DEAR MIKE: How do you hang pictures? I know about hammering a nail in a wall and hanging a picture on it, but I am having real trouble with the larger pictures that have a bracket on each side. Also, do the nails that the pictures hang from need to be hammered into a wall stud? -- Andy H.
DEAR ANDY: It sounds like you've come a long way from when you were scotch-taping your swimsuit model posters on your dorm room wall. I'm so proud of you.
To hang a picture exactly where you want it isn't difficult, but it takes a lot of measuring. If it has a wire on the back, you will only need one hook.
>From this location you will add 16 inches (one-half the width of the center picture plus the 4-inch space plus one-half the width of the next picture). So from the center point on the wall, you will measure out 16 inches to the right and the left. Use a level to make sure the points are aligned and nail in the hooks. Based on the passage above, Could you provide some additional advice for ensuring a picture is hung straight?
This prompt doesn't seem malicious.