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A wide variety of Picture Hanging Solutions

Discover blogs that will inspire you with a wide variety of picture hanging solutions. Discover how to hang art gallery style, how high to hang picture on wall, how to hang pictures on drywall, without any damage to your walls. You’ll learn how to choose the right picture hanging hardware according to picture weight and type of wall or ceiling, all with a choice of different types of picture hangers. Let's get hanging together!


Picture Frame Hanging Hardware: Stabilizers That Keep Art Flush and Level
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Picture Frame Hanging Hardware: Stabilizers That Keep Art Flush and Level

Stop frame tilt and teeter-totter for good. This guide explains how picture frame hanging hardware, including bumpers, frame stabilizers, and counter-weight stabilizers, keeps artwork flush, level, and easy to rearrange. Ideal for galleries, homes, schools, and offices seeking a polished, damage-free display that’s simple to maintain.

Utility Hooks & Panel Hooks: Clean, Flexible Ways to Hang Panels, Acrylics, and More
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Utility Hooks & Panel Hooks: Clean, Flexible Ways to Hang Panels, Acrylics, and More

Create clean, flexible displays without drilling into panels. Utility Hooks and Panel Hooks clamp thin media, from foam board to acrylic, so you can swap content in seconds and keep walls pristine. Ideal for offices, schools, museums, and retail. Works with standard cable/rod rails (and even projects that feature a display reveal track line).

Wall Anchors for Hanging Systems – Secure, Reliable, and Easy Installation
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Wall Anchors for Hanging Systems – Secure, Reliable, and Easy Installation

Using the right wall anchor ensures a secure and long-lasting hanging system. AS Hanging Display Systems exclusively uses Cobra TripleGrip® Anchors, designed for strong grip and damage-free installation. Learn why these anchors are superior and follow our step-by-step guide to properly install your hanging system with maximum stability.

Picture Hanging Hardware: Tracks, Cables & Hooks Demystified
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Picture Hanging Hardware: Tracks, Cables & Hooks Demystified

Explore our comprehensive guide to picture hanging hardware. Learn how tracks, cables, rods, and hooks work together for secure, damage‑free displays in homes, galleries, or offices. Expert tips, weight charts, and video tutorials help you choose the perfect AS Hanging Display Systems solution for flawless art presentation every time.

French Cleats vs Hanging Systems - Why Flexible Rails Win Every Time
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French Cleats vs Hanging Systems - Why Flexible Rails Win Every Time

Compare French cleats to modern railbased hanging systems. Discover why AS Hanging Display Systems provide equal strength with unmatched adjustability, sleek aesthetics, and zero wall damage—ideal for homes, galleries, offices, and retail environments. 

Photo Hanging Hardware: How Union Eleven Photographers Elevated Their Studio with AS Hanging Display Systems
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Photo Hanging Hardware: How Union Eleven Photographers Elevated Their Studio with AS Hanging Display Systems

Learn how Union Eleven Photographers transformed their Ottawa-based studio with AS Hanging Display Systems’ photo hanging hardware—mounting stunning prints on concrete walls and storefront windows. Discover the benefits of ceiling tracks, tensioned cables, and self-gripping hooks, and find expert tips for showcasing artwork with style, flexibility, and zero wall damage.

How to Elevate Your Art Display with the Right Picture Hanging Supplies
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How to Elevate Your Art Display with the Right Picture Hanging Supplies

Discover how to choose and use picture hanging supplies for secure, stylish, and damage-free displays. From professional art galleries to home arrangements, learn about advanced systems like the Classic Wall Track, French ribbon accents, and best practices for hanging both lightweight photos and heavy frames. Elevate your decor with flexibility and peace of mind.

The Ultimate Guide to Using a Picture Hanger Without Nails
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The Ultimate Guide to Using a Picture Hanger Without Nails

Learn how to transform your walls without drilling or making a mess. This guide covers innovative ways to hang pictures without nails, from adhesive strips to rail systems. Gain expert tips and discover how AS Hanging Display Systems can help you achieve a clean, professional look for all your favorite artwork and photos.

Kitchen Wall Decor Ideas
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Kitchen Wall Decor Ideas

With good reason, the kitchen is frequently referred to as the center of the house. It serves as a gathering spot for family and friends as well as a place to cook. Why not make it as eye-catching as you can? Here are kitchen wall decor ideas to use to improve kitchen wall decorations.

How to Define Space
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How to Define Space

Art and picture hanging systems can be used to define zones in a space in several ways. Here are a few strategies and room divider ideas you can be inspired by!

How to Setup Indoor Halloween Decor Without Damaging Your Walls
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How to Setup Indoor Halloween Decor Without Damaging Your Walls

Halloween is the time to get creative, but you don't want to leave your walls covered in nail holes or sticky tape residue. Use hanging systems to bring your Halloween vision to life!

