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How to Hang a Perfect Gallery Wall Without Nails

Home » DIY Projects » How to Hang a Perfect Gallery Wall Without Nails

Published April 27, 2015 Last Updated February 9, 2021 / By Jessica 46 Comments

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Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

So you guys know how obsessed I am with Nora’s big girl room, and one of the best parts of the whole room is the is the gallery wall. It is just such a focal point. We knew from the start we wanted a gallery wall in the room, but I won’t lie, I was more than a little overwhelmed by making it happen (thank goodness for Kelsey, from The Wells Collection who is like the design grand master of the world). Tons of work goes into picking the frames, picking the art, pairing them up, and arranging them on the wall, but at least all of those steps are pretty fun… the one step that everybody dreads is the actual hanging and measuring, am I right? Well people, get jazzed up, because today I am solving that problem for you, and you will never stress out about hanging a gallery wall ever again! 

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

So here is the picture of the finished gallery wall to get you excited!

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

One of the greatest parts about this little trick is that it doesn’t matter at all if your frames have hanging brackets or not! So pick out any frames you want, large or small, irregardless of hardware.

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

So here’s the magic tools, literally all you need is a level (if you are like me and don’t know how to hang anything strait on your own, haha) and some 3m command strips! As you can see from the picture above, we had some pretty big frames, and some heavy metal frames as well, and these strips worked like a champ! For the smaller frames, we only used one strip and cut them in half (hotdog style) down the middle and put half on each side of the frame. Below I will illustrate the process in photos for all you visual people. :)

Here are the exact command strips I used:

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Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

So the first step is to stick one side of the command strips to the frame like you see above.

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

Then just peel the command strip sticker off the other side and hold the frame up to where you think you’d like to place it, but before you stick it to the wall, have a helper place the level on top of the frame to be sure you are completely strait before you stick it to the wall. This initial binding is what will stick the back velcro to the wall, you will still be able to remove the frames, but the back tape will stay on the wall (see below).

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

So, when we were hanging our wall we hung all the empty frames first, and then decided after which art we wanted where, because it was easier to visualize that way. In this picture you can see two spots where we had removed the frames to fill them with art, (in the empty spot on the left you can see that those strips were the half strips I mentioned earlier) once your frame is filled you just line it up again and press the velcros securely back together!

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

Step back and admire your finished product!

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

A couple of up close pictures, how cute are those prints?

Okay seriously this is the most brilliantly amazing home decor tips I have ever seen! Gallery walls are totally not overwhelming anymore!

Welp, is your life changed, or what?! Happy gallery making friends!

xo,
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  1. josh

    August 31, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Yea but the moment you want to take them off the wall, it will strip the paint and you have to paint the wall all over again!

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    • Jessica

      August 31, 2021 at 1:49 pm

      If you use the tabs to gently pull down on the strips it should not remove the paint! We’ve moved them around lots of times with no problems.

      Reply
  2. Abby

    February 02, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    How did you measure and keep the picture frames centered before sticking them to the wall? I’m having trouble with measuring out above the dresser and then having to restick the command strips due to it looking odd. Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Staci Madak

    October 15, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    Do you happen to have the Files to print out the pictures you used in your frames? Theyre all so cUte!

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    • Jessica

      October 17, 2018 at 1:36 pm

      I don’t! I actually bought them from an etsy shop- but they were super adorable! If you click through to my post about my daughters room the link is there! :)

      Reply
  4. Melissa espinoza

    September 15, 2018 at 5:41 am

    Got the answer i was looking for!! Thanks so much. Hated the thought of putting nails all over the wall!!!!

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    • Jessica

      September 16, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      Yay!! so glad!

      Reply
  5. Pat Mendenhall

    July 15, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    I broke a very expensive painting using command strips; I used the correct ones for the weight of the picture and it still didn’t hold, test first!!

    Reply
  6. Jackie blake

    June 23, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    Been using com and strips for years. Love them.

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  7. Paul B Garcia

    May 20, 2018 at 6:31 pm

    There is one problem with this!

    3M COMMAND STRIPS WILL NOT EVEN HOLD A SIMPLE PLASTIC WALL CLOCK ON THE WALL AS OF 2018!

    Apparently they changed the formula of the Glue and it fails about a year after you hang something up!

    So if you care about your frames and the glass in them! Don’t Use 3m command strips they no longer work!

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  8. Haley Hepburn Ellis

    October 06, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    Can you share the source for those paper flowers? They are gorgeous!

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    • Sarah + Jessica

      October 08, 2017 at 3:00 pm

      absolutely! they were from Target!

      [image: Facebook] [image: Twitter] [image: Google Plus Page] [image: pinterest] [image: Instagram]

      Reply
  9. Dot

    September 17, 2017 at 6:03 am

    Any links as where to buy the command strips please . We don`t have them where I come from . Would they support only light weight frames ?

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    • Sarah + Jessica

      September 17, 2017 at 8:23 pm

      Absolutely! Here is a link for some great picture hanging ones! I use them for all sizes of pictures, but if the frames are SUPER heavy then you may need multiple strips! On the box it should tell you how much weight each strip can support! http://amzn.to/2xJvio5

      [image: Facebook] [image: Twitter] [image: Google Plus Page] [image: pinterest] [image: Instagram]

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      • Jackie blake

        June 23, 2018 at 12:48 pm

        Wal-Mart sells them

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