The Hangman Picture-Hanging Service: Serving Wichita, Kansas and Surrounding Area

Much more than a handyman service, The Hangman will put up your favored paintings, pictures, and other wall hangings in ways that show them in the best light possible.

This means we do more than just tack things up on the wall with little further thought — like many dime-a-dozen handyman services you may have encountered. Instead, we’ll help you find the best placement on the wall, and in your home (or business), for your valued items so they look like they truly belong.

We’re problem-solvers who can help you think things through. You’ll receive the benefit of our many years of experience doing nothing but professional hanging work, handling everything from rare and expensive paintings, to huge and heavy animal mounts, all the way to your son or daughter’s first finger painting in kindergarten.

Real pros who use two hangers and nails, with no wayward wire. Another key thing that sets The Hangman apart? We hang most items using two hangers on two hooks so that everything always stays level — with no use of the typical picture wire that eventually and inevitably leads to things getting knocked out of alignment. Instead, everything is mounted solidly on the wall with the same techniques art galleries and museums use, to stay straight for good.

Using two nails also cuts in half the weight sitting on each nail, enabling smaller-sized ones to be employed, while still hanging items securely. The upshot? More inconspicuous, easier-to-spackle holes, should that time come. Win/win.

Another bonus: Creating artistic groupings is one of our specialties. Have a collection of pieces to hang as a group? We’ll work together with your input to arrive at a pleasing and aesthetic arrangement to set off your pictures, paintings, or other items so they really draw attention. Combine that with our pro-level practice of using two hangers and nails to hang each item, and… The result? You can count on the fact that once up, the entire grouping will remain perfectly in place as originally hung, for years, without the possibility of anything being knocked askew to detract from the effect.

The bottom line: When you work with The Hangman, you can rest easy knowing you’re working with the best in the business, not a general handyman who may cut corners — either to slap things up quickly or just because they don’t know better. We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the cost too. Because we’re skilled specialists in this line of work, that also translates to working efficiently and therefore to competitive pricing.

Remember, too, that because this work is all we do, we understand the meaning and financial worth wrapped up in your paintings and similarly valued items. We’ll give them the attention they deserve, just like you do, and handle and place them with the same care.

A new generation carrying on the same traditions. Some of you may have worked in the past with the original Hangman himself, George Charlsen, who founded the business several decades ago. With his blessing, there are three of us — Evan, Cody, and me (Ward Nicholson) — now carrying on The Hangman using the same traditions George established and the methods he practiced. These include the use of two hangers and nails to hang each framed item, as mentioned above, and the design principles he employed in creating picture groupings. George worked for several decades embodying The Hangman name, and, while he passed away in 2023, his traditions continue on.

We hang a lot more than just pictures and paintings

Almost anything to go on a wall is something we can hang for you — safely and securely, and with an eye for aesthetic placement as well. If you’re remodeling or making a big move to a new residence, for instance, or opening or expanding your place of business, we can handle almost everything you need to put up on the walls.

Beyond pictures, paintings, and posters, the range of items we can hang includes:

• All typical household or functional items such as mirrors, towel racks, toilet-paper holders, whiteboards and bulletin boards, shelves, shadowboxes, crosses, and clocks (the whole range up to and including very large clocks with heavy pendulums, cuckoo clocks, etc.).
• Less common pieces such as sconces, wall lamps, autographed athletic jerseys or other sports items, guns, plus elk, deer, or other animal heads or antler mounts. (Special note: We have so far not ever had the opportunity to hang a jackalope mount. Should you happen to have one and need assistance, we would be honored to help. As with any rare item, you can count on us to do the job right and handle it with the care it deserves.)
• Even more unusual or valuable articles such as stone sculptures, vintage musical instruments (we’ve hung Aboriginal didgeridoos before), swords, Native American snowshoes, primitive wood carvings, and so forth.
• Not to mention more modern needs like acoustic panels for home theater systems and the occasional flat-screen television. (Normally we recommend you utilize your local electronics or appliance store to put your TV up, but if you forgot or are down to the last minute, we can do it.)

And if something is beyond our capabilities, don’t worry, we’ll let you know, along with good suggestions for the best way to get the job done.

Schedule us to come by for a hanging

Cody on The Hangman team schedules all of our jobs. To get in touch, just contact me, Ward Nicholson, and I’ll pass the word on. Then Cody will call to discuss your needs and arrange a time for a person or two on the team (as the job requires) to come by and get your items hung — just the way you want them.