Comments on: The corner of our house that looks really nice http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/ A blog by Erica Schemper Mon, 21 May 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Erica http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-19051 Erica Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:32:53 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/#comment-19051 The pipes were an incredible deal: Architectural Artifacts in Chicago, which can be pricey, but they were only $5 or $10 a piece when we found them. My parents bought a bunch then, too, and theirs are in their house in Grand Rapids. We've carted them through 3 moves now, because we never quite had the wall space for it. So, here's how they were hung: Dad used those "L" shaped brackets, just sort of plain ugly aluminum, and instead of attaching the brackets to the walls with the part against the wall pointing down, he pointed them up, so that the wall-attached part is behind the pipe. (The brackets are all in the wall where there's a stud...found by the start-pounding-long-skinny-nails-in-the-wall-method.) Then, to make them extra stable, he screwed up through the bracket into the pipe itself. So far, ours are secure. And my parents' set has been up for 4 years now, so I think it's a pretty secure method...and I bet you could use it with other "found" objects. The pipes were an incredible deal: Architectural Artifacts in Chicago, which can be pricey, but they were only $5 or $10 a piece when we found them. My parents bought a bunch then, too, and theirs are in their house in Grand Rapids. We’ve carted them through 3 moves now, because we never quite had the wall space for it.

So, here’s how they were hung: Dad used those “L” shaped brackets, just sort of plain ugly aluminum, and instead of attaching the brackets to the walls with the part against the wall pointing down, he pointed them up, so that the wall-attached part is behind the pipe. (The brackets are all in the wall where there’s a stud…found by the start-pounding-long-skinny-nails-in-the-wall-method.)

Then, to make them extra stable, he screwed up through the bracket into the pipe itself.

So far, ours are secure. And my parents’ set has been up for 4 years now, so I think it’s a pretty secure method…and I bet you could use it with other “found” objects.

]]> By: Kristen Zoetewey http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-19046 Kristen Zoetewey Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:43:14 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/#comment-19046 How did your dad hang the pipes? I love the re-use of the pipes! How did your dad hang the pipes? I love the re-use of the pipes!

]]> By: ppb http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-19040 ppb Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:04:01 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/#comment-19040 oh my goodness, I LOVE the organ pipes. I want some. NOW! So cute! oh my goodness, I LOVE the organ pipes. I want some. NOW!
So cute!

]]> By: Viv http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-19027 Viv Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:07:56 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2009/01/12/the-corner-of-our-house-that-looks-really-nice/#comment-19027 Thanks for posting the picture. This corner turned out very nicely (both the chair and the organ pipes)!! Thanks for posting the picture. This corner turned out very nicely (both the chair and the organ pipes)!!

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