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.
How to hang a wooden plate on the wall.
My original plan was to hang my plates using these disc hangers which are adhesive discs that you adhere to the back of your plates the advantages of the disc hangers are that they allow your plates to hang flat against the wall and they are invisible once you hang them.
Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.
The discs come with a glue on the back that is activated when you add a little water.
I m a visual person and needed to know exactly how the plates would look hanging on the wall.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
Figure out the best plate hangers for you and hang them up.
You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.
You stick them onto the back of your decorative plates and then hang the hooks attached to the discs on a wall.
Most wall framings set studs every 16 inches so you should be okay to measure from there but double check with a pilot hole.
Mixed with a mirror.
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.
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.
How to hang plates on a wall.
Find decorative plates to hang on wall.
The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox.
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Decide what plates you want to use.
Thanks for this wonderful.
Now i want to take down those tacky plate hangers and try these.
To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates.
You need to drill through the plaster and into the wood framing.
I needed another way.
Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest.
Lay white paper on a flat surface.
Select the plates you want to hang on the wall.
I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls.
Obviously i could only hold up 2 plates at a time.
Common in the south decorative plates are a staple of many southern households.
Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.