Hang Those Pictures
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382068)
Rockingham, Australia
July 11, 2016 9:08pm CST
We have recently had the kitchen/lounge repainted. We wanted to hang up pictures and photos. We were loathe to put nails in our lovely new walls but we came up with a better way (we think).
As you can see in the photo we attached a picture rail, for want of a better word, right up against the cornice. It is aluminium but is very unobtrusive and, as luck would have it, is the same colour as the wall. Pictures are suspended from the rail via fittings and transparent wires. These aren't that cheap but we've been able to concoct our own fittings using small screws and fishing line.
We've also discovered we can make a reasonable picture frame now we have a power mitre saw. It is a simple frame but we're happy enough with it. The two photos shown won't be staying there but we're happy the idea is going to work well. The pictures can be moved along to wherever you want them. That's the task for this morning – to put up more railing and maybe make another frame or two.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
19 Jul 16
@JudyEv Oh that will look real nice. 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Jul 16
we have a product called command hooks or command strips, they are sticky but removable, works for most things, so no nail holes.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Jul 16
@JudyEv I wont put glass or ceramics up with that, but the paintings I will, and they seem to work nicely
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt I have three little paintings of black and white birds. They are painted on corrugated iron nailed to thick pieces of jarrah (wood) but they don't hang nicely like the pictures do. I'll have to do something else with them.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
12 Jul 16
i love 't! that's the way they used to hang'em'n the 'olden days' 'n i think such's a brilliant idea. glad'ja got that saw, sure makes cuttin' those frames way easier. big hugs!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
13 Jul 16
@JudyEv reminds me'f the ol' homes back'n louisiana. lots still'd their picture rails original to the house throughout all those years. folks did a beautiful job restorin''n upkeepin' those 150+ beauts. 'course, they were with high ceilin's, particularly'n the main parlor. i believe they've a most stunnin' effect :)
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx Most houses then - those of any quality anyway - had lovely high ceilings, didn't they?
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
15 Jul 16
I am no longer that fastidious as I used to be when we just started our married life. Everything had to be just perfect at the cost of ruining my husband's peace of mind. 
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
15 Jul 16
@JudyEv Life is so much better when we let go.
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Jul 16
@allknowing You are right and in the long term many of things we fuss over are not worth the effort.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
13 Jul 16
What a wonderful idea. The way these hang reminds me of my neighbor's lustron. Because the house is metal, you really can't pound a nail through the wall, so they have these wires that are hooked above and then at the bottom is a hook where one can hang pictures.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@JudyEv Yes, I now, I have too many holes in my walls, mostly from pounding the nail in the wrong place, it is very unsightly to look at.
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul 16
@Carmelanirel2 We had all the holes patched up before we painted so it seemed a shame to put more back in.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
12 Jul 16
Where there's a will there's a way! Most of our walls are wood (like a log home) so no painting and you can put a nail anyplace.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
13 Jul 16
@JudyEv We do have a few rooms that have regular sheet rock/painted walls but I don't mind putting nail holes in them - I love hammering!
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jul 16
@just4him You can buy very strong fishing line. It would have a breaking strain weight written on it somewhere. The wire that comes with the hooks states its limits too. I'm not sure if Vin called out the weight of the fishing line or the proper stuff.
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@The_Bong_Woman (850)
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14 Jul 16
That is a good way of saving the walls from being drilled like a net! And yes, indeed you're lucky to have got that of the same colour as your wall. And yes, that portrait of a lake or a lagoon or whatever it is with red flowers in the front is really beautiful. Charming actually.
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@The_Bong_Woman (850)
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14 Jul 16
@JudyEv Oh so it is a photograph! I thought it was a painting. Anyway, I am sure he does good photography otherwise the results wouldn't have been so stunning!
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
15 Jul 16
Okay since you have a mitre saw, buy a joiner and mat cutter. Then you will start a home business of picture framing. I am a picture/art framer and self-taught artist. Here is a sample of my art.
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Jul 16
We have a biscuit joiner but just used staples and glue with these frames. That's a lovely picture. You are obviously very talented.
@teamfreak16 (43595)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jul 16
That's kind of neat. I've never seen that before.
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