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Your new apartment in Flagstaff will really feel like home when you hang your favorite pictures on the walls! But hanging wall décor can be tricky. When you have two brackets on the back instead of one, the project is even harder. Many times, you stand back and find that the picture is lopsided. That can be avoided. Here are the easiest ways to hang pictures straight.
Use the Ceiling Line
If you don’t have any leveling tools, you could just use your eye. Once you’ve positioned the picture where you’d like it, line it up to the line where the ceiling meets the wall. To do this, squint your eyes just a bit and focus on the top edge of the frame and the ceiling line. When they’re exactly parallel, you know the picture is straight.
Use Painter’s Tape
If your picture frame has two hanging brackets on the back, use painter’s tape to hang the picture straight. To do this, lay the frame so the back is facing up. Place a strip of painter’s tape across the top so it’s just below each bracket. Use a nail to puncture the painter’s tape in the center of each bracket. This makes a template for you to mark the nail or removable Command hook placement in the wall. Now, remove the painter’s tape and apply it to the wall. Use a level to make sure the tape is straight. Now, just hammer the two nails or attach the hooks in through the holes in the tape. Remove the tape and hang your perfectly straight picture!
Use a Level App
If you’re lacking a level, you can download a level app to your cell phone. Place the picture on the wall and hold the cell phone on top with the level app working. Mark the location lightly on the wall with a pencil. Hang your picture and erase the pencil line.
Your apartment in Flagstaff will look better now that you’ve personalized it with your own pictures! To get more inspiration, why not view our available apartments now and contact us today to learn more? We look forward to speaking with you!
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It’s always a lot of fun to decorate your apartment home! However, sometimes decorating can be challenging when you aren’t really sure what your personal decorating style is. There are so many ones to choose from such as contemporary, mid-century modern, minimalist, and more. When you figure out your personal decorating style, it is much easier to narrow down your selections. Here are three tips to find out your decorating style!
3 Tips to Discover Your Personal Decorating Style
1. Use an Online Designer Service
Online designers can take your room and give you ideas on how to decorate it, all without you leaving the comfort of your apartment home. If you choose one such as Havenly, you can get a choice of three different styles. Once you decide which one you like best, you’ll have a better idea of what kind of interior design looks you most connect with.
2. Create a Mood Board
Whenever you’re browsing through magazines, clip images of things that you especially like. They don’t have to be pictures of furniture; they can be landscape images, fashion pictures or even food images. Tack the images up on a bulletin board to create a mood board. A mood board gives you an overall view of what kinds of images you like to see, as well as what colors you’re drawn to. This is a great idea to figure out what kind of “scene” you’d enjoy in your apartment home.
3. Visit Showrooms
Furniture showrooms almost always have mock room setups so customers can get a sense of how different pieces work together. Visit some of these showrooms in your area. Browse around and spend some time in each mock setup. Which ones make you feel most at home? Those are the ones with decorating styles that will best match your personal style!
These three tips will make decorating your Flagstaff apartment much more straightforward. To get a personal tour of available Flagstaff, AZ apartments, please contact us or drop by in person.
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