Tips for working with D-ring Hangers

This weekend we (re)hung a couple heavy mirrors that both had two "dastardly D-ring" pre-installed brackets.  Don't know about you, but we always struggle getting the placement of our wall mounted hardware to line up with those D-ring hangers on the back of an object.  It typically is a "do over" situation, perhaps even a couple of times, even when we measure very.precisely.  Out of desperation facing hours of mirror hanging fun, the following idea was born, and it.worked.great.

{Making a simple template of those D-ring hangers using a strip of low tack tape.}

{Close-up of D-ring hanger: tracing the outline of the D-ring hangers ... also a tip for making the D-rings behave!}

{You'll want to check that the tape is level when placed on the wall.}

{Double D-ring hanger mirror installed in about than 10 minutes, no tears or terse words exchanged!}

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