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I work in a 175 year old NHL masonry building that has an event space on the first floor. We are now starting to use the event space significantly more and I've been receiving questions about temporarily attaching things to walls/woodwork for specific events. I've been asked me whether using command strips would be acceptable--does anyone have any experience or thoughts? My gut feeling is that this might be ok on the walls (paint over plaster over brick), but I'm a bit wary of anything stronger than blue tape on the historic woodwork (bookcases, doors etc), because they've been repainted many times  and the paint layers don't always adhere well. But I don't actually know if this approach is overly lenient or overly conservative. Any thoughts from anyone who has dealt with this?

I work in a 175 year old NHL masonry building that has an event space on the first floor. We are now starting to use the event space significantly more and I've been receiving questions about temporarily attaching things to walls/woodwork for specific events. I've been asked me whether using command strips would be acceptable--does anyone have any experience or thoughts? My gut feeling is that this might be ok on the walls (paint over plaster over brick), but I'm a bit wary of anything stronger than blue tape on the historic woodwork (bookcases, doors etc), because they've been repainted many times  and the paint layers don't always adhere well. But I don't actually know if this approach is overly lenient or overly conservative. Any thoughts from anyone who has dealt with this?

I work in a 175 year old NHL masonry building that has an event space on the first floor. We are now starting to use the event space significantly more and I've been receiving questions about temporarily attaching things to walls/woodwork for specific events. I've been asked me whether using command strips would be acceptable--does anyone have any experience or thoughts? My gut feeling is that this might be ok on the walls (paint over plaster over brick), but I'm a bit wary of anything stronger than blue tape on the historic woodwork (bookcases, doors etc), because they've been repainted many times  and the paint layers don't always adhere well. But I don't actually know if this approach is overly lenient or overly conservative. Any thoughts from anyone who has dealt with this?

Hello Katherine, 

In the past, command strips were used on the walls of our historic house (painted plaster with flat paint) to hold up holiday decorations. This was before my time. However, when they were removed some of them pulled off the paint, and in some instances, a layer of plaster came with it. We no longer hang decorations like they used to. At other places I've worked, we've had success with placing a piece of painters tape on the wall first prior to placing the command strip. We've also hung graphics using velcro with a layer of painters tape between the velcro and wall. I'd be interested to hear what others suggest. 

Diana

I work in a 175 year old NHL masonry building that has an event space on the first floor. We are now starting to use the event space significantly more and I've been receiving questions about temporarily attaching things to walls/woodwork for specific events. I've been asked me whether using command strips would be acceptable--does anyone have any experience or thoughts? My gut feeling is that this might be ok on the walls (paint over plaster over brick), but I'm a bit wary of anything stronger than blue tape on the historic woodwork (bookcases, doors etc), because they've been repainted many times  and the paint layers don't always adhere well. But I don't actually know if this approach is overly lenient or overly conservative. Any thoughts from anyone who has dealt with this?