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 […]

In today’s Throwback Thursday we’re reminiscing about a great press shout-out we got for our products in the 2009 fall issue of Home at Home Magazine. We were featured in the Great Gadgets For Home and Décor section, with the magazine saying that Hang & Level “makes it quick and easy to decorate walls” and that […]

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. […]

Map it out. Art is an extension of your furniture, so place your furniture exactly where you want it before you start hammering nails in your walls.

Back in the fall we posted this great DIY article about repurposing the old cork boards we had in our garage. At the time, we had just moved into our new office and I had lots of  design projects on my mind which translated into a very ambitious busy looking inspiration board. Now that spring […]

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.

Hair spray is great to keep hair in place but not so great for your artwork. Use caution when looking in the mirror and using hair spray. Artwork is often hung on the wall opposite the mirror, which means you might easily overspray and damage the art behind you. You’ll end up with a sticky […]