As a renter, I cannot drill holes in the wall to hold this heavy Mexican Mirror.

So I built a leaning “A-Frame” stand from square steel tube, and it’s almost invisible.

The trick in designing a stand like this is to make sure the “toes” that touch the floor are quite some distance from the wall – this forces the top to lean back into the wall and it won’t fall over.

To hold it together, I used random bolts that I had lying around, some off-the-shelf brackets and angles, and a couple of old feet from a previous IKEA project. Luckily, the landlord had left a pot of wall paint for touch ups and repairs – so I used that to match the wall colour exactly.

This turned out to be a quick one-day project, and I am really happy with the result.