How To Hang A Rug With Velcro

Attach the fuzzy side to muslin fabric and then to the back of your rug.

How to hang a rug with velcro.

Stick the rug to the wood. Using velcro to hang your area rug on the wall is currently the method preferred by many museums including the textile museum. The rug should slip easily onto the hooks and rest securely on the wall. Mount the wood to the wall using a drill and screws and attach the velcro together to hang the rug.

To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to. Use the velcro method to hang a rug as a tapestry on a wall. This method can be used on heavy weight rugs with success and without causing damage to the rug. Velcro consists of 2 individual.

Repeat steps 1 4 if necessary to add more velcro in lines down the rug or around the sides. If you are attaching the hooks to studs you may need to sew multiple canvas strips into the back of your rug leaving a small exposed space for the rod to rest on the hook since the hooks may not be at the end of the rod. Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood. Wall mounted rugs avoid the.

It guarantees safety and finesse so much so that even museums use it for displaying heavier rugs. Cut a piece of thin wood to match the width of the rug. Staple the rough side of the velcro tape to the wood. Photo by matthieu salvaing otto.

Get a 2 inch wide velcro. How to hang a rug with velcro on drywall. Some rugs are just too beautiful to walk on so rather than spoil them on the floor we choose to enjoy them on the wall. Measure and adhere the same length of velcro strip to the wood.