AdoramaPix Picture Hanging Bracket

This is a wall hanging bracket for metal prints made by AdoramaPix. When you order a metal print from them they supply a wooden bracket to screw to the wall on which you can hang the print. (see photo #5 and #6) They have a recess in the frame on the back of the picture that exactly matches the bracket they supply. This bracket is adequate but they have spaced the screw holes horizontally so at best you can only get one screw into a stud. They do supply a mini bubble level but the bracket doesn't have any adjustment for leveling. You only get one shot at drilling the holes in the wall. One way to get it right and an infinite number of ways to get it wrong!

I designed a bracket that greatly improves on this design. I use two vertically spaced holes for #8 screws. Screws can both be screwed into the same stud for solid mounting. I also provide a slotted lower hole so that the bracket can be rotated slightly in case you don't get both holes exactly in the right place. I also provide a vertical recess to mark the center of the bracket. You can make a mark on the frame of the picture to assure that it's hanging on the middle of the bracket.