Homeowners display decorative plates on walls either one at a time or in a series of plates.
How to hang plates on the wall correctly.
To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates.
Lay white paper on a flat surface.
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.
Select the plates you want to hang on the wall.
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.
Hang the plates on picture hangers.
Use whatever decisions you have on hand you can make a simple minimalist statement with just 1 hanging plate or you can hang up a collection of decorative plates to create a fun design scheme.
Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest.
The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox.
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.
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The back of the plate should also be smooth.
Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.
To assure the plates fall where you want them hold the plates up to their corresponding templates and mark where the plate hangers on the back of the plates fall.
You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.
After you finish securing your templates attach the plate hangers to your dishes.
How to hang plates on a wall.
Mixed with a mirror.
Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.
Hanging heavy plates on the wall.
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.
Now check the back of each plate to be sure it s clean and wipe away any dust and lint.
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.
For each plate measure the distance from the top of the plate to the wire that will catch on the hook behind it then nail a hook into the wall that same place on.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
To use adhesive discs to hang your plates first read the manufacturer s directions and make sure the discs are recommended for the type of plates you have such as copper porcelain or china.
Plates with raised designs on the back won t work properly with.
Then nail the hooks into the wall to hang your plates.
If a plate does not already have a wall hook securely glued to the.
I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls.
Figure out the best plate hangers for you and hang them up.
