How To Make Wall Hanging Plates

Slip the d ring hardware right onto the screw.

How to make wall hanging plates.

To break up lots of little squares add in a plate. It ll bring more movement and a break in shapes to your gallery wall. For instance you can display some fancy china on 1 wall in your dining room or you can create a fun decorative accent over your bed. To hang the plate drill a drywall screw into the wall leaving it about 1 4 from going all the way in.

Now check the back of each plate to be sure it s clean and wipe away any dust and lint. Find decorative plates to hang on wall. Once i had my plate templates arranged and level on the wall i taped them to the wall with lots of tape to make sure they wouldn t fall down overnight i was doing my hanging the next day. Plates with raised designs on the back won t work properly with.

This is also a very important step if you are hanging your plates in a specific measured pattern like i did on my dining room wall. Make sure you measure the size of your plates then the exact distance between your plates. Gallery walls are a fun way to use lots of small special art pieces together to make a large impact. In my dining room example my plate sizes are 6 inches 10 inches and 12 inches.

Common in the south decorative plates are a staple of many southern households. And then when i was getting my girls their breakfast the next morning i heard a rustling in the dining room and found them in a heap on the floor. This will be the canvas for your wall art. 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.

Mixed into a gallery wall. 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. The fine china painted or etched with a mural or inlayed casting your home will have a new sense of class when your guest feast their eyes on these gorgeous decorative plates.