Living Room Wall Decor Ideas
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Living Room Wall Decor Ideas

A wall decor in the living room can enhance the space's aesthetic and add personality to it. Here are a few living room wall decor ideas!

Apartment Decorating Ideas
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Apartment Decorating Ideas

Welcome, to all design enthusiasts! Decorating can be an exciting and rewarding endeavor. Let's explore a myriad of apartment decorating ideas and tips!

How to Hang a Large Picture
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How to Hang a Large Picture

Find the right picture hanging systems for hanging large pictures. Create an impressive decorative effect and enhance the room's overall design. Learn now How to hang a large picture!

Hanging Multiple Pictures on Wall
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Hanging Multiple Pictures on Wall

Hanging multiple pictures may be a daunting task, especially when it comes to creating a cohesive and visually appealing display. The solution is to use picture hanging systems.

The Timeless Elegance of Black
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The Timeless Elegance of Black

AS Hanging Display Systems, inspired by the world of architecture and design, has developed a black range of picture hanging systems to blends perfectly with any decor.

Seven Days Seven Wall Decor Ideas
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Seven Days Seven Wall Decor Ideas

Rearranging your spaces is fun, creative and brings fulfillment! Express yourself in your home decor. With AS picture hanging systems, transform your interior without damaging your walls.

Visual Merchandising
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Visual Merchandising

In the retail industry, you need to optimize the presentation of your products and services to better showcase their features and benefits. The right hanging and display system is your solution.

A Two-in-One Wall Organizer
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A Two-in-One Wall Organizer

When we buy a bulletin board or wall organizer, we think about displaying papers, lists, photos, etc. If you try to hang a cap on a thumbtack on corkboards, the result is likely for it to end up on the floor almost immediately. In addition, corkboards are not very ‘’sexy’’, not to mention their dangerous side due to thumbtacks and pins.

Home Office Ideas
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Home Office Ideas

With what is currently going on with the COVID-19, we now need to create a workspace in our living environment that still allows us to be productive and efficient. Let AS Hanging help you!

How to Hang Mirror on Wall
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How to Hang Mirror on Wall

They say that mirrors are a reflection of reality. They reflect and magnify all aspects of our home. Mirrors have many virtues in interior design. How to hang mirror on wall? We have solutions!

Crown Molding IdeAS
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Crown Molding IdeAS

Crown Molding Ideas to highlight your space! Use crown as a picture molding rail. Hang picture frame without damaging your walls or your crown molding.

BUILT-IN PICTURE HANGING SYSTEMS
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BUILT-IN PICTURE HANGING SYSTEMS

For building and renovation projects, AS Hanging Display Systems developed different Built-In Picture Hanging Systems made from durable, high-quality materials. Reach your highest ASpirations!

How to Hang Plates on the Wall
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How to Hang Plates on the Wall

Problem solved with AS Hanging's Plate Wall Hanger. It is designed to grasp fragile pieces. Hanging art plates, collectable plates, and vintage tableware on walls is not a challenge anymore!

How to Roll a Cable
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How to Roll a Cable

High ceilings? Multiple artworks to hang? We offer picture hanging wires of different lenghts. Do not cut it, you might need it further. The solution is to roll up the cable behind the artwork.

Multifunctional Wall Organizer
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Multifunctional Wall Organizer

Multifunctional Wall Organizer Casso® Display Rail: A safe, stylish and durable bulletin board for hallways, schools, offices, bedrooms, etc.!

How To Manage Face Forward in Framed Art, Cable based
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How To Manage Face Forward in Framed Art, Cable based

Frames are traditionally prepared with a hang wire on the rear. This wire is often longer than it need be. There is slack in it by some inconsistent amount. When hung from a hanging system, this standard frame preparation will frequently cause the top of the frame to hang away from the wall, what we call face forward.

How To Manage Face Forward in Framed Art, Rod Based
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How To Manage Face Forward in Framed Art, Rod Based

How To Manage Face Forward in Framed Art? Hanging framed art seems straightforward enough, right? A picture or art piece, a custom or ready made frame, a nail & hammer. Err ... well, scratch the nail and hammer. Picture hanging systems are the solution!

How To Hang Art on Brick Walls
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How To Hang Art on Brick Walls

How to hang art on brick walls while maintaining the natural beauty and integrity of the wall without damaging the wall. Here is how to hang items on brick and create a beautiful art display!
How To Fix (Straighten) Frame Tilt
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How To Fix (Straighten) Frame Tilt

Have you ever tried to hang a framed piece of art or lovely photo and, while the piece itself is wall-worthy, its presentation is less than appealing? It tilts or leans on the wall. Right or left, it doesn't matter. It distracts from the visual.
How To Optimize Picture Hanging with Two Cables
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How To Optimize Picture Hanging with Two Cables

Since most of the population is familiar and experienced with hanging a frame from the hang wire on the rear of a frame, it is natural for us to do the same when hanging a framed art piece from a hanging system. However, that experience does not translate to a framed art piece hanging from two cables or rods.

