How To Hang Up An Old Window On A Wall

Let me walk you through how i hung them.

How to hang up an old window on a wall.

Find the ceiling joists or wall studs in the area where you plan to hang your window. Drive one picture hanging screw through the wall and into the stud at the pencil mark with a power drill and a phillips head screwdriver bit. I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window. If you give a hook a small tap with a hammer then it bites into the wood enough that you can usually screw it in by hand without drilling a guide hole first.

Then stain or paint the shelf to match the window finish and then mount it to the thick piece of wood at the bottom of the window which is called a rail. One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window. Ok so thats what the wall looks like. Attach the window to wall studs when you are hanging it in front of another window.

To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window. The lights were randomly taped into place inside the frames. You will need the ceiling joists if you are hanging the window as a room divider or in front of a floor to ceiling window. I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished.

A picture hanging screw has a phillips style screw head. Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights.