Hows it hanging? I have a fair number of photographs on my walls on my window sills on my mantlepiece above the fire on book cases. I think I could be making better use of my walls but...

blackest Loc: Ireland

I have a fair number of photographs on my walls on my window sills on my mantlepiece above the fire on book cases. I think I could be making better use of my walls but i'm reluctant to put hooks into the walls for hanging it does damage the wall. So has anyone got any good solutions?

Ideally that are landlord friendly. I have been thinking about a frame maybe with wires horizontally or vertically. What works for you?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I've used some
perforated metal square tubing. https://www.lowes.ca/metal-products/steelworks-3-ft-x-1-in-plated-steel-perforated-square-tube_g1191258.html to form two upright "ends".

Then fastened some peg board http://www.lowes.com/pd/DPI-Hardboard-Pegboard-Common-4-ft-x-8-ft-Actual-47-75-in-x-95-75-in/3014308 between them. It's not the most elegant, but it works.
--Bob

blackest wrote:

I have a fair number of photographs on my walls on my window sills on my mantlepiece above the fire on book cases. I think I could be making better use of my walls but i'm reluctant to put hooks into the walls for hanging it does damage the wall. So has anyone got any good solutions?

Ideally that are landlord friendly. I have been thinking about a frame maybe with wires horizontally or vertically. What works for you?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

B, I don't rent, but as long as you have the std. sheetrock walls just pound in a very SMALL and hang.
As long as the walls are light colored, when you move out just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole. The holes will be completely invisible.
One tiny nail at a slight angle will easily hold 50 pounds of shear weight. So hang away!!! Good luck
SS

Rongnongno Loc: FL

blackest wrote:

Ideally that are landlord friendly. I have been thinking about a frame maybe with wires horizontally or vertically. What works for you?

Bob has the right half idea. Perforated tubing is great...
The board is not... Instead use nylon (fishing quality) to hang your frames so that they are nearly invisible and (a bonus), adjustable at will PLUS you can use different levels.

Two holes, that's it.

This by the way is a simple museum display (they use iron cables instead)....

Rongnongno Loc: FL

SharpShooter wrote:

B, I don't rent, but as long as you have the std. sheetrock walls just pound in a very SMALL and hang.
As long as the walls are light colored, when you move out just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole. The holes will be completely invisible.
One tiny nail at a slight angle will easily hold 50 pounds of shear weight. So hang away!!! Good luck
SS

I Ireland... the walls are rather harder to drill than in the US.... Brick, stone, who knows, not the US flimsy building there, maybe why their house last centuries vs a few decades?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

For a smooth wall, have you tried the 3M Command hangers?

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

SharpShooter wrote:

B, I don't rent, but as long as you have the std. sheetrock walls just pound in a very SMALL and hang.
As long as the walls are light colored, when you move out just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole. The holes will be completely invisible.
One tiny nail at a slight angle will easily hold 50 pounds of shear weight. So hang away!!! Good luck
SS

Excellent advice. Those little picture hangers with a small angled nail work great!

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

blackest wrote:

I have a fair number of photographs on my walls on my window sills on my mantlepiece above the fire on book cases. I think I could be making better use of my walls but i'm reluctant to put hooks into the walls for hanging it does damage the wall. So has anyone got any good solutions?

Ideally that are landlord friendly. I have been thinking about a frame maybe with wires horizontally or vertically. What works for you?

"How's it hanging?" Seriously? I dress to the left, personally. More seriously it really depends on the property doesn't it? When I lived in Cumbria with two foot thick stone walls it wasn't really an issue. A little plaster and a lick of paint did a fine job if I needed to move something. Same thing in Cheshire with a brick built house. Now in San Francisco with a timber frame I need to think a little more, but it's still lath and plaster mostly. With sheetrock it takes a little more thought for something heavy, but it's still easy to fill the holes if you move something.

I've never had to deal with wattle and daub, especially mixing the daub part!

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

SharpShooter wrote:

....just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole.

Are we in the wrong UHH section here? Or did you mean spackle?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Peterff wrote:

Are we in the wrong UHH section here? Or did you mean spackle?

Some places, maybe Ireland, the sparkle might be just fine!!! LoL
SS

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

SharpShooter wrote:

B, I don't rent, but as long as you have the std. sheetrock walls just pound in a very SMALL and hang.
As long as the walls are light colored, when you move out just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole. The holes will be completely invisible.
One tiny nail at a slight angle will easily hold 50 pounds of shear weight. So hang away!!! Good luck
SS

Use panel nails. If your walls are white, you can even fill in those small holes with toothpaste.

ronsipus Loc: Mission Viejo, CA

blackest wrote:

I have a fair number of photographs on my walls on my window sills on my mantlepiece above the fire on book cases. I think I could be making better use of my walls but i'm reluctant to put hooks into the walls for hanging it does damage the wall. So has anyone got any good solutions?

Ideally that are landlord friendly. I have been thinking about a frame maybe with wires horizontally or vertically. What works for you?

You might try Command brand wall strips. They come in various strengths for different weights and remove when wanted without any hole in the wall.

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

SharpShooter wrote:

B, I don't rent, but as long as you have the std. sheetrock walls just pound in a very SMALL and hang.
As long as the walls are light colored, when you move out just get a can of sparkle and with your finger, fill the hole. The holes will be completely invisible.
One tiny nail at a slight angle will easily hold 50 pounds of shear weight. So hang away!!! Good luck
SS

I hang mine the same way with my wife's concern that the holes will be visible when we take the pictures down (and don't replace them with another--that generally doesn't happen

), but sharpshooter's "small" refers to the diameter, not length. You want to use a brad that goes through the drywall and has about 1/8" protruding to hang the wire. I use 1" nails for 5/8 or 3/4" board and put them in at about a 45 degree angle, and use a nail with a head, not a finishing nail. These last two conditions insures that if the picture (or the wall) gets bumped the wire doesn't come off the nail. Wall repair is easily done with a little Spackle, a small putty knife or blade of a pen knife, and a bit of paint.

One more thing--if you use the same location for a different picture and the nail seems even a little bit loose, don't re-use the same hole. Once the wall board is penetrated, it looses a lot of its strength for a second penetration; put the new nail at least 3/8" away from the old hole.

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

Look at a true Victorian and earlier house. Most every hung picture from a long horizontal piece of chair molding. Some castles have them that way also. That way you only need to anchor the ends and can use the replacable piece of molding to hang them on.

blackest Loc: Ireland

Longshadow wrote:

For a smooth wall, have you tried the 3M Command hangers?

did try something like that with one photo which hung for a few months until it fell. Luckily things were undamaged