The best way to hang a gallery wall

The good news: You’ve acquired the perfect series of pictures or art to show off a wall or a room in your home or office.

The bad news: You have no idea how to hang this gallery so it looks as stunning as you imagine.

But hanging a gallery on a wall is easy when you use a system that employs some tried-and-true tools. What’s more, this system is identical or similar to the systems that professional curators use when they hang galleriesThis gallery hanging system relies on a suspension device attached at or near the top of a wall, or from the ceiling. It supports wires, fine-gauge chains or thin metal rails that drop down and lie flat along the wall. The wires, chains or rails then hold hangers that attach to the backs of the art or pictures, suspending the pieces on the wall.

These gallery hanging systems sometimes allow for adjustments horizontally along the wall with sliders at the suspension device. But even if your system comes with only fixed wires, chains or rails, you still can adjust the hanging materials vertically to fit the desired length of your item to be hung.

To create a gallery wall, the user simply needs to drop the wires, chains or rails from the suspension device at the appropriate horizontal and vertical spaces to hang all the gallery pieces in their proper spots.

Here’s more good news: A hanging system lets the user try different spots on the wall for each gallery piece without marring the wall. There’s no need to hammer or drill multiple holes in the walls, or even mar walls by applying and removing adhesive hangers.

With a hanging system, the finished gallery looks like a gallery. That’s because it uses the same tools that gallery professionals use.