Art, Mirrors & Shelves in San Marino — from $39
Size is set by dimensions and weight: anything over 50 pounds is a structural fixing, not decor. Orders under $69 carry a $30 trip fee; bundled items have no fee.
Flat price per item. Minimum order $69.
The Huntington Library’s city knows what hanging is worth
People here collect in earnest — paintings, prints, Chinese calligraphy and scrolls, family portraits across generations. We hang at collection level:
- Picture rails: many estates still have their historic hanging rails alive. We check them and hang from hooks and cables — not one new hole in century-old plaster, the native method of these houses.
- Where there is no rail — studs only, found with a detector; laser layout before drilling, gloves for valuable frames.
- Rigid fixings for anything heavy and anything above chairs: seismic forces do not ask the age of the house.
- Scrolls and calligraphy — a perfect vertical, silk handled gently.
- Rail systems for living collections — rehang without new holes: collections that grow will appreciate it.
Mirrors — from vanity tables to full-length (two people); heirloom mirrors in cast frames get their hanging hardware inspected before mounting.
Frequently asked questions
Portraits of four generations for the dining room.
Layout together with you (the order is a family matter), a true line, rigid fixings. The gallery price is flat.
The house has picture rails — can they be used?
Most often yes: we check their strength and hang with no drilling at all.
A Qing-era scroll — we are afraid to trust anyone with it.
We understand. Laser-checked vertical, gentle mounting, gloves.
The collection grows and the hanging changes.
Rail plus cables: rehang every month if you like, without a single new hole.
Job not on the list?
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