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17 Totally Untraditional, Unique Ways to Hang Pictures on Your Wall

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17 Unique Ways to Hang Pictures on Your Wall

Decorating a new place—or redecorating the one you have—is exciting, but also pretty daunting when it comes to executing design accents, like hanging pictures. Think about it: If it isn’t perfectly straight, you have to re-nail holes in the wall. And sometimes, you just don’t have the creative brain to map out the perfect layout.

Next think you know, you’re overwhelmed, and all your picture frames have found a temporary new home on literally all your shelves, side tables and countertops.

MORE: 11 Stylish, Original Ways to Decorate with Books

Phew! Did you just get overwhelmed just thinking about it too?

Well, believe it or not, it doesn’t have to be this headache we paint it out to be. We found some cool, totally untraditional ways to hang pictures up on your wall. From using hangers to using clipboards, here are 17 photo-hanging ideas to get you inspired.

A version of this article was originally published in November 2014.

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