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How to Hang Plates and Platters with Plate Hangers

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Learn how to use plate hangers to create a beautiful and functional art display for your home. This simple technique for hanging platters and plates with plate wall hangers translates to a charming display for your walls!

Learn how an inexpensive wall plate holder can transform your walls in an inexpensive design where form meets function!

This post was originally published June 16, 2014 and updated with fresh content March 31, 2021.

Creating a cozy, welcoming home does not have to be stressful or cost a fortune. You certainly don’t have to buy out your home decor store to be “finished” in a day! Rather, creating a home takes place over time, as you cultivate your style.

Throughout my home, I’ve hung clocks, wreaths, DIY artwork like pressed botanicals and vintage prints on linen, and purchased art and decor from various stores.

One of my favorite wall treatments is the decorative platter display hanging in our breakfast room. I wanted it to add a little interest to the room, so I used vintage platters to give it a collected-over-time feel.

I’ve used this trick several times over the years, as you can see here in the dining room of our colonial home. This room is painted in Accessible Beige, if you love the color as much as other readers!

I am in love with the results! The plates and platters give visual interest and depth to the space. Plus I love that it puts them within easy reach if I need an extra serving piece.

Yes, if you hand wash them carefully, you can still use them to serve appetizers or your next dessert bar!

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Where to Hang Decorative Plates 

Beautiful plates and serving dishes don’t have to stay in the dining room. Plate hangers make it so easy to hang a beautiful display of dishes wherever you want in your home.

A few years ago at our previous home, I created a platter wall display over our piano. I absolutely loved the texture and dimension it added to the space.

Decorative dishes would look beautiful in the kitchen, living room, and even bedrooms! Of course, they’re right at home in the dining room, too. After I fell in love with my first display, I created a miniature version over the bar cart in our dining room – in just 5 minutes!

Where to Find Plates for Art

Start by shopping your own house. You may be surprised at what you find! Pull out any dishes you may want to use, even if you’re not sure they’ll work together.

Remember, plates hung in a wall display don’t have to match. It’s all up to your personal preference and style.

You may have enough dishes already. If you decide you’d like a few more, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on them. I found the platters for my first plate wall for less than $3 each!

Check out Facebook Marketplace, local shops, garage sales, and thrift stores. The beauty of a plate wall is that you can add to it over time. So even if you only have a few pieces to start with, you can add to it as you find more. Patience is the key!

Once you have a collection to work with, start by spreading them out in front of you so you can get a good look. Decide which ones you want to use for your wall.

If possible, mark off an area the same dimensions as the wall you’ll be filling – you can use painter’s tape for easy removal. Rearrange the dishes into different layouts within the area you’ve marked.

It may be easiest to start with the largest pieces first, then fill in with smaller plates. However, there are no rules here, so feel free to play with the layout until you find one you love!

Try a symmetrical layout that is the same on both sides. Or go asymmetrical for a more laid back and free flowing design. Either way works and looks stunning!

Once you have a layout you like, do something to help you remember it. You can snap a photo on your phone for easy reference. Or you can transfer it onto graph paper or trace it onto a large piece of paper. Whatever works for you!

Types of Plate Hangers

Now that you’ve chosen your dishes, you’ll be able to decide which type of plate hangers you’ll need. There are two popular options, each with pros and cons.

Disc Plate Hanger

A popular option is to use a disc plate hanger. These are what they sound like – adhesive discs that you attach to the back of your plates and then hang on the wall. They come with a ring that you can easily hang from a nail or wall hook.

The main advantage of the disc plate hanger is that it is invisible once hung. Since it sticks to the back of the plate, it can’t be seen once you’re all finished. It gives this project a clean, simple look.

They are perfect for dishes with flat surfaces on the back, such as large bowls, platters, and plates. They don’t work as well if the dishes have a rim or feet that stick out, since the disc has to be able to lay flat against the wall.

A single 5 1/2″ disc plate hanger can hold up to 7 pounds, but you should check your specific hanger for weight limits, just to be sure. Another plus about this type of wall plate holder is that you can use more than one on large dishes, if necessary.

This type isn’t quite as conducive when it comes to taking the dishes off the wall for use. There will still be a disc attached to the back. You can still use the dishes for serving, but you’ll need to carefully clean them by hand afterward, to keep from getting water on the disc.

Wire Plate Wall Hanger

Another type of plate hanger is a 4-pronged wire hanger. This design has springs that can stretch to fit the size of your plate or dish, and hooks that fit around the edge.

This type of wall plate holder is slightly visible, with the four hooks showing from the front. They’re not overpowering, however, and they can even contribute to a more vintage feel.

The hooks come in metal finishes, such as brass or stainless steel. If you can’t find exactly what you’re looking for, here’s a tutorial on how to use Rub ‘n Buff to create just the right finish!

If you’re worried about scratching your dishes, you can also find vinyl-coated hooks. They will securely hold your dishes without doing any damage.

