Now it s time to hang.
How to hang plates on wall.
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.
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.
You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.
Select the plates you want to hang on the wall.
How to hang plates on a wall.
Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest.
I once heard someone say that every gallery wall needed a circular shape so a plate is an easy addition to any gallery wall.
Lay white paper on a flat surface.
I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls.
Make sure to use wall anchors if you have plaster walls or if you aren t screwing into a stud.
Put a large sheet of packing paper or kraft paper on a flat surface such as a floor or worktable and put the plates on it.
Plus plates are such an inexpensive way to give a wall a lot of personality.
The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates.
Mixed with a mirror.
Allow the plate disc to sit on the plate for 24 hours.
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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.
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Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.
Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.
Thanks for this wonderful.
Plate hanging isn t reserved for the kitchen you can hang plates in any room of your house.
Slip the d ring hardware right onto the screw.
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.
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.
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.
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.
