I've had my guitar on the wall for ages. Simple leather loop hanging on the old screw. It was always the safest place. Up to the day I grew up and with my wife we redecorated whole apartment. Plastering instead of wallpapers and my old screw disappeared. I tried to hide the guitar behind bedhead, in the closet, behind the doors... No way, after I brought home new ukulele I was sure: my guitars belong on the wall...

Step 1: No More Old Screws...

Well, that told me my wife. I looked around in DIY store and bought two metal kitchen cabinet door knobs, two double screws (straight screws without head with metric thread on one end and wood thread on the other one) and some rawlplugs. Then I waited until nobody was home, took percussion drill and made two nice holes in our concrete wall. Easy.

Little complication was that uke didn't have loop for hanging. Piece of bent reep rope, ends melted and sewn together and finally two little screws fitting loop to head of instrument.

Guitar and uke were back on the wall, but...

Step 2: Plastering Is Not Old Wallpaper...

And putting guitars up and down and swinging with them... Instrument leaning directly against plastering is a bad idea. Simple solution are round pieces of felt used as floor protection on table legs. If you have bigger plate of this felt you can let your imagination run riot. Pencil, watercolors, sharp blade and...