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Dining Room Update with a Plate Gallery

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Dining Room Update with a Plate Gallery

If you’ve read my dining room posts then you will know that I was never really on board with my attempt at a gallery wall.  I didn’t really plan the placement of the pictures and plates and it always felt a little off to me.  It wasn’t pleasing to the eye.
 So it was back to the drawing board.  I thought about scrapping the whole thing and putting up a mirror instead, but I liked the plates that were hanging on the wall.  I have a bit of a “thing” for plates, so I decided to try a plate gallery.
This time I did some planning.  I gathered the plates that have been handed down, gifted, bought and thrifted.  Placed them into an eye pleasing layout on the living room rug.  Now for the hard part – getting these plates onto the wall.
I traced each plate onto a piece of paper and then cut it out.  I placed all the plate templates onto the wall with tape moving them around until I liked the arrangement.
I measured from the top back of each plate to the hanging wire.  I marked the spot of the wire measurement on the template.
 I placed a hanger over the spot making sure the bottom was lined up with the mark and tapped the nail to make a hole in the wall.  Then I took down the template and nailed the hanger into the hole.
There were four small plates that I bought at a yard sale for .25 cents each.  I couldn’t find plate hangers that small, so I used Command Strips.  I don’t know if I would have done this if they were heirloom plates though.
This is the result and I’m happy.
The other change I made was to add my recent yard sale art purchase to the wall between the windows.


Link to posts about
the buffet
green cupboard
chandelier
dining chair dropcloth slipcovers
yard sale artwork

Have a wonderful weekend!

Linking with:

Miss Mustard Seed
At The Picket Fence
Common Ground
Inspired by Charm
Tatertots and Jello
Funky Junk Interiors
Thrifty Decor Chick

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  7. Love the plate arrangement, came out really nice!
    HAve you seen the plate hangers called ‘Invisible Plate Hanger’ Adhesive disc plate hangers? I love these things. FAr easier to use than those claw things, cheaper and they come in so many sizes you’re not scrambling to find juuuuuust the right size. Easy peasy to use too.

    Ang
    SoLongFarm.blogspot.com

    • Plus, if the word “adhesive” makes you nervous, you can always buy the white border tape that artists use to hold their paper to a board while painting. Put a small piece on the back of the plate, then place the adhesive plate hanger on top of it. Border tape is similar to the blue 3M painter’s tape, only it strips right off without tearing or leaving a sticky blue mess behind. Ask for it at an art store! ~ Terrie from Atlanta, Georgia

  8. Oh I just LOVE this!! It looks so bright and cheerful and the color combo is fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Inspiration Friday this week! 🙂
    Vanessa

  10. I’m stopping by from Brenda’s Cozy Little House! Love the arrangement of plates on your dining room wall. Really adds a pop of color and pattern and livens up the space. And that green of that cupboard in the corner is a great color. Whenever I hang something, I just eyeball it and go for it — never any planning involved at all. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Tammy

    • Terrie from Atlanta, again ~ Have you thought about carrying that beautiful green from the cupboardover to the plate wall by hanging something green above / below the painting? Maybe a few small plates or tiny paintings with that green in them…or little, framed mirrors that will reflect the color from wall-to-wall…or the lettuce patterned dishes you can find at HomeGoods (Williams Sonoma in a crunch)…or wide, green ribbon…. 🙂

  11. Just popped over from Brenda’s Cozy Little House!
    welcome to the world of Blogging!
    Excellent tutorial..beautiful execution!
    the wall looks perfect with this outstanding plate display!
    Just had to comment before I continue my browsing!
    warmest hugs!
    Loui♥
    Ps please disable the detested word verification thingy..
    You will get a lot more comments that way!

  14. I love your plate wall! I have a blank wall at home that’s just waiting to be decorated. This is definitely something to add to my list of potential decorating schemes. Thanks for sharing!

    Julie
    jamscorner.blogspot.com

  19. You are way more patient than me. I just slap them up and move them until they look right. The paper method is a good idea. I love the look and love that green hutch in the room. What a pop of color.

  24. I really like it! I have a plate collection and a little gallery wall with pictures too, that is a great idea to use paper to plan the layout, I need to re-do mine soon

  25. I love the mix of color! Even though they don’t match, they all go together beautifully! I’m trying to come out of my comfort zone a little and add more color to our house…this would be a fun way to do it!

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