How To Hang Plates On Your Wall

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How to hang plates on your wall.

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. I love to decorate by hanging plates on walls. Find the bare wall or section of wall where you want to hang your plates and measure out the width and height of the area you want to cover. Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.

Plates should vary in size and or shape for interest. Figure out the best plate hangers for you and hang them up. Now check the back of each plate to be sure it s clean and wipe away any dust and lint. Make sure the back of your plate is very clean so the adhesive has a clean surface to attach to.

Select the plates you want to hang on the wall. Now i want to take down those tacky plate hangers and try these. 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. This will be the canvas for your wall art.

Then nail the hooks into the wall to hang your plates. 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 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. I would caution that you could force the nails out of the wall with this method depending on the thickness of your paper.

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. How to hang plates on a wall. Lay white paper on a flat surface. Plates with raised designs on the back won t work properly with.

I m going to look on amazon. 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. Turn each plate upside down onto paper. Hang the plates on picture hangers.

Gallery walls are a fun way to use lots of small special art pieces together to make a large impact. If you have small children in your home you could hang the plates with a hook rather than a nail for more stability and a less likely hood of a child hitting a plate down. To break up lots of little squares add in a plate. The back of the plate should also be smooth.

Thanks for this wonderful. It ll bring more movement and a break in shapes to your gallery wall. How to hang your plates on the wall. Place your plates up on the wall using your paper template as a guide and then gently tear the paper off the wall.

After you finish securing your templates attach the plate hangers to your dishes.