Hanging Plates On Your 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.

Hanging plates on your wall.

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. You stick them onto the back of your decorative plates and then hang the hooks attached to the discs on a wall. Follow the directions included with the discs to hang plates or whatever here s how they work and yes it s that easy. If you space constraints for the wall that they ll be hanging on it helps to put some painter s tape on the floor to mark the max width and height that you have to work with.

These little school bus yellow thingies are called disc adhesive plate hangers. Some look like fruit crossings. Contrary to appearances crockery can be used not only during meals they can be beautiful decoration. The discs come with a glue on the back that is activated when you add a little water.

Figure out how you want to arrange your plates. One of the easiest ways to hang plates on a wall is with adhesive discs. If you haven t noticed plates platters and lids are pretty much my go to wall art. Nice plates should be exposed not only by serving food but hanging them as wall decorative plates.

Take all the plates that you re thinking about using in your plate wall and lay them out on the floor. Just make sure you follow the directions. It all started because i could find plates at yard sales and thrift stores sometimes for as low as 10 cents a piece. And they can hang almost any dish plate lid etc.

Many of you have noticed the plates hanging on my walls throughout my home.