[jhncls]

Did other people also wonder what a French cleat might be? It is a molding with a 30–45 degree slope used to hang cabinets or other objects.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cleat

[dsaavy]

I put up a giant wall of these in my home and they're incredibly useful. You can build any type of contraption and throw a cleat on the back of it and boom, just put it on the big wall. Reconfigure it every month, build new things to mount up there, it truly is simple and versatile. French cleats truly are terrific.

[williamdclt]

I like the idea. It's a bit invasive, but if you don't mind would you share a photo of what this wall looks like?

[IanCal]

Someone else below has shared a video on the same kind of thing you might be interested in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65n9h3tFpVg

[zimpenfish]

I probably wouldn't have known if I hadn't wandered into woodworking YouTube - it's a common device for workshop walls, etc., for easily switchable configurations of shelves and whatnots[1].

[1] e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65n9h3tFpVg

[justinator]

We used them a lot when hanging up art work.

[Cogito]

Yeah it sounds a lot like a picture rail[0], the main difference is that the picture rail runs around the whole wall while this is more specific.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molding_(decorative)#Picture_r...