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The Mechanics of Wall Hanging
Home » Digital Cameras » Picture Hanging » The Mechanics of Wall HangingPlacing pictures on a wall is not always cut and dried. There are techniques that if followed will help to make your experience in picture hanging easier and more pleasant. You basically want to get your pictures hung at the precise spot where you want it without creating too many holes. This will help preserve your wall and save you time. You basically want to start out by using two hooks. Now follow these steps for perfect wall hanging:
• Measure from the floor until you reach 66 inches. This is ideal eye level.
• Mark the spot lightly with a pencil. Make sure the pencil has a good erasure on it so you can remove it later.
• Measure the length and width of the picture. This way you will know the center mark of the picture.
• Now, look at the spot where you lightly marked from before and measure across the wall to where the picture length you found ends.
• Verify this from the floor to make sure it too is 66 inches. Lightly mark this place to.
• Now, measure up 6 inches from both sides.
• Put the nails in these two locations.
• Hang the picture.
You should now have a perfectly placed picture that you and others can view with no problems and will enjoy for a long time.
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