How To Hang A Picturre In A Mat

If hanging a picture over a sofa don t leave a lot of wall space between sofa and picture.

How to hang a picturre in a mat.

When dealing with mat board for display you have two mounting options. Don t put one little picture on a large wall. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section. Two pieces of string stretched taut between pushpins provide a guide for even spacing.

Use a d ring on each side of a frame for secure picture hanging. Repeat this process for the remaining tack strips making sure to measure where each one should go. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. Mark a spot on the wall the same distance from the top step and the bottom step and run the string between these points.

This technique is also useful for hanging pictures along a staircase. The simplest approach is to mount your artwork or photo directly onto uncut mat board. If hanging a heavy rug these nails should line up with studs behind the wall. Try for three to six inches.

The uncut mat gives you a relatively large working area so you can center the artwork or mount it off center to give your piece a more modern look with a heavier weighted side. The ribbon hangs vertically on the wall. For myphotopuzzle frames carefully press the glass onto the puzzle surface flip the glass and puzzle together face down then lower the backboard over the back of the puzzle. Choose one of our acid free pre cut mats or customize an uncut matboard.

Take the frame apart and use it s existing mat as a tracing guide. Press the end of the ribbon strand on the wall 5 inches above the desired position for the top of the picture. Make sure one of the hanging attachment on the backboard is located at the top of the puzzle or it will be upside down. If you go any higher the viewer s eye will just go to the wall not the picture.

Then instead of cutting any additional hole for the art piece to sit behind i just use double sided tape to stick down my art piece right onto the bristol board itself centered obviously. Using a level to make sure the tack strip is straight hold the strip where the top of the rug will hang and hammer in the nails along the tack strip.