Friday, February 6, 2009

Let's Hang a Mirror

I bought yet another decor item at Hobby Lobby and was excited to get it hung on my wall. But, alas! It didn't have a nail hole in the back. It did, however, have some wire in a bag taped to the back. Oh Great!! What am I supposed to do with that?!? I had no idea how to correctly attach the included wire, screws and loops. I had to look around my house to try to find something else that was hung by similar fashion. Luckily, I found that my dining room mirror was hung by wire. So I took the mirror down and came up with this tutorial so that you too can hang your nick-nacks with wire if needed.


First, stretch out your wire so that you know about where you want the hook to be on the wall. (I hope that makes sense) Then screw in the holders into the item you want hung on both sides. Like so... I then wrapped the wire around the holder three times...
Before looping the wire around itself several times. Like so...
Here is the final product of my placing, screwing, and wrapping. Now I am ready to hang it.
Ta da!! Here it is hung near the front door. I was so excited to put the mirror up that the price tag wasn't taken off and it wasn't cleaned. Don't worry...I cleaned it right after I took this picture. Now what fun things should I hang from it...hmmm...I've got some ideas.

3 comments:

Whit said...

I love it all! I went to hobby lobby and loved it! I need to go back w/o kids. Thanks for letting us crash your house. I love that too!

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Abby said...

I love that I can see your face in the mirror---can you say classic!