This type of hanger works perfectly for dishes you want to use. Since the dishes are held in place by hooks on springs, there is nothing actually attached to the dishes themselves.

Note that this type of wall plate holder often runs small, so you may want to purchase the next size up.

How to Hang a DIY Plate Wall

You’ve already designed your layout and decided which type of plate wall hanger to use. Now it’s time to move it to your wall!

It may save you time – and a lot of extra holes in your wall – to trace the shapes of your dishes onto paper. Cut them out and hang them on the wall in your desired design using painter’s tape.

This lets you make small adjustments as needed, without nailing putting any holes in the wall. Stand back and look at the paper cutouts. Make any changes that are needed.

Next, attach the plate hangers to the back of your dishes. The instructions will depend on the type of hanger you choose.

Disc Plate Hanger

For disc hangers, start by thoroughly cleaning and drying the back of each dish. This step is crucial to the hangers adhering properly, so don’t skip it!

Follow the instructions on your disc plate hanger. It requires using your fingers to spread a small amount of water onto the adhesive. After a few minutes, the glue should be tacky and ready for hanging.

Apply the disc to the back of your plate or dish. Pay attention to its orientation. It has a small ring for hanging, so if your plate has a design that needs to face up, make sure you hang the ring on that side.

Press firmly to secure the disc to the back of the dish, working any air bubbles out and to the side. Let dry overnight.

Once dry, test for proper adhesion by pulling firmly on the disc plate hanger’s ring. You want it to feel secure before use!

Wire Plate Hangers

This is as easy as selecting the right size, and stretching it to fit around your dish. Turn the plate onto its face to check the fit of the hanger. It should be snug with no wiggle room.

Adjust the hooks as needed so they are evenly spaced on the dish. You’ll want the top two hooks centered around the top center of the plate, so the hook will be able to hang level.

Instructions for Plate Wall Using Plate Hangers

  1. Choose plates, platters, and bowls and arrange them on a table or the floor. Purchase the appropriate plate hangers for your project.
  2. Trace and cut out template for each dish on paper. Then tape to wall in your arrangement using painter’s tape.
  3. Clean dishes and dry thoroughly.
  4. Attach plate wall hanger – disc or wire – to each dish following instructions.
  5. Find top center on each paper template. For each dish, measure how far from the top the hanger will be and mark this measurement on each paper template.
  6. Nail directly through paper at mark using a hammer and nail. Hang dish on nail using the plate wall hanger, and if happy with the placement, remove paper template.

Expert Tips for Hanging Platters

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Instructions

    1. Choose plates, platters, and bowls and arrange them on a table or the floor. Purchase the appropriate plate hangers for your project.
    2. Trace and cut out template for each dish on paper. Then tape to wall in your arrangement using painter's tape.
    3. Clean dishes and dry thoroughly.
    4. Attach plate wall hanger - disc or wire - to each dish following instructions.
    5. Find top center on each paper template. For each dish, measure how far from the top the hanger will be and mark this measurement on each paper template.
    6. Nail directly through paper at mark using a hammer and nail. Hang dish on nail using the plate wall hanger, and if happy with the placement, remove paper template.

Notes

Wire hangers often run small, so try ordering a size up.

Use two disc or wire hangers for extra long or heavy dishes.

How To Hang Plates on the Wall (The Best Plate Hangers & More!)

Updated: by Kris Jarrett

Want to know how to hang plates on the wall? I’m sharing my tips & tricks and the plate hangers that I used to get the job done right!

For months I kept my beautiful new plates sitting in a cabinet where they weren’t used or seen. And the big bare wall in my dining room? It stayed bare. Because honestly the whole idea of designing and hanging a decorative plate wall intimidated me. But last month I finally did it  – I hauled my plates out of the cabinet and hung them up on our dining room wall:

It turned out to be one of my favorite dining room wall decor ideas! The trickiest part was figuring out the how-tos of hanging the plates so I thought I’d share what worked best for me, what’s worked for others, and why you may want to choose one method of hanging plates over the other (post includes affiliate links – see my full disclosure statement {here}):

Step 1: Figure Out How You Want to Arrange Your Plates

Take all the plates that you’re thinking about using in your plate wall and lay them out on the floor. If you space constraints for the wall that they’ll be hanging on, it helps to put some painter’s tape on the floor to mark the max width and height that you have to work with. Arrange and rearrange until you figure out a design that you love!

All of my plates are from Juliska – the ones with the printed scenes are from their Country Estate collection in Flint color that you can find {here}. I also have two of {these dinner plates} from their Berry & Thread collection, and multiple different sized plates from their Jardins du Monde collection {here}. The center platter is the Jardins du Monde grande charger that is no longer available but can sometimes be found on eBay {here}.

Step 2: Trace Each Plate on Paper

I wanted to see the arrangement up on the wall before nailing in 20+ hangers and realizing that I should have shifted it up or down or changed some plates around so I traced the plates on kraft paper and cut each of them out. Once each plate was cut out, I drew both a horizontal and vertical line through the center of each paper plate, which helped me line them up evenly on the wall using a level (I wish I was a girl who could just wing it and not worry if things don’t line up quite right but I know myself enough to know that it would bug me if the arrangement was visibly “off”…).

