If you've been following my blog, you're aware that my mother-in-law moved in a few months back. We were in the middle of a renovation and expansion project, and she had to move in early due to health issues. Thankfully, she has recovered well, and the construction work is nearly finished. Initially, we focused on creating a comfortable space for her on short notice, bringing along some of her cherished belongings, although we couldn't unpack everything. Now, we can finally start making her living area feel more like her own.
Years ago, my mother-in-law worked as an antique dealer and amassed a beautiful collection of items, including eleven portraits of turn-of-the-century women. These portraits used to hang on the wall going up the staircase in her home in Binghamton, NY. With her new space in Rochester, we decided to hang them above her bed. Given the varying sizes and shapes of the portraits, I opted for a simple method of hanging them without measuring that involved paper bags.
Let's see what I did:
These are all her ladies. She was so excited to finally be able to hang them.
I laid the portraits on the paper bag, outlined their shapes with a Sharpie, and cut them out.
As I cut them out, I labeled each one (lady with a blue hat, lady with no hat etc.) so we would know which portrait we were placing on the wall.
This is the configuration we thought was the best. I measured each picture from the ceiling and the distance between each picture. To find nail placement, I turned the picture around and poked a hole in the paper where the nail would be.
Here is the result. It took one try and less than an hour. And one nail hole! My mother-in-law was over the moon!
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