Today’s Throwback Thursday takes us to La Belle Province of Québec where Liette, the co-owner of Under the Roof Decorating, grew up. We were featured in the 2007 fall issue of Décor Idées, a beautiful magazine about trends in Quebec’s interior design scene. The featured article was called “Avec Hang & Level, fixer un cadre […]

Marcia, a friend of one of my co-workers, used our Hang & Level picture hanging tool to hang this beautiful gallery in her dining room. “Each of the images means something specific to me, and even where they are hung in the arrangement they have some meaning,” Marcia said. “Using the Hang & Level makes […]

Are crooked pictures one of your pet peeves? There are few things more frustrating than having to adjust or straighten your pictures on a daily basis. After spending so much time choosing and carefully hanging the perfect artwork on your walls, all you want is for it to consistently stay straight and look great. The […]

On April 13, 2007 we filmed a 30 second TV commercial — it’s been seven years since we made the ad. This may sound cliché, but wow, where does the time go? I remember the whole day. Yes, it took a whole day — 9 hours to be exact — to film a 30 second TV […]

Hang & Level is a tool we designed to help you hang pictures exactly where you want them on the first try. It’s super easy to use — you simply place your picture on the hook, find the right spot on the wall, press the button to mark where the nail goes, hammer the nail in, […]

If your piece is heavy and fitted with a picture wire, use two Déco Nails to hang it so that the weight of the piece is evenly distributed. Not only will the frame be more secure on the wall, it will also hang straighter than if you used only one nail. Note that each nail […]

We’re thrilled to see our picture hanging tool featured in this weekend’s Swerve, a weekly magazine published by the Calgary Herald. Since we sell our products all over North America, few people know that we are based in Calgary, Alberta. Yes, all the UTR magic happens right here in beautiful Calgary! Swerve focuses on the […]

It seems that every time you open a magazine you see glossy images of beautifully decorated homes with artwork hanging perfectly on the walls.  Do you ever wonder how they do it and how many extra holes it took before getting flawless symmetry? It’s all about owning the right tools to get the job done. […]

We love our Throwback Thursday features — it’s always fun to revisit where we were in our earlier days and then compare to where we are today. Here we are, featured in the March-May issue of Lifestyle Maritimes magazine a few years back. The article talks about where the idea for our picture hanging tool came from […]

Anchor Points are designed to keep pictures hanging straight and not to support the weight of your frame. The size of anchor point you choose has nothing to do with the scale of your artwork — it’s all about the width of your frame.

Wall art doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, you can make your own without spending much money at all, just like we did with this project. This DIY wall art is easy to make, incredibly inexpensive, and fun for kids to do on their own too. Here’s the step-by-step:  Time: less than an hour […]

The answer is simple: screws are much stronger than nails. If the item you want to hang is light-weight, use a nail. If it’s heavy, use a screw. The rule of thumb is this: when in doubt, use a screw. The last thing that you want is to have your artwork tumbling off the wall. […]