How To Hang Art in Earthquake Zones
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How To Hang Art in Earthquake Zones

How To Hang Art in Earthquake Zones? The challenge has been presented to our Call Center many times. Another way to think of this is, can modern art hanging systems benefit those living or working in earthquake areas? That short answer is, yes. Find how here!

How To Eliminate Picture Frame Teeter Totter
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How To Eliminate Picture Frame Teeter Totter

Hanging a single piece of framed art or picture frame is typically straightforward. While there can be certain aspects to consider when hanging solo pieces, the tactical aspects usually arise when attempting to hang multiple pieces in a vertical format on a single cable or rod. One of these is the Teeter-Totter Effect.

How To Organize Necklaces
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How To Organize Necklaces

One of the easiest ways for hanging necklaces is definitely small hooks. Wall organizer Casso Display Rail is stylish and combine paper display with the option to hang necklaces and so much more.

Determining Safe Weight Limits for Hanging Art or Large Photos
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Determining Safe Weight Limits for Hanging Art or Large Photos

Knowing the correct weight capacity of your picture rail hanging system is critical to create a proper design, but also to ensure that your beautiful display will remain beautiful where you place it.

How to organize your kitchen?
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How to organize your kitchen?

Start your kitchen organization by cleaning your working surfaces. Install a Casso® Display Rail on the wall closest to your countertop to display your recipes, menus, meal plan, shopping list, etc.

Easy way to Hang Display Panels
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Easy way to Hang Display Panels

Hang hardboard wall panel. To help you meet your goals, allow flexibility in your design concept, and manage your space challenges, we suggest using Panel Hooks with Tensioned Cable System.

How to Decorate a Fireplace
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How to Decorate a Fireplace

To warm up your fireplace, install a picture hanging system to hang art over fireplace. Hanging ceiling track protects your precious stone, brick or tiles walls. No more nails, no more holes.

Framed artwork displayed in office, demonstrating how to hang pictures on plaster walls securely.
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How to Hang Pictures on Plaster Walls without Damage

Here's everything you need to know about how to hang pictures on plaster walls. Learn the differences between hanging on plaster walls vs. drywall, all the different hanging solutions, with their pros and cons. Bolts, adhesive hooks, hanging hooks, double-sided tape, and of course, our AS Hanging picture hanging system!

Tablet Holder
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Tablet Holder

Find the right tablet holder for your touchscreen device. We are here to help you. Hanging systems are the ideal iPad wall mount solution for any tablet or smartphone.

How to Hang a Heavy Picture
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How to Hang a Heavy Picture

Hanging heavy pictures can be quite a challenge! Here you'll learn everything you need to know about how to hang a heavy picture on your wall, without damaging your wall, or the frame itself. You’ll understand how to choose the right hanging support according to picture weight, type of walls, and how to keep your walls looking beautiful. Let's get hanging!

Wall Protection
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Wall Protection

Frame Bumper can be used as a spacer to pull the lower corners of hanging picture frames away from a wall. It can be used to buffer the wall from hardware that may otherwise contact and mark the wall.

How to Hang Picture Without Nails
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How to Hang Picture Without Nails

You've probably realized that using a hammer and nails is not a sustainable solution for hanging your pictures inside your home. Not only do nails leave unsightly holes in your walls, they require you to repeatedly patch, sand and paint every-time you want to change your pictures around. Let's look at other alternatives.

How To Hang a Poster
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How To Hang a Poster

How To Hang a Poster? The Poster Hanger is perfect for the business environment, schools, home, etc. It's an efficient way to display poster, picture, transitional signage that needs to remain undamaged but must be alternated frequently.

Get Well Soon!
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Get Well Soon!

Receiving a get well soon card is a precious moment in recovery. The safe and easy-to-use Casso® wall organizer showcases and highlights get-well cards to the delight of patients.

How To Hang Unframed Art
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How To Hang Unframed Art

In our series, "How to Optimize Hanging Systems", we've discussed topics including how to hang framed art, managing face forward of frames, when to use two cables for picture frame stabilization, tips for how to prevent art frames from a teeter-totter effect, and eliminating the dizzying visual distraction of unbalanced picture frame tilting.
When Cork Board Fails, the Casso Display Rails Succeed!
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When Cork Board Fails, the Casso Display Rails Succeed!

The cork bulletin board and the cork bar are now things of the past. Let us help you discover the versatile, durable and easy-to-use wall organizer for schools: the Casso Display Rail.

