How To Hang Up A Rug On The Wall

The easiest way to hang a rug on a wall is to purchase 4 tack strips which are thin boards with sharp tacks sticking from them.

How to hang up a rug on the wall.

Since you ve already measured your carpet tacks to the length of your rug you ll want to place the strip where the top of the rug will sit on your wall. Lift the other side of the bear rug and slide the newspaper out from under it. Hanging a rug using a curtain rod. As you can see this is something you can do yourself if the rug is small to medium sized and not very heavy.

When he moved away from home malcolm took it with him and initially hung it behind his bed as a pseudo headboard then decided to find a more permanent home on the wall as art. A heavy cotton casing may be sewn onto the back of the rug again this should be hand sewn if hanging a handmade or antique rug to form a tube through which the curtain rod may be inserted. Malcolm and his parents have been all over the world collecting souvenirs like this brazilian rug. One of the best ways to preserve and protect any fine navajo rug heirloom quilt or any other fine art tapestry is to hang it on the wall.

Best of all it s easy to do. Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides. For a freely hanging rug you only need to attach the top edge of the rug. Line up the carpet tack strips where you ll want to hang the rug and gently hammer the nails into the wall.

Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe. Hang the strips. The rug is pretty big and somewhat heavy. Then cut the tack strips to the length of each side of the rug and coat them in a clear finish or with paint to prevent damage to the rug from the wood acid.

When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom. Hanging an area rug can make wonderful wall art and enhance a room s acoustics. Which raises the question. Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall.

5 hold the newspaper pattern up against the wall until you are certain of exactly where you want the rug to hang.