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From classic sets of antique porcelain to mismatched collections of thrift store finds, plates make excellent wall art. The repetition of round shapes is graphic on its own, while the patterns of the plates add to the allure. China collectors have displayed their dishes on walls for decades, and these days, plates are having a renaissance as wall art. However, the new trend is anything but traditional. (If plates aren't your thing, check out some other awesome collections worth hanging on the wall courtesy of Apartment Therapy: Pez dispensers, jewelry and much more)
You can hang plates anywhere in the house, not just in dining spaces. The composition may be from formal and gridded or completely natural and free-formed. However you chose to display your plates, it'll be easier to create your design if you trace each plate onto kraft paper and arrange the pieces of paper on the wall first. Then follow the advice from this ShelterPop post on how to hang plates on the wall safely.
Above: An image from Sunset magazine shows plates of a similar palette displayed in an asymmetrical wavelike pattern.
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Reader comments (Page 2 of 2)
Someone should do some research. The photo of the blue and white plates is lovely but is NOT DELFT. Plate at top, for example, is Danish. Having collected Delft for over 50 years, I know that many people think anything blue/white is Delft and I have been given Chinese, Japanese, Portgugese, Mexican, Honduran, etc. pottery for my 'collection'. Delft is a Dutch HANDPAINTED pottery with quite distinctive patterns and marks on backside. It is not inexpensive. This photo is from Country Living.....they should know better.
Replytacky, TACKY
ReplyI don't particularly care for the look. I do have places on a high plate rale in my dining room, but that is it. One caution-the previous owner of our house, who would have been perfect for this article, had plates EVERYWHERE. the hangers did substantial damages to the walls, which we got stuck repairing. We were coming in from out of state, had no where to go and they knew it. If you sell your plate laden house, you may not be quite as lucky and you may get stuck repairing the damage these hangers do.
Reply"The current plate-on-the-wall trend arguably began when interior designer Kelly Wearstler used them on an outdoor wall (shown above) at the Viceroy Hotel."
ReplyThis is an absolutely absurd statement.
I'm willing to bet that many of those who found those arrangements "ugly" would have enjoyed seeing more classic, balanced arrangements. It's a shame you didn't include any.
When my daughter had her first apartment she decorated with plates on the wall, most of them handed down from her grandma. They brightened up the drab "cement city" apartment in her college town. She used to joke that she could serve dinner for 12 off her living room wall!
ReplyOh .. I think that Snark ONLY writes rude comments. Why else would he/she/it use that name? It's a baited hook ... don't bite!