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PrairieRV · RV-Dreams Family Member

Wall Art in an RV

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Velcro, maybe industrial, and Command Strips/Hooks can be your friend. You might have to be creative on frames, not using fancy ones that take up too much space. It is your space, measure it and find a way.

-- Edited by bjoyce on Tuesday 19th of January 2016 10:49:44 AM

Selah · RV-Dreams Family Member

The art piece might be really nice but if it doesn't fit the space it is going to look out of place and will detract the overall look of the MH. We replaced all of the OEM art work that came with the coach with similar sized pieces from our house. The larger pieces from the house are in storage as they simply would not look good in such a small area.
The original art work was screwed into the wall. I simply reused the top two screws and used the same wire hanger that was on the new artwork to loop over the screws. Then used "Museum Putty" to hold the frame to the wall and prevent any movement.

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

Since Dale is an artist and we have LOTS of friends who are artists, we probably have more wall art than the typical RV'er. Most items are mounted by Command strips, almost all of our art has been purchased since going on the road. A few, select pieces of our art from our old home are still in storage, that was one of the few items we weren't ready to get rid of. All of our new wall art is smaller in dimension and we've changed out glass for acrylic, and in several cases we don't have frames, just had special, decorative mats cut for some of the pieces and it looks good. Of course we also have a couple of heavier, metal pieces mounted with a few extra 3M command strips and in 2.5 years no art work has come off the wall while we were enroute, even on the awful I-40 route in Northern AZ.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

My mother taught herself to paint with the oil medium. At one time in our old stix and brix, we had up to 65 of her paintings, almost all of which were too large for our fifth wheel. We did keep some of her smaller paintings and scattered them around the living room area of the fifth wheel. Jo hung one of my framed photos on the wall in the bedroom. All of the paintings and the one photo image are hung with Command strips. Being around me, she has learned the knack of "overkill" when wanting to make sure something doesn't fall, so some of them have multiple Command strips behind the frames.

At the link below, you can see several images at my Photobucket account with paintings in them. (Those are on page 3 of that folder.) Then, in the second link, it goes to page 5 where you can see some on the back wall of the coach and one over to the right in the entertainment center area. Oh, by the way, pay NO attention to the painting of the old mission church behind the recliner. That was my one and only attempt to do oil painting and it is NOT good. I did keep it though because my mother was helping me with it, even though it was never finished.

I might have learned such things as composure for photography by seeing what she painted, but I certainly can't paint.

Terry's Paintings

Page 5 Paintings

Terry

PrairieRV · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry, it looks like you also have some fabric art hanging over a window by your dinette. Looking at the thumb-nail, it looked like a stained glass hanging.

I have a few photographs that I did, but they're mostly small. The others I really want to us are framed prints that I love. Two of them are oblong and wide. I want to consider hanging them from an overhead cabinet, up against a valanced window. I'd still be able to open the window shade at least part way. I'd also consider hanging one like that from above the bed's headboard.

Thanks for all for the ideas. When I actually get an RV, I'll certainly revisit this topic as I try to furnish it.

Patti

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have several pieces with us. We do have them secured to the walls with the 3M velcro command hangers. 2 of the pieces are larger and we have had no issues to date..... 3yrs now. We did use the Command strips at all the corners though. Lessens the load on the wall material.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Patti,,

That hummingbird piece you saw is fabric. When we lived in Oklahoma City, that window faced the West and it would really get hot sitting at the dinette in the evening. Jo hung that there in the summertime using straight pins to the valance over the window. Click on the images at that link and you will see larger images of the thumbnail.

Terry

Lynn and Ed · RV-Dreams Family Member

If you are building new (or can modify an already built motorhome), consider removing a wall scone (or another item) to provide more open wall space for your desired art pieces. We made a related modification in our RV (i.e., a wall sconce was removed, which created open space between two windows), we also had a spot light installed in the ceiling that could be pointed at an art piece. I borrowed the idea from another RV owner, who made the same modification. The modification allowed us to further personalize our home.