What is the best way to hang art on lath and plaster walls?
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You will need moley's.
She meant Molly screws. Ask your local hardware store person first.
Mollies will probably work, but how heavy? For objects weighing over a few pounds, find a stud and set your hanger it that. They used lath and plaster over support studs back then. If your supports are not in a good place, what they also used to do was mount a board from one support to the other on the outside of the wall and put hooks on that. They painted the board to match the wall color.
Hi Michelle, Here's a step by step link that may be helpful! http://www.wikihow.com/Hang-Pictures-on-Plaster-Walls
Good luck!
Mollies for sure - unless it's super heavy. What are you hanging?
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