How To Hang Plates 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.

How to hang plates on wall.

I m going to look on amazon. Select the plates you want to hang on the wall. Lay white paper on a flat surface. 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.

Slip the d ring hardware right onto the screw. Plate hanging isn t reserved for the kitchen you can hang plates in any room of your house. I once heard someone say that every gallery wall needed a circular shape so a plate is an easy addition to any gallery 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.

To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates. 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. 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. Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.

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. Make sure to use wall anchors if you have plaster walls or if you aren t screwing into a stud. Figure out the best plate hangers for you and hang them up. To hang the plate drill a drywall screw into the wall leaving it about 1 4 from going all the way in.

Mixed with a mirror. 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. Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest. Thanks for this wonderful.

I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls. 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. Plus plates are such an inexpensive way to give a wall a lot of personality. 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.

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 i want to take down those tacky plate hangers and try these. Allow the plate disc to sit on the plate for 24 hours. Turn each plate upside down onto paper.

Now it s time to hang.