In this first instance the interior space is dominated by an aged red brick wall vintage pressed tin ceiling and cornice.
How to hang wall art on brick.
Older houses have much softer bricks and with new building standards newer bricks have got stronger and harder to drill through says andrew dunlop director of the art.
There are only 2 things more terrifying to a homeowner than drilling into brick.
I tested two different products.
Unlike drywall anchors attached to brick walls are essentially permanent and much more difficult to move if a mistake is made.
Drilling into drywall and realizing you did a load of laundry during peak hydro hours.
Both the style that holds the brick and the style that grips the open mortar space.
Brick might look barren and overwhelming.
Hanging art on brick walls.
If you are hanging something like a framed picture it may have a wire that you can catch on the anchor hooks.
The best for hanging items on a brick wall with no drilling and worked best for all growing season support are the brick clips.
First a few things.
With two or more walls of brick the feeling s even worse.
Hang the item on the brick wall.
Other objects will have a hole hanger eyelet or something else that you can fit the end of the anchor hook into.
Hanging something on brick shouldn t give you a stress twitch you have two options and both of them are easy.
Hanging art and decorations can be challenging and damaging but there s a trick.
Devices called brick clips or brick hangers allow people to hang pictures mirrors and other objects on walls without drilling into the brick two examples are brick clips by a company called.
Get whichever fits your bricks better.
Have a friend hold your art up in the place you want it to hang and examine the placement from different angles before proceeding.
But hanging a painting mirror or even a television on brick can present some challenges you don t face with plain old drywall especially if that brick is vintage.
By itself a brick wall tends to look cold and impersonal.
How to hang pictures on brick walls.
Our classic wall track was mounted immediately below the cornice.