How To Hang Up A Rug On The Wall

Hanging a rug using a curtain rod.

How to hang up a rug on the wall.

Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe. Malcolm and his parents have been all over the world collecting souvenirs like this brazilian rug. Best of all it s easy to do. 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.

Hanging an area rug can make wonderful wall art and enhance a room s acoustics. 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. 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.

When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom. Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall. The rug is pretty big and somewhat heavy. Line up the carpet tack strips where you ll want to hang the rug and gently hammer the nails into the wall.

Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides. How does one hang it. 5 hold the newspaper pattern up against the wall until you are certain of exactly where you want the rug to hang. The second method of hanging an area rug on the wall involves the use of a curtain rod.

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. 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. Which raises the question. 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.

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.