Should the frame be level, or should it be parallel to the ground? That question has never come up in my LONG hanging experience (strictly indoor except for house numbers).
One thing I did learn: If her idea of what’s level disagrees with the carpenter’s level’s idea, the level loses.
A few hundred kilometers would be no problem. It’s when you have to move a fifty pound mirror 1/4 inch to the right and you’ve already drilled the 1/4 inch hole for the anchor, then you have a problem.
I could go on…
A woman sees lines.
A man senses gravity
This is why a picture should be hung from one point, so it can be “straightened” time and time again by either sex.
Men, don’t argue. Just straighten it when they are not around.
Lewreader, I don’t argue and I don’t straighten. I have a marvelous ability never to see something again after it’s been hung.
By the way, what are you feeding that cat? Puppies?
If it was up to my husband, we’d never have anything hanging on the walls. Therefore, it is up to me to make sure things are level.
When we were building the house, I always nailed in the electrical boxes, then he’d do the wiring. I just can’t stand a crooked light switch that can’t be straightened. (You can straighten them a little, but not a whole lot.)
Well the directions I’ve read (I love to read directions, have manuals for everything) say to use a wire on the frame and two hooks on the wall. Then you can always level the picture even if the hooks aren’t level, the picture stays put too.
leakysqueaky712 about 14 years ago
Some things NEVER change.
MontanaLady about 14 years ago
don’t you just hate the guys who don’t understand “decorating”?
The Duke 1 about 14 years ago
ML, no, because I’m one of them!
COWBOY7 about 14 years ago
I know where you are coming from, MLady!
Ray_C about 14 years ago
Should the frame be level, or should it be parallel to the ground? That question has never come up in my LONG hanging experience (strictly indoor except for house numbers). One thing I did learn: If her idea of what’s level disagrees with the carpenter’s level’s idea, the level loses. A few hundred kilometers would be no problem. It’s when you have to move a fifty pound mirror 1/4 inch to the right and you’ve already drilled the 1/4 inch hole for the anchor, then you have a problem. I could go on…
lewisbower about 14 years ago
A woman sees lines. A man senses gravity This is why a picture should be hung from one point, so it can be “straightened” time and time again by either sex.
Men, don’t argue. Just straighten it when they are not around.
Ray_C about 14 years ago
Lewreader, I don’t argue and I don’t straighten. I have a marvelous ability never to see something again after it’s been hung. By the way, what are you feeding that cat? Puppies?
Smiley Rmom about 14 years ago
If it was up to my husband, we’d never have anything hanging on the walls. Therefore, it is up to me to make sure things are level. When we were building the house, I always nailed in the electrical boxes, then he’d do the wiring. I just can’t stand a crooked light switch that can’t be straightened. (You can straighten them a little, but not a whole lot.)
erica2010 about 14 years ago
Well the directions I’ve read (I love to read directions, have manuals for everything) say to use a wire on the frame and two hooks on the wall. Then you can always level the picture even if the hooks aren’t level, the picture stays put too.