How to Hang a Portrait with Junk

The impending parental doom of my youngest graduating from high school has me hanging her picture on every available wall space. I massaged these industrial junk pieces to work with this traditional and somewhat ornate frame.

Thar she blows...the picture hanger. Three very different junk elements play nicely together in the sandbox.

Birdseye view,

You've heard me say it before and you can count on hearing it again and again. It's all in the details my friends. Can you say broken record? Sorry!

The beautiful before. Door knob plates, a crystal and the "Junk 101" can you guess what these are question. What are those round things any hoo? I know...do you?

I wanted to alter the color of my metal junk a bit to work better with my frame. I roughed up the metal with sandpaper and applied metallic paint with a cloth.

As soon as I could get the paint on, I rubbed it in and wiped it away to create a vintage looking patina.

Gorilla Glue has a new epoxy product I wanted to try to attach the two metel pieces. All you have to do is depress, mix, and apply. Easy,peasy, lemon squeezy.

Re-sand the two metal pieces where they will be adjoined then clean with water, and let dry. When dry apply epoxy and connect the metal.

Clamp and do not touch for 90 minutes. If you are hyper like me I highly recommend engaging in another activity because it really does not dry any faster if you watch it. Ha! For full weight bearing capacity allow epoxy to cure for 24 hours.

Attach a crystal to the loop on the "Junk 101" mystery junk.

Here's my little detail. You only need to put a screw at the top of the hanger to support the weight of the portrait and frame leaving an empty hole at the bottom of the plate. I went to my my trusty junk room (yep I have a whole room) and nabbed an upholstery tack. I cut the sharp part off the back and glued it over the hole. The crystal hanging over it makes it look very beautiful.