How To Hang Up An Old Window On A Wall

I originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place.

How to hang up an old window on a wall.

I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished. 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. The depth of the shelf is up to you depending on what you want to display. A picture hanging screw has a phillips style screw head.

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. The lights were randomly taped into place inside the frames. One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window. Find the ceiling joists or wall studs in the area where you plan to hang your 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. Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them. Attach the window to wall studs when you are hanging it in front of another window. Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights.

To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window. Let me walk you through how i hung them.