Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.
Origin of hanging dinner plates on the wall.
Now i want to take down those tacky plate hangers and try these.
How to hang plates on a wall.
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Place your plates up on the wall using your paper template as a guide and then gently tear the paper off the wall.
The big difference between framed art and plates is that art since it s created to hang on a wall usually comes with a wire or hanger.
Be sure to hang the plate onto the nail through the small circle at the bottom of the safety pin which will prevent easy slippage.
I have a blue room guest room with antique furniture and the walls are painted a beautiful blue with blue white transferware and blue willow plates hanging on the wall.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
In this living room we chose our rayne mirror for it s scalloped border and coppery blue patina but it s on the small size.
Tips for hanging plates on a wall.
If you have small children in your home you could hang the plates with a hook rather than a nail for more stability and a less likely hood of a child hitting a plate down.
You stick them onto the back of your decorative plates and then hang the hooks attached to the discs on a wall.
Any organized display of plates will end up unique as there are literally billions of plates.
The discs come with a glue on the back that is activated when you add a little water.
Make sure the back of your plate is very clean so the adhesive has a clean surface to attach to.
Driven by decor shows how to use paper cutouts to plan out your plate design on the wall before hanging.
So there s that the uniqueness.
The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox.
Before you start hanging plates on a wall choose the plates platters bowls or other dishes you want to display and find a suitable location for them.
Even if the pattern of display was the same the individual plates would be different.
To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates.
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I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls.
Lay white paper on a flat surface.
Another method is to trace your plate design on butcher paper and nail directly onto the wall.
Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest.
To hang the plate first figure out the exact placement on the wall mark it with a small dot and hammer a small nail into the wall.
Plates are fun to collect and fun to display.
Select the plates you want to hang on the wall.
