picture frame lay the frame face down and place the paper on the back side of frame. Next, look through the paper and find the hook that the frame will hang from. Then take a nail and poke a hole through the paper where the hook is.
4. Now take your paper with the hole side up and tape it to the wall. Stand back and see were you would like your frame to hang. Reposition the paper as many times as it takes until you like the position of the paper.
5. When you are comfortable with the position of the paper take the nail and place it in the hole on the paper and hammer it into the wall. Remove the paper from the wall and hang your frame. You're done! Wasn't that easy?! If you want to hang a collage of pictures just do the same thing. Only on your papers write a one or two word description for the corresponding photo that you made the paper for so that you will know which photos would look good where.

Tips & Warnings

• Here's a good tip. For a collage of frames, lay your frames out on a large open area of your floor and arrange them until they look esthetically pleasing to you. Then place your corresponding papers on the wall and use the frames on the floor as your cheat sheet.
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• White printer paper is best to use as it is easier to see through the paper to the hook on the back of frames.