How to Hang Art Over Board and Batten

June 1, 2020
board and batten and original art

Hanging Art Over Board and Batten

Hanging art over board and batten is beautiful, but can take a little finesse.  If you just nail it into the wall, it will be sticking out at an angle because of the boards, so the key is to bring the hangers out to the level of the top board.  You can do this several ways.  You can attach a piece of a 2x4 to the studs horizontally and hang the picture from that board, like they did on the Shine Your Light blog.  So, your art is actually starting 2" out from the wall.  Here's another great tutorial.
Use a board to hang art over board and batten
You can also use a screw and picture hanging wire, like me.  I hit a stud on one side (accidentally), so I just put a long screw in partially.  On the other one, I used a drywall anchor and screwed in a screw partially, then hung the frames from their wires until they were even.  It was so easy!  Check out my board and batten tutorial and how I made these frames and large-scale art myself!
hang art over board and batten
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