How To Hang Up A Rug On The Wall

When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom.

How to hang up a rug on the wall.

The rug is pretty big and somewhat heavy. 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. As you can see this is something you can do yourself if the rug is small to medium sized and not very heavy. Malcolm and his parents have been all over the world collecting souvenirs like this brazilian rug.

Hanging a rug using a curtain rod. Hang the strips. 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. Which raises the question.

For a freely hanging rug you only need to attach the top edge of the rug. Lift the other side of the bear rug and slide the newspaper out from under it. Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides. However if you are planning on attaching the rug all over to the wall you will have to repeat the same on all 4 sides and that s it.

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. Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall. 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. 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.

Best of all it s easy to do. How does one hang it. Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe. Line up the carpet tack strips where you ll want to hang the rug and gently hammer the nails into the wall.

The second method of hanging an area rug on the wall involves the use of a curtain rod.