Plus, renter-friendly tips for patching holes when you're done
Photo: Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images If you’ve had home improvement on the brain over the past few months, you’re not alone. According to a recent poll of 1,054 people, 70 percent said that they’ve decided to take on in-house projects over the past few months.
$4 at Amazon Buy $4 at Amazon Buy OOK by Hillman ReadyNail Conventional Picture Hangers $7 for 25 $7 for 25 People get stymied by this idea of hammering into their walls, but these picture hook nails will not do any structural damage — you’re not going to hit a pipe or an electrical thing with these nails that go in maybe three-quarters of an inch. And any hole you make can easily be touched up.
$9 for 14 at Home Depot Buy QuickDraw DIY Self Marking 25’ Foot Tape Measure $20 now 25% off $15 Our go-to is that there are no rules and you should hang things where they look best. But if you do want a formula for hanging a painting, here it is. The go-to is to hang things so that they’re at 60” center, meaning that the centers of the paintings, even if they’re disparate sizes, all line up at 60”, measured from the floor up the wall.
$15 at Amazon Buy $15 at Amazon Buy HEIKIO Claw Hammer $11 $11 When you’re putting the nails into the picture hook, they should go in at a slight angle. If you don’t, that 30 pound picture will pull that tiny little brad out of the wall very, very easily.
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