Rental-friendly ways to hang decorations without damaging venue walls
Venues often enforce strict rules against wall damage, leaving decorators scrambling for safe ways to hang fabric, lights, and art. Without rental-friendly hanging solutions, planning events becomes stressful and risks security deposits.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Using command stripsDid this help you?
- 2Using blue tacDid this help you?
- 3Renting free-standing pipe and drape systemsDid this help you?
- 4Placing fairy lights on horizontal surfaces instead of vertical wallsDid this help you?
- 5heavy duty command picture hanging stripsDid this help you?
- 6hang it from wood roof with clear fishing lineDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Is there anything rental friendly I could use to help her hang a piece of metal art on the stucco.”source ↗
“We have rented a village hall for our venue and was wondering what would be the best way to hang up some fabric and fairy lights on the walls without damaging it.”source ↗
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