How To Hang A Picture Away From The Wall

If you want to hang a group of pictures for a gallery wall hang the center of the grouping at 57 inches.

How to hang a picture away from the wall.

The 57 inch standard is based on the average eye height of an adult and is the rule used to determine how high to hang pictures in museums and galleries. Screw the screw into the wall anchor. I m basically looking for a way to mount a traditional wooden picture frame such that it stands about 1 2 away from the wall in much the same way an acrylic frame with stand offs would. Look at every reasonable possibility.

Prop them against the walls and consider your options. With groupings the largest frame is usually best in the center or at the center bottom. Remove the back liner from the adhesive strip and apply it directly to the wall where you want to hang your picture. Remove the front liner from the strip and firmly press the utility hook against the surface.

Clean the surface of your wall with a 1 1 solution of water and rubbing alcohol. 9 hang the picture frame on the installed hooks. Hook a measuring tape onto the hanging wire and pull it taut so the wire stretches up toward the top of the frame. Measure from the top of the picture to the hanging hardware.

Have someone hold a piece up to the wall while you stand back and appraise just cover the hanging hardware with masking tape first to keep it from scratching the wall. Insert the screw that came with the wall anchors through a picture hanger hook.