I'm in the midst of doing research on full-time RVing, and I'd like to find out if there's any way I can hang pictures in my RV. They are framed botanical paintings that I have done. I have about six of them - they're not that large, about 10 x 12.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
Roberta
Luvglass said
10:52 PM Jun 5, 2009
We have pictures all over our home. We use picture hooks on the top and Velcro on the bottom and never have to remove them when we move. A couple of them are quite large - 2.5 X 2 feet.
Good luck,
rheadabovewater said
10:56 PM Jun 5, 2009
That's a great idea, using Velcro on the bottom!
OK, let me ask this: how do you put the hooks into the wall?
Howard said
07:47 AM Jun 6, 2009
Since I am averse to putting holes in our walls, we hang everything - pictures, key holders, corkboard, clocks, etc. - with Industrial Strength Velcro.
We have two heavy pictures that ride just fine (we put the velcro around the entire perimeter of the frames). We do check those every few months to make sure the backing (the part of the velcro strips attached to the walls) is holding up. But on the little items, it's no problem. We have to worry more about intentionally getting them down (the industrial strength velcro adheres very well) than them falling.
You have to be careful using the velcro on wallpapered surfaces, but we've had only one minor tear. Not bad considering everywhere we've used it.
You can get Industrial Strength Velcro at Walmart, Home Depot, and several other home stores.
You can certainly hang your 10 X 12 pictures ... if you can find the wall space.
rheadabovewater said
08:04 AM Jun 6, 2009
That's great Howard, thank you!! Now I'm happy (I was worried I wouldn't be able to take my paintings with me) : )
-- Edited by rheadabovewater on Saturday 6th of June 2009 08:14:43 AM
macattack said
02:21 PM Jun 6, 2009
Like Howard, I do not like to put holes in the walls. We use the industrial strength velcro across the top and bottom of the frames and have no problems with the pictures falling.
Speedhitch said
06:05 PM Jun 6, 2009
We don't have much wall space to hang pictures but Sherri puts some of them on top of the ledges on the slide. Now these have to be taken down when we pull the slides in but it works like a shelf when we are parked. You might find this to be an added space for more pictures.
rheadabovewater said
06:27 PM Jun 6, 2009
Great ideas, thank you all!!
rheadabovewater said
10:07 AM Jul 19, 2009
Hi all,
I'm now living in my 5th wheel and have been putting up my framed pictures with industrial-strength velcro - but they keep falling off the wall, and I've had some breakage. It is not hot here (I'm on the coast in Half Moon Bay) and my 5th wheel is stationary.
I am using a lot of velcro on the pictures - I have it around almost the entire perimeters of the frames. Do you think that wiping the wall with alcohol will help when I put them back up?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Roberta
-- Edited by rheadabovewater on Sunday 19th of July 2009 10:09:03 AM
A well stocked hardware store like Ace should have them, that's where we got ours. Lowes or Home Depot usually has them as well. Or use the Amazon link I posted.
TXRVr said
10:56 AM Jul 27, 2009
While visiting a fellow RVer a couple weeks ago, I noticed their unique idea for displaying family pix. The perimeter of their slide outs had a 4 inch soft fabric liner between the wood work edges. They cut their family photos to fit from top to bottom on top of the fabric and under the edges of the wood.
rheadabovewater said
11:18 AM Jul 27, 2009
Interesting idea.
I'm running into a roadblock on my pix. I think it's because the wallpaper in my RV has texture to it, so therefore even the industrial-strength Velcro won't stick. : (
blijil said
03:38 PM Jul 31, 2009
Our daughter makes us very light cardboard picture frames and decorates them with RV and family themes. She loves to make cards and scrapbook so it was a natural for her. We benefit by having very light frames that require little strength to hold them up so velcro works great.
When they fall the road is way to rough.
Larry and Jacki
Footsiebear said
08:15 AM Nov 4, 2009
rheadabovewater wrote:
Interesting idea.
I'm running into a roadblock on my pix. I think it's because the wallpaper in my RV has texture to it, so therefore even the industrial-strength Velcro won't stick. : (
We didn't want a bunch of holes or hooks in the walls either but I wanted to hang a few pictures so I used Scotch Adhesive Putty. It has the advantage of being removable without leaving a sticky mess or damaging the wall paper or wood cabinets.
Hi,
I'm in the midst of doing research on full-time RVing, and I'd like to find out if there's any way I can hang pictures in my RV. They are framed botanical paintings that I have done. I have about six of them - they're not that large, about 10 x 12.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
Roberta
Since I am averse to putting holes in our walls, we hang everything - pictures, key holders, corkboard, clocks, etc. - with Industrial Strength Velcro.
We have two heavy pictures that ride just fine (we put the velcro around the entire perimeter of the frames). We do check those every few months to make sure the backing (the part of the velcro strips attached to the walls) is holding up. But on the little items, it's no problem. We have to worry more about intentionally getting them down (the industrial strength velcro adheres very well) than them falling.
You have to be careful using the velcro on wallpapered surfaces, but we've had only one minor tear. Not bad considering everywhere we've used it.
You can get Industrial Strength Velcro at Walmart, Home Depot, and several other home stores.
You can certainly hang your 10 X 12 pictures ... if you can find the wall space.
-- Edited by rheadabovewater on Saturday 6th of June 2009 08:14:43 AM
I'm now living in my 5th wheel and have been putting up my framed pictures with industrial-strength velcro - but they keep falling off the wall, and I've had some breakage.
I am using a lot of velcro on the pictures - I have it around almost the entire perimeters of the frames. Do you think that wiping the wall with alcohol will help when I put them back up?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Roberta
-- Edited by rheadabovewater on Sunday 19th of July 2009 10:09:03 AM
When they fall the road is way to rough.
Larry and Jacki
We didn't want a bunch of holes or hooks in the walls either but I wanted to hang a few pictures so I used Scotch Adhesive Putty. It has the advantage of being removable without leaving a sticky mess or damaging the wall paper or wood cabinets.