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Hanging Pictures on the Wall at Eye Level

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Summary: How to measure and hang pictures, art, photos, and mirrors at eye level; get expert tips and advice on creating beautiful wall decorations in this free home improvement video.

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By Craig Hale
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Craig has a bachelor's degree in interior design from The University of Arkansas and has been a designer for eleven years. He currently designs in Missoula, Montana for Hunting &...read more

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" My name is Craig Hale, I am an interior decorator and I am helping Expert Village.com today talk about ways to decorate your walls and different types of objects it is decorated with and also how to even arrange them on your wall. So now we are going to talk about how to get the perfect hang for the piece of art or your mirror or what have you. The easiest thing to do is to take a tape measure and measure up from the ground. Measure up five feet and mark it with a pencil, as I have done here. On average five feet is most people’s eyesight. So once you found the five foot mark on your wall you want to take whatever it is that you are hanging, measure the height which this is 22, divide it in half and that is where you are going to hang the center of the mirror at the five foot mark. "

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