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How to Hang Many Photo Frames

Creating a wall of framed photos is great way to display your favorite family pictures, and create a visually stunning wall of art. The design and size of the frames can be uniform or completely random. Either of the two approaches will work -- it is ultimately up to how you how you want your wall to look so it complements the overall look and design of your home.

Things You'll Need

Measuring tape
Screw driver
Screws and wall anchors
Drill and drill bits

Instructions

- 1
  Decide on and purchase the frames for the pictures you want to hang. Insert the pictures into the frames so they are ready to be hung.
- 2
  Pick a wall you are going to use for your wall of photos and measure the area you will hang pictures on.
- 3
  Run tape or string on the floor in front of your wall to match the same size of the wall area you will be hanging pictures on.
- 4
  Arrange the pictures on the floor first, to give you an idea how you want to hang the pictures on the wall.
- 5
  Starting hanging your pictures. Hang the first photo in the the top left corner of the wall space and work towards the bottom right corner.
- 6
  Mark the starting point on the wall. To keep everything in line, measure down the depth of the frame, add the space you want between the frames, and the distance between the edge of the frame and the opening for hook. For example, if the remaining length of the frame is 9 inches, and you want 1 inch between the bottom of one frame and the top of the frame below it, and the distance from the top of the frame to the wire or hanging hook on the back of the frame is another inch, then you would measure down 11 inches from the screw for the first frame to where you would put in the screw for the second frame.
- 7
  Drill a small hole in the wall for your screw; insert a wall anchor into the hole and screw the screw into the anchor.
- 8
  Hang the picture on the screw and repeat the process until your wall of photos is complete.

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