Attach the hard side of velcro on a piece of flat wood with the help of a staple gun and stick to the wall.
Hanging rugs with velcro.
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Mount the wood to the wall using a drill and screws and attach the velcro together to hang the rug.
Get a 2 inch wide velcro.
Saw for cutting the pvc pipe if needed drill.
Stick the rug to the wood.
Attach the fuzzy side to muslin fabric and then to the back of your rug.
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Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood.
The rug should slip easily onto the hooks and rest securely on the wall.
Some rugs are just too beautiful to walk on so rather than spoil them on the floor we choose to enjoy them on the wall.
Repeat steps 1 4 if necessary to add more velcro in lines down the rug or around the sides.
Velcro consists of 2 individual strips loop and the hook.
How to hang a rug with velcro on drywall.
If you purchase a navajo rug from garland s and wish to hang it on a wall we will provide you with an appropriate amount of 2 self adhesive velcro tape for free.
If you are attaching the hooks to studs you may need to sew multiple canvas strips into the back of your rug leaving a small exposed space for the rod to rest on the hook since the hooks may not be at the end of the rod.
Hanging a rug using pvc pipe.
It guarantees safety and finesse so much so that even museums use it for displaying heavier rugs.
Hanging your navajo weaving with velcro.
Using velcro to hang your area rug on the wall is currently the method preferred by many museums including the textile museum.
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To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to.
Measure and adhere the same length of velcro strip to the wood.
Loop being the fuzzier part is sewn to the rug.
There seems to be a consensus among oriental rug experts that the velcro method is the safest way to hang a rug on the wall.
In our experience velcro is the easiest way to hang a rug.