If you ever have to hang a large floor mirror, try this tip. It'll save you time and stop you from putting extra holes in your walls as well!

It’s time for another Throwback Thursday, where we take a fond look back on some of UTR’s great moments. We can’t believe that it’s been 6 years since Hang & Level was featured in January 2008 Chatelaine magazine. We love Chatelaine, so this was a particularly exciting moment for us. The magazine is so iconic […]

Large floor mirrors offer a great way to enlarge a small space, since they reflect daylight and they’re relatively inexpensive compared to other decorative accessories for your walls. We had a challenge at our own UTR office, as the back entry is fairly narrow and small. We solved the feeling of being too cramped in […]

 We have another one of our quick decorating tips for your house that can be done within five minutes with virtually no cost to you.  Adding a big red bow to anything during the holiday season immediately gives a feeling of “Christmas” and makes a huge impact with minimal effort. This has to be one of the easiest ways to add instant holiday flair to your house. Red bows can be...

This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us all the way back to November of 2006. Wow, that’s a full seven years ago — we were so young and innocent back then! Hang & Level and the owners of Under The Roof Decorating, Kelly and Liette, were featured in Enterprise Magazine, which focuses on providing information geared […]

If you have a view of the backyard from your kitchen, living room, or another spot inside your house that you spend a lot of time in, this is a fun decorating idea that can be enjoyed both indoors and outdoors. Perhaps you’ve noticed a recent trend towards really large tree ornaments in your favorite home décor stores. These chic oversized ornaments might be too big for an indoor tree,...

Forget complicated measurements or marks on the walls — so often you think you’ve figured out just the right spot to place groupings of artwork only to find that your spacing is off once the frames are up on the wall. We have an easy trick that will change the way you hang your wall décor forever, using low tack adhesive tape such as Painter’s Tape. The tape gently sticks...

We love hearing from folks who try our products and find that they’re able to relieve the frustration that often come with home decorating. Naturally, we were thrilled when expert organizer and designer Jeffrey Phillip reviewed our picture-hanging tool as the sixth item in his online 12 Days of Neat Products for Holiday Giving series of blog posts. As he tells it in his review, Jeffrey received Hang & Level...

We were thrilled to be featured on NBC’s Charlotte Today in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 26. The local morning show showcased our popular Hang & Level picture-hanging tool as part of a fun segment about holiday gift ideas. The show’s hosts both marveled at how simple the tool is to use and even admitted that their own walls are full of  “mistake holes” that come from hanging frames the...

If you read this blog regularly, you’ll recall that we recently moved offices. A move of any sort results in a list of jobs to be tackled and next up on ours was a bulletin board. I love my virtual Pinterest boards, but wanted something that I could look to for inspiration throughout the day, while covering some unsightly holes between my office and the neighboring boardroom. I had a...

Welcome to Throwback Thursday, where we look back at some great moments in our company’s history! Today we’re reminiscing about a great press shout-out we got for Hang & Level, exactly four years ago. Back in 2009, our Hang & Level picture-hanging tool was featured in New York Magazine. Listed in the Best Bets’ New Stuff section, the magazine said that our innovative little tool is an “ingenious level [that]...

Years ago, wreaths were limited to Christmas and funerals, but today the humble wreath has taken on every season and occasion and we couldn’t be happier! From a seashell wreath welcoming summer, to a wreath made from pages of a romance novel for Valentine’s Day to a harvest wreath made of dried twigs and leaves; the choices are endless. But the first question that springs to our minds here at...