Please, I'd like advise on picture hanging systems

15 years ago

I'd like advise or reviews on picture hanging Systems such as Slim-Line or other types or brands. I am re-posting because the other post got no responses. It may have been passed over because of my wording in the title.

I am thinking of installing a Slim-Line system, or similar, in my kitchen to hang pictures. I have a wall that I think will work well for a product like this. The flexibility for hanging pictures is very appealing to me. Has anyone used any of these systems or know of anyone who has? If so what do you think of them?

Here is a link that might be useful: Systematic Art

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palimpsest
15 years ago
I have not used this system but it looks great. It seems like a perfect system if you would like to rotate art without putting holes in the wall.

The only potential thing I can't work out is whether or not you can hang pictures offset from each other one below the other. All the multiples shown in the pictures are in vertical rows. I am not sure how one would stagger without the higher piece of art interfering with the cable for the lower piece, if you know what I mean.
enduring
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks for your input palimpsest. It looks like you can hang things below one another. large multiple montages on the wall would probably look odd with the cables in the background. Where I would use it would not require layering of pictures. It would offer a lot of flexibility switching things around though with out re-centering and pounding new holes in the wall. Overall the rail and cables might be too busy in my small space.
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pammyfay
15 years ago
Cheaper and less intrusive: Picture-rail molding that uses metal hooks (some can be very decorative, like Victorian styling, which I believe is where the use of picture-rail molding started).

The molding itself can be wood and painted the same color as the wall, and the main thing is that the framed art hangs from the rail, so no nail-pounding and nail-hole-patching.

There's a lot of stuff about this method online, so it's easy to Google it and find photos.

(You could also do an accent wall with this--special color wall, different color wood rail.)

I think the difference between this technique and the website you linked to is that the latter seems more commercial contemporary-art-gallery with all the metal and would require a whole lotta component hardware pieces. And any handyman could put up a wood picture rail.
enduring
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks pammyfay, the benefit for me with the slim line system is that it is something like a 3/4" reveal and can be painted to match the background. I don't think the picture molding will work in my particular situation because of the crown molding on my cabinets would compete. The room is small and if I do something like a hanging system it would just be along the wall above the table area. I would love the option of changing pictures. It is a "nice to do" and not a "have to do" project. Something to keep me thinking.