Thursday, January 14, 2010

Grid Ceiling Clips For Hanging Plants

Use clips to hang plants from grid ceilings.


Hanging plants frees up space on tables and windowsills and adds color to the upper half of a room. While home gardeners frequently screw hooks into ceiling beams to support hanging baskets, this is dangerous or impossible in drop ceilings, where metal or wooden grids support thin ceiling panels. You can use special ceiling grid clips to hang plants in a room with a drop ceiling.


Instructions


1. Select an appropriate location for your plant according to its sunlight needs. If your plant needs full sun, for example, select a ceiling area near a south-facing window.


2. Snap the clip around one of the ceiling grid's visible metal or wood bars. Depending on your specific clip, you can pull the clip's prongs apart or push in metal detents to open the prongs, then release the clip once you fit it around a bar.


3. Hang your basket's hook to the clip. The clip will have a pre-drilled hole or built-in metal loop for easy hanging.

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