Plated Wall

A few posts back, I wrote about buying these metal plates at the Renninger's Antique Extravaganza.  I loved the plates because of their geometric shape and shiny, pewter-like finish.    And since I had a set of eight dishes in a number of sizes, I thought they would looked lovely hung on a wall in the new house.

Here's the finished result.    I originally hung them all up so the sides were all straight.  But I felt it looked TOO perfect.   So I just twisted some of the plates to make them more pinwheel in design, and I think the finished arrangement looks so much better.

Hanging plates is actually a very easy thing to do.  Just start with a center plates and start hanging plates to the left, right, top and bottom.  No measuring is needed; if you eyeball it to your best ability, you can actually achieve pretty perfect results!

Comments

[b from knitting harvest]

I love that the design emerged as hexagonal too!

[kkdonald]

Very nice. :)

Did you use typical wire plate hangers? It looks like some of them have the wire tips on them, but some look like they don't have them at all.

I FIND IT A BIT TOO SYMETRICAL...

[Kerri K]

It looks great Danny!

[Dee]

Outstanding! I would not tire of this wall for a loooong time.

[Grace]

Looks nice, and it draws the eye to the white heating/AC grill. Have you considered painting it to blend in with the wall?

[Diana]

They look GREAT!!

[Jane]

Looks great,but I agree that you should consider painting the grate green as well. Also, I think a small table below them with candles would be really stunning lit up at night.

[Amy]

Wow that is stunning. I like the idea about a table with candles underneath. And yeah totally paint that grate.