Got drawer pulls, pants hangers, and photos (or your children’s artwork) lying around? With a few supplies, you can hang them on the wall in minutes—and easily swap them out when the fancy strikes. The best part is drawer pulls look like antique picture hangers—for a fraction of the cost. And the girls? Three of my adorable nieces.

Pants-hanger frames

Supplies and tools

  • pants hangers ($1 each at Ikea)
  • 8×10 mattes
  • decorative paper (optional)
  • thin cardboard
  • double-sided tape
  • scissors

1. Cut the cardboard the same size as your mattes. Using the cardboard as the backing, tape your decorative paper, photo, and matte to it.

2. Clamp the hanger onto the top of the matte. If it tends to lean to one side when hung, tape a washer or similar weight to the back on the side that hangs higher.

Drawer-pull picture hangers

Supplies and tools
drawer pulls (I used a pair of vintage pulls from a salvage yard)
1-1/2 inch long hanger bolts (8/32 x 5/32 for most drawer pulls)
Drill and drill bit

1. Remove the machine screw from the drawer pull and replace it with the hanger bolt. (One side of the hanger bolt is pointed and has deeper grooves, the other is blunt and has finer grooves.) Note: As cute as they are, this does not work on Anthropologie drawer pulls because their screws are not removable.

2. Drill a hole in your wall where you want to hang it. Screw the drawer pull into the wall. Hang your art.

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