Attaching wood to plaster wall corners?

Hi all, my hallway has just been replastered and i'm currently repainting it, in a black and gold art deco styling. This may be gaudy to some and tasteful to others, but its what i want to do

Anyways, i have these wooden corner pieces i want to attach to the two outward-protruding wall corners in my S shaped hallway

normally mounting things is easy, i just drill and screw, but i'm a little worried that screws would ruin the look of this

And i'm also worried that they may not be wide enough, that if i drilled holes they would just go into plaster instead of brick
Glue seems like it would be too weak of an attachment method, not keen on doing that either

but i'm not sure what that leaves, do you guys have any ideas? How can i attach something like this invisibly? The corners are solid pieces of wood with an L shaped profile, about 6cm wide, i'll use as many as i need to fit the vertical height, probably 3-4 per corner. They are generally decorative pieces, and wont be used to bear any loads, but they will surely get bumped a bit in the process of natural use of the room ( will of course be painting them gold)

CT1. Or Ob1.
I like Stixall as a bit cheaper.
Just stick on.

I stick on wood corners and steel corner protectors that get bashed with carts and don't budge

You could use super and activator and ob1 or ct1 or any number of grab adhesives. The super glue will create bond whilst the chosen grab adhesive cures.

Wayners said:

CT1. Or Ob1.
I like Stixall as a bit cheaper.
Just stick on.

I stick on wood corners and steel corner protectors that get bashed with carts and don't budge

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so the answer actually is...glue?
i'm a little skeptical, but it sounds easy and cheap enough to be worth trying!

Should i remove the paint from the wall, and/or leave the inner part of the corner piece bare of paint, for this?
Hypothetically, if i did use one of the products you mention

and at some time in the distant future, i wanted to remove these corner pieces by prying them off with a crowbar

how would that go down?

Use a polymer like Stixall.
If paint is stuck fine no need to remove. Just stick on. If you want you can sand back the emulsion a bit.
To remove wood just use sharp chisel or scraper to take off the wood and mastic...

When using polymer have some multisolve with you to clean off any excess if required. You can also spray some on mastic before running your finger along.

You could also use double sided foam tape , would give a little under impact .

Nanako said:

i'll use as many as i need to fit the vertical height, probably 3-4 per corner.

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Why don't you buy longer complete lengths and trim them down to suit your ceiling height, it will surely look more seamless than multiple lengths butted up against each other, which are likely to not align very well unless you have dead straight walls/corners.

Nanako said:

so the answer actually is...glue?
i'm a little skeptical,

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Don't be. Cars are reinforced and kept rigid with glue structural adhesives nowadays and they undergo way more stress that corner piece ever will.

Over that area, the cheapest no nails will be fine - when used to stick skirting boards on it often brings the plaster off when they're removed. I find it a bit softer than the polymer stuff so easier to squish into place, and to clean up.