Wacky office tools: 3M Poster Strips

My inspiration collage is pasted with dozens of magazine photos and measures over 3 feet in diameter. To hang it on the wall, I put on a bunch of “blue tape” loops on the back, only to find it on the floor the next day, with the cats walking all over it. Grr.

I wanted something that didn’t stick permanently, but held fast. So, I broke down and did some research online to find a sturdy sticky thing.

And I found it!

3M makes “Command Poster Strips” — and they’re genius! Each strip has two sticky sides that you reveal by peeling off a peel-y paper thing. You position them tab-side down when you hang your poster.

Then, when you want to remove the object from the wall, you slowly pull on the tab and it stretches and unsticks without damaging the wall or the paper.

Before, I probably had 2 feet of blue tape working ineffectively. My collage now has 3 of these strips and hasn’t budged all week. Yay!

Check them out!