If you’re ever wondered how to hang heavy wall decor when it doesn’t line up with studs, this post will help you! It’s easy.
I told you guys when I shared the living room design plan and the coastal fall mantel decor that Kalen surprised me with this awesome wood gray mirror. I loooove it.
It sat on an angle on top of the mantel for a long time. An embarrassingly long time.
Well maybe not. Between summer traveling and all that entails, I guess it makes sense we didn’t get around to finally hanging this thing till recently.
Doesn’t it look just perfect?!
When we finally decided to hang it up, we quickly realized there was a problem. The perfect mirror didn’t line up perfectly with the studs in the wall. Tragic, I know.
This was actually a really easy problem to solve.
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Supply list:
- Stud finder
- Tape measure
- Drill
- Level
Here’s the easy tutorial to hang heavy wall decor:
1. Use a stud finder to find the studs in the wall.
Measure the difference and make a note of it.
Yep, that’s a speaker on the mantel. Who does DIY projects without country music blaring? Not us.
2. Remove the hooks from the back of the wall decor.
3. Measure for the new placement of the hooks.
Measure based on the number you noted in step #1. Use a level to ensure you’re marking the spots for the new hooks evenly, although honestly on a circle mirror, this isn’t as crucial.
If you’re working with a square or rectangle piece though, this is important.
4. Drill the hooks in their new spots.
5. Hang the mirror.
Isn’t that easy?! And to think for a second we were worried we couldn’t hang this beauty on the wall!
I loved the mirror before, but having it hung up really makes the bread bowl shine so it’s a win for mantel decor all around.
GET THE LOOK:
Since a popular question I get is “Where’d you get that?!,” here are links to the same or similar sources:
- Wall color: Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams
- Bread bowl from a local decor shop, similar here
- Metal basket
- Lanterns
- Gold fireplace screen from At Home (don’t see it online), similar here
- Silver lamps
- White + blue vase
- Blue glass vases from Marshall’s and a flea market, similar here or here
- White DIY faux concrete vase
- Topiaries
- Driftwood piece from Marshall’s, similar here
- White curtains
You can follow along with our living room progress here:
- Coastal rustic modern design plan for the living room
- Agreeable Gray paint in the living room
- Wireless outlets to make life easier
- How to plan a gallery wall when you don’t know where to start
- How to distress a dresser for a chippy farmhouse look
- How to hang heavy wall decor when it doesn’t line up with studs (you’re here!)
- Make a throw pillow from placemats
- The TV stand furniture makeover
- An end table makeover with clay paint
- The coastal rustic living room reveal
Have you found any tips to hang heavy wall decor? We have a lot to hang around here so give me all your tips!
Check out these posts for more wall decorating ideas:
- 5 tips for choosing the perfect wall art for your home
- A rustic wall gate makeover
- A DIY rustic sign for the bathroom walls
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