How To Hang A Rug On The Wall With Nails

Hold the rug in place according to the pencil marks on the wall and hammer or push in the upholstery nails across the top of the rug.

How to hang a rug on the wall with nails.

Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe. Hang the rod anchors to the wall using a drill and screws. Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides. Every rug in the shop is hung with the strips.

They should also never be hung by nailing or pinning them to the wall. Using upholstery nails attach your rug to the strip. Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall. The length of this top tack strip should be the exact measure of the top edge of the rug.

I started in the center and worked out. Use two upholstery nails to secure each corner of the rug and then use a third nail to secure the middle. These strips are made for pulling a carpet to the outer edge of the room to hold it from shifting. When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom.

Lift the rug against the top tack strip and press it firmly against the strip. Make sure it is not longer or shorter. Nail the rug to the tack strip. The weight of the rug pulling against the nails will cause stress on the fibers and will irreparably damage the rug.

They come with a series of upturned short nails on the front side that grab the rug and hold it in place and longer nails on the backside that go into the wall. Be careful not to stretch as you put in the nails or the rug will not appear square on the wall. The plain nails are purely for functional purposes. If you want a more casual look hammer the corners about one inch from the end so they hang slightly downward.

The easiest way to do this is to hammer the two top corners of the rug and then place one nail in the middle. Slide your rod through the casing on the rug and hang the rod on the wall. Nail through the rug and into the mounted tack strip.