Here is a nifty way to hang your Christmas Ornaments from the ceiling.

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One way to display ornaments is to use a picture frame, fasten on some chicken wire, and hang it horizontally from the ceiling. This one is painted it silver and used short lengths of light chain to vary the height of the ornaments. Net-RackOverview.jpg (82693 bytes)
This is another view of the entire rack. Net-Overview.jpg (66419 bytes)
And a third view. Net-Overview2.jpg (69331 bytes)
Here you can see how the chains are mounted into the frame. Four holes were drilled, one in each corner, and T-Nuts were hammered in from the face of the frame and threaded eye hooks screwed into the T-nuts. Regular nuts were tightened down from the back on the threaded eye hooks to lock them into place. Net-TopView.jpg (106617 bytes)
S-hooks are used to fasten the chains that hold up the frame to the eye hooks. Chicken wire is simply stapled to the back of the frame. Net-TopDetail.jpg (112930 bytes)
Here is a view of the T-Nuts from the from of the frame. Net-TnutDetail.jpg (141331 bytes)
Two sets of chains go to eye hooks that are fastened into the ceiling. Net-ChainDetail.jpg (85448 bytes)