How To Hang A Cowhide Rug On The Wall

Nail the topmost center point into the wall as close to the cow hide border as possible so the ends don t curl in but far enough in to secure it.

How to hang a cowhide rug on the wall.

Have someone to assist you as most rugs are heavy. Nail the centre point in to the wall and a couple of top border points making certain the cowhide skin doesn t curl in but is nailed far enough to make sure it hangs well on the wall. Attach anchors to the wall using a drill and screws. Hanging your rug on a wall duration.

First mark where you want the rug. Kevin kluth 57 515 views. Brush strokes fine art llc 5 812 views. Animal skins cow hide cow hide rugs cowhide cowhide rugs cowskin rug hanging wall this entry was posted on 11 02 2012 at 3 12 pm and is filed under cowhide rugs.

Follow by flattening the hide against the wall on one side then the other nailing the outermost points to the wall first so you have a flat hide. Start nailing the cowhide skin onto the wall and hold your hands around the cowhide s centre point and gather up the cowhide skin and climb the ladder. Add another two or three nails spaced evenly along the top of the hide to hold it firmly in place. If you want the rug to lie flush you will need enough tack strips to run around the top bottom and sides of the rug.

Put the top of the rug there and put a push pin or command strip there. Then pin the bottom. How to hang a zebra skin on the wall duration. Place the coated tack strip along the wall where you want the top of rug to go.

Next stretch it out left and right and place additional push pins there. What the wall is made of can also play a role in the best way to hang the cowhide rug. Insert rod into the tube of fabric on the rug and hang the rod onto the wall. To hang a round rug on the wall you would use push pins or command strips.

There are several ways to display your cowhide on the wall. Sew fabric to the top of the rug forming a tube. If the wall is soft such as plasterboard or fibreboard then the easiest ands simplest way to hang your cowhide would be to use thin small headed nails or staples preferably dispensed using a powered staple gun. You will need a lot of them so be prepared.

You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. Begin placing the nail at the uppermost edge of the hide closest to the ceiling and gently hammer it into the wall. Sew muslin to the top of the rug. If you want the rug to hang freely you only need a tack strip that is the same measure as the width of the rug.