Hanging hardware: why we do not put it in the box
We do not include wall fixings with any piece we sell. That is a deliberate choice, and this is the reasoning.
Walls differ more than art does
Indian homes are mostly brick or concrete, where a hook needs a drilled hole and a plastic plug. Newer partition walls are hollow drywall, where the same plug will spin uselessly and you need a toggle or an anchor. Older plaster over brick will crumble if you hammer a pin straight in.
One generic hook in the box would be right for perhaps a third of customers and quietly wrong for the rest.
Weight decides the fixing
A 9 × 11 inch frame weighs a few hundred grams and will hang on almost anything. A 30-inch framed piece or a lit panel is a different proposition and wants a screw into a plug rated for the load. If you are unsure, weigh the piece on a kitchen scale before choosing the fixing.
What we do supply
Framed and canvas pieces generally arrive with a hanger already fitted to the back — a sawtooth, a wire or a keyhole slot. That is the piece’s side of the joint. The wall’s side is the part that has to match your wall.
A practical sequence
- Mark the outline in masking tape and confirm the position.
- Check what the wall is made of — tap it, or drill a small test hole where the frame will cover it.
- Buy the fixing to suit the wall and the weight, at any local hardware shop.
- Measure the drop from the top of the frame to the hanger, and set the fixing that far below your marked top line.
Step four is the one people skip, and it is why so many pictures end up two inches lower than intended.