# How to hang artwork in unusual location?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811 "2015-11-17T18:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811/1 "2015-11-17T18:14:55Z")

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Just looking for ideas here. The layout of my living room is a little odd and there is about 3’ of wall-space that extends down from the ceiling directly over a staircase. I had an idea to put some type of art there to make it a little more visually interesting, but I’d need a stable platform set up over the stairs in order to reach the wall. How could I make this happen?

On YouTube I saw a method using two ladders and a thick plank of wood extended between them… but other than that, I don’t know how it would be possible.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811/2 "2015-11-17T19:53:43Z")

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Go to a rental store and tell them what you’re doing. There is scaffolding expecially made to use on steps that would be safer, or special ladder configurations. Don’t put a piece of wood between 2 ladders please.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811/3 "2015-11-17T19:57:42Z")

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Any DIY site has plans for building a stable platform that can be used for situations like this. If it’s only going to happen once, see a rental place like **DGH** suggests.

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811/4 "2015-11-17T20:02:59Z")

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If the stairs are going up away from the wall (ie you look at the wall on the way down) I would think one sturdy ladder would suffice, wedged between the wall and stairs. In the opposite configuration do as DummyGladHands suggests and get a little scaffold system.

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**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hang-artwork-in-unusual-location/737811/5 "2015-11-17T21:10:54Z")

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thanks folks!