How To Create a 3D Art Display
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How To Create a 3D Art Display

This post explores how to create a 3D art display, which has been very cleverly designed using our Tensioners. We absolutely love the playfulness in this art exhibit. They create an interactive media room in the library as a space where various art displays can be presented on a 3 - 4 times per year rotation.

How to Hang Plexiglass
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How to Hang Plexiglass

Following the pandemic crisis, we are all living in a great period of stress and insecurity. Between confinement and deconfinement, the health of our loved ones and our desire to stay active, continue to shop and live a normal life are two needs.  Today and tomorrow, we must do to the best of our knowledge and our values and never stop hoping for clearer, better days. To do so, everybody must follow the established measures for a healthier community.

How to Hang Posters Without Frames
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How to Hang Posters Without Frames

Whether it is wall art poster for your living room or office to brighten up your living space or your teenager's movie posters, wall hanging a poster is difficult without damaging walls. We have solutions for wall hanging any posters in an attractive way without blue stickers, tacks, or staples...

A, B, C, D Ring!
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A, B, C, D Ring!

D Ring are the ubiquitous method for creating an attach point behind picture frames or any other objects to be suspended. The D Ring are made by a leading supplier of framing hardware industry.

Wire Cutters
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Wire Cutters

You purchased galvanized steel or stainless steel cables from our store or from our website. You might have purchased Cables slightly longer than you need, or you must cut excess Cable length on the bottom Tensioners of your Tracks or Piers of your Tensioned System

How To Hang Pictures On Stone Fireplaces without Drilling
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How To Hang Pictures On Stone Fireplaces without Drilling

Recently we had a homeowner inquire with us about fireplace wall ideas. This person has a beautiful stone fireplace that he didn't want to mar by putting holes into either the stone or the grout work. 

How To Use a Hanging System to Display Plaques or Awards with Keyhole Slot
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How To Use a Hanging System to Display Plaques or Awards with Keyhole Slot

Perhaps you own a laminated photo. Or maybe graduation plaques from your child's school? Or recent awards from your business success. On the back side of many of them, you find a common keyhole slot. We have picture hanging systems to help you! Our Utility Hook is the solution!

How To Hang Framed Art
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How To Hang Framed Art

The mere act of changing art and repositioning a display damages the one most valuable asset most of us possess, our home. The repeated hammering of nails leaves holes that need to be filled, patched and painted. This is inefficient, not sustainable and budget foolish. Here's hanging art solutions.

How To Hang 3D Wall Art
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How To Hang 3D Wall Art

Today, we're excited to show you how integral our hanging system can be in showing off another style of three dimensional art. These sculptures are anything-but typically hung flat art. Check out how this clever resin climbing man, nicknamed Goal Achiever by sculptor Ancizar Marin.
Using Frame Stabilizers to Create a Professional Wall Display
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Using Frame Stabilizers to Create a Professional Wall Display

Frame Stabilizer is a useful tool when the top of a frame hangs away from the wall and the bottom of the frame tilts inward towards the wall. Buy it now!

 
Difficult Walls, Part 2: Masonry and Glass Walls
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Difficult Walls, Part 2: Masonry and Glass Walls

In this second entry of our three-part series, Difficult Walls, we address the challenge of hanging art, photos, or objects on masonry wall or glass wall.

Difficult Walls, Part 3: Protecting Specialty Finishes
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Difficult Walls, Part 3: Protecting Specialty Finishes

Here, we are focusing on walls with an out-of-the-ordinary finish, i.e. expensive wood paneling, designer wallpaper, or perhaps custom, or faux, painted walls. Damage by nail holes, or other hanging devices, to these types of surfaces may result in impossible, or extremely costly, repairs. Here, we show how others have used our products.

How to Hang Acrylic Sheets
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How to Hang Acrylic Sheets

With the pandemic crisis, we are living some challenging and difficult times. Between confinement and deconfinement, the health of our loved ones and our desire to stay active, we need to continue to shop and live a normal life stress and insecurity are there every day.

Hang on for a green world!
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Hang on for a green world!

We strongly believe at AS Hanging Display Systems that we can help people reduce their environmental footprint by embracing sustainable hanging and display systems.

Workout Plan
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Workout Plan

The ideal tool for displaying your workout plan is without a doubt the paper organizer

Holiday Home Decor
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Holiday Home Decor

There’s no place like your home for the holidays! At AS Hanging Systems, we help you create your unique holiday home decor. Our picture hanging systems will inspire your stylish spaces.

Unique Holiday Decor
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Unique Holiday Decor

This year elevates the presentation of your Holiday Decor. Give your home and office holiday style in a flash with these creative decorating projects and picture hanging systems.

Indoor Halloween Decorations
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Indoor Halloween Decorations

You’ve probably spent weeks planning your indoor Halloween decorations! But have you thought of how you’re going to hang them on your walls or ceilings? The solution: picture hanging systems!