Pretty Plates

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sometimes you just get tired of looking at the same old thing. You know what I mean?

I can't find a picture of the square mirrors (painted white) I had hanging above my dining room table before, but they'd been hanging there for a long time. I decided it was time for a change. Like maybe a plate display?

I lived with paper outlines taped to the wall for 2 weeks while I procrastinated actually hanging the plates made sure I liked the arrangement.























Then I hung them. And straightened. And re-nailed. And straightened.
















And then they were perfect.




























































[Thanks to Alicia for taking the pictures... but from now on, I'm not going to credit her; just assume that if it's an awesome picture, there's no way I took it. :)]

Oh, and want to know my next Home Improvement project? You're looking at it: I'm dying to stain my dining room suite darker and recover the chairs. But that's going to have to wait until I recover from all of my current projects. Maybe next spring!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

so glad you posted this! they look GREAT!

Casey said...

LOVE your plates! I've been waiting to hang my own for so long because I didn't want the arrangement to look funny...but your idea to put paper outlines up is perfect! You've inspired me! :)

Rebekah said...

LOVE it!! Not sure if you hung them with plate racks, but i've found a really inexpensive way to hang plates....use paperclips and this great stuff called GOOP- you can't even tell that there is anything that is helping them hang!! My mom uses it and so i have adopted her method :) So if you ever have to do it again and want to know more, let me know!

Rebekah Bush

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