A nicely designed gallery wall with a bench sitting underneath is a trendy look we often see in décor magazines. It looks great, but how practical is it? If you’re not planning to lean against the wall when sitting on the bench, it works perfectly fine. But if you have kids that will be using […]

Hanging pictures is a huge part of my work. When I started Under the Roof Decorating, I used to use my husband's carpenter's hammer to pound nails in walls when hanging pictures for my clients.

Before hanging a group of pictures, place all your frames on a table or on the floor, hop on a chair to take a picture of the arrangement.

When you’re hanging a group of picture frames, each time you hammer a nail in the wall the pictures you’ve already hung will shift, making it challenging to line up the next frame since the one you have on the wall is crooked.  If you’re not careful, you can end up with a completely crooked […]

If you have time to squeeze in a DIY this weekend, this one is for you. It's easy peasy — no Martha Stewart skills are needed to recreate this look. As you may know, runway fashion influences everything and anything we buy for our home.

We recently blogged about picture frames we bought at a yard sale and how we spray painted them white to create a cozy reading corner in our post “Designer Walls on a Garage Sale Budget.” We always take lots of behind the scenes pictures for all the projects we work on and we thought you’d enjoy […]

Hey Marilyn Denis fans, did you see our picture hanging tool, Hang and Level on the July 3 episode of the popular show? We were thrilled to see Canadian Living Magazine designer Brett Walther give viewers some tips on how to display vacation photos and mention that Hang & Level was necessary to avoid getting […]

When my friend Carla gave me a rustic metal ornament she bought at a yard sale, I loved it but I had no clue of what to do with it. It's quite heavy — eight pounds to be exact — so I thought it would be perfect for the garden.

We’ve had good news times three this month. We were happy to learn that two major newspapers and a leading magazine featured our products. Thanks to Tribune Newspapers, readers of both the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Press will find it much easier to hang artwork without having to do any math. Our CenterFinder™ was […]

Let’s face it, you don’t always have someone around to help you hang pictures. It’s all about owning the right tools to get the job done. That’s why we designed, Hang & Level, a picture hanging tool that makes it easy to hang pictures by yourself even when they are big, heavy or awkward.

I love IKEA’s Ribba frames: they’re affordable, stylish and versatile. The one thing that does frustrate me about the Ribba frames though, is the stiff picture wire that comes with them. It’s so stiff that it makes it almost impossible to loop it through the metal clips and to twist it tightly around itself to secure […]

Wall clocks will never go out of style, no matter how many digital clocks are built into our appliances. Here are a few inspirational looks….