At the bottom of the entire piece i knotted the rope.
How to hang a license plate on the wall.
How to hang plates on the wall the best hangers more step 1.
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.
Tape your templates to the wall.
Hang when the glue is cured.
Find the center of the item to hang on the wall.
I also allowed for a loop that was measured at the top to hang them.
I traced the chalkboard so i knew how far in from the walls and how far above and below the chalkboard i.
Take all the plates that you re thinking about using in your plate wall and lay them out.
I decided that i didn t need to put plates up on the wall behind the chalkboard or the shoe cabinet since those areas would not be seen.
Figure out how you want to arrange your plates.
I personally hate them.
The entire hanging used one long piece of continuous rope.
There you have it.
They tend to slide around the edges of your plate if you buy the cheap ones they don t come with rubber bumpers and they scratch the rim of the plates.
How to hang plates on a wall.
You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
Place your pop tab so it will not show over the edge of the plate.
To start the license plate wall i selected my license plates and gave them a good scrub in the sink.
Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.
To keep the string from allowing the license plates to sink into each other once hung i taped each string on the back of the license plate.
The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers.
Lay white paper on a flat surface.
Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.
Trace each plate on paper.
They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to 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.