Plants can bring a particular aesthetic to your home, and it’s becoming increasingly popular each year to decorate the inside of your house with as much greenery as it can take. But what can you do when it comes to hanging plants if you cannot drill into your ceiling?
Multiple alternative methods are available if drilling into the ceiling is impossible when trying to hang a plant. These include adhesive and magnetic hooks, suction cups, clamps, and a few others.
This article will give you the best methods so that you can have hanging plants in your home with minimal hassle. So keep reading! We have everything you need to know about hanging plants in your home without drilling.
Hanging Plants in your Home
When it comes to decorating your home, a little bit of plant life can make it feel more alive. This is especially common for those of us who live in urban areas.
If you decide you want to hang a plant in your home from the ceiling, the most common method is to drill into the ceiling for an attachment point. However, this is not always achievable. Thus, we have multiple other methods we can use when this happens.
The first thing, however, is finding a suitable plant that is lightweight, as this will make it a lot easier to hang without a drilled attachment point. The other thing to consider is choosing a plant that doesn’t require soil, making it even lighter.
A few opinions are Spanish Moss, Lucky Bamboo, Basil, Air Plants, Umbrella plant, Pothos,
Peace Lily, Monstera deliciosa, and Anthurium andraeanum. These are all; plants that are suitable to hang from your ceiling with alternative methods.
So now, what methods can we use to hang a plant without the traditional drilling method?
Magnetic Plant Hooks
If you are looking for a method that will not mark the ceiling when trying to hang a plant, an excellent opinion is a magnetic plant hook. They work super well thanks to the neodymium or rare-earth magnets that can hold around 90 to 100 pounds.
If you want the magnet to reach its full weight capacity, you’ll have to attach it to a metal surface. This can be anything metal you find on your ceilings, such as a brace, bolt, or even a fastener. So be sure to check all over your ceiling.
The magnetic plant hooks come in various styles, such as stainless steel, nickel, bronze, chrome, and black. They can fit into any home decor style and are an excellent choice for hanging your plants from the ceiling.
Adhesive Utility Hooks
Utility hooks with adhesive backing are another great opinion to hang plants from your ceilings. They come in the form of hooks with a sticky foam backing, often used to hang kitchen utensils, but work equally as well for plants up to one pound in weight.
Remember to make sure that the surface you plan to stick your hooks on is clean and it will hold your plant without a problem. The best part about using an adhesive hook is that you can position them wherever you want, making them an excellent opinion for people with limited space.
Most adhesive hooks will need to be tested to ensure they hold your item without it sliding off, as many of them are made for walls, and the hook turns to ninety degrees.
Tension Rods
Our next option is a little bit of a cheat, as Tension Rods don’t hang anything from the ceiling. Instead, they are metal rods extending from the wall, giving the impression of a ceiling plant even though it is hanging from the rod.
Mounting a tension rod is relatively easy; you simply find a wall in your house that fits the size of your tension rod and hang it slightly lower than the ceiling with rubber tips on each end. A shower tension rod is great for bridging wall gaps or the end of a hallway. This gives the impression of a plant that hangs from the ceiling without actually doing so.
The weight capacity of a tension rod varies depending on the product, but often it can hold anywhere from ten to thirty pounds. This is a substantial amount of weight and can easily hold up to three plants per rod.
Long extension rods are also available for curtains, but can easily be used for hanging plants. These can be as long as thirteen feet or enough to run the entire length of a room.
A tip to remember is that the tension rod has to extend more than the room’s length. You should always account for an extra few inches at each end to ensure it will fit nicely against the walls. Extension rods are an excellent choice for hanging a few plants in the room at once.
Suction Cup Hooks
Suction cup hooks are another great way to hang plants from your ceiling. They will work best on a smooth and non-porous surface. Thus the suction cup is great for something like a skylight.
Other suitable surfaces for a suction cup hook are sturdy plastic and glass surfaces. The weight capacity is around a pound for the average suction cup hook but can be up to ten pounds. This is still plenty for a small plant to hang from the ceiling.
This method is fast and cost-efficient if you have a non-porous surface, such as a skylight, and want to add a little bit of nature to your ceiling.
Bar Clamps
Our last method is a more outlandish method, which is the tool known as a bar clamp. This is undoubtedly a method that’s sure to catch the eye of someone you have over and can certainly add a bit of an alternative style to your home.
A bar clamp has slides that are adjustable on either end and can be anywhere from thirty-six to forty-eight inches long. They can be placed anywhere a wall ends in your house, and the bar can hold a decent amount of weight for its size.
Remember to tighten the clamps completely before hanging any plants on the metal bar of the clamp. This is a unique method but may just suit the style of your house.
Final Thoughts
In this article, we have shown you that there’s no need to worry if you aren’t able to drill into your ceiling when it comes to hanging plants. You are now ready to add a little bit of nature to your home from the methods mentioned above.
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