Step 3: Tape Your Templates to the 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). 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. Nooo! I had used Delicate Surfaces painter’s tape and it didn’t hold. Ugh. Lesson learned. I redid the arrangement but this time used regular painter’s tape and put a tiny nail through the center of each plate just to be extra sure we didn’t have a repeat incident.

Step 4: Figure Out the Best Plate Hangers for You and Hang Them Up!

My original plan was to hang my plates using {these} Disc Hangers, which are adhesive discs that you adhere to the back of your plates. The advantages of the Disc Hangers are that they allow your plates to hang flat against the wall and they are invisible once you hang them. Unfortunately, I realized that most of my plates have a raised pattern on the back – definitely not a good surface for adhering a flat Disc Hanger.

The other disadvantages of the Disc Hangers are that you can’t easily remove them to use the plates – I wanted to be able to take some of the platters off of my wall if needed to use them for serving food at parties every now and then and the Disc Hangers wouldn’t allow me to do them. Also, according to the reviews some people have had issues with their plates fall off the wall when using them. But there are others who have used them with beautiful results (and no broken plates!) such as Emily of Timeless Paper who used them to hang this gorgeous plate wall over her bed (don’t you love it?!):

Since the Disc Hangers weren’t going to work for me, I ended up hanging my plates using Tripar’s white vinyl coated plate hangers found {here}. Beware that they do “run small” – my 9″ plates did not fit the 7″-9″ hanger size – I had to use the 10″-14″ size.

Since they are vinyl coated, they won’t scratch the plates like plain wire hangers can and I love that when you use this type of plate hanger, you can easily remove the plates from the wall and use them. The key to working with these hangers is to bend the top of the hanger so that your plate will lay flat on the wall once hung. The best way to do this is to first attach the plate hanger to the plate and lie the plate on a flat surface. The top of the hanger should (barely) touch the flat surface that your plate is lying on. If it doesn’t, take the hanger off the plate, bend it, and place it back on to see if it’s where you need it to be.

Once all of your plates have hangers, it’s time to get them up on the wall! I used {these OOK picture hooks} – hook your OOK hook onto the wire hanger that is attached to your plate and measure the distance from the top of the plate down to where the nail will go into the OOK hook. Transfer this measurement to your plate template and gently tap the OOK hook nail in just a bit.

Then remove the template from the wall, put the nail through the OOK hook, and hammer it in at the same spot that you tapped it into moments ago. Now hang your plate!

Repeat.

It’s definitely my favorite thing about our dining room – you can take a tour to check the entire space out including a bunch of fun “before” and “after” pics (it wasn’t too pretty when we moved in!) {here}!

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Step 1

First of all, a few important points: do not use paper clips instead of safety pins - the fastening will be worse, so there is a risk of saying goodbye to the plate. Resist the temptation to secure the pin with scotch tape or duct tape - it seems that it is easier, but the result will be much less reliable.

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Step 2

Determine where the fastener will be located on the back of the plate, degrease this place and apply a little glue at the desired point. Put a pin (the ring should be on top) as in the photo - it should protrude by about 1-1.2 cm. Important: make sure that the glue is not old and has flared up well.

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Step 3

Fill the non-protruding part of the pin with hot glue - it should not only completely cover it, but also protrude along the edges.

Step 4

Quickly, without waiting for the glue to cool, lay on top of the felt and gently press until the glue is completely set.

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Step 5

Once the adhesive has set, be sure to test the pin in a safe place by tugging and pulling to make sure it's firmly stuck. If there is any doubt that the fastener turned out to be reliable, it is better to completely remove it and try again - you should not add more glue if the result does not inspire confidence. To remove fasteners, use a hair dryer - heat the glue at the highest temperature and remove it along with the pin and felt. Be careful: if you used ordinary strong adhesive, the fasteners will turn out to be more than reliable, but it will no longer be possible to remove them. Hot glue provides decent fixation, while removing it is not so difficult.

Step 6

Now you can hang the plate on the stud. An important point: thread the hat exactly into the ring, and not into the middle of the pin, otherwise the plate may slip off.

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Wall plates in the interior are one of the favorite techniques of decorators. They look stylish, original, fit into any design and are a great alternative to traditional decor like paintings and posters. We tell you how to hang the plates beautifully and fix them well on the wall.

Choosing plates

The first thing to think about is which plates you are going to use as decoration. There are three options:

  1. Ordinary crockery, for example, from sets. If it is of high quality and attractive, then it may well serve as an interior decoration.
  2. Special decorative plates. They are distinguished by an unusual design, often drawings or photographs are printed on them. They can be purchased at specialized decor stores or brought from travel.
  3. Handmade plates. Any plate with a neutral background can be painted with acrylics or decorated with decoupage - this is a great way to express yourself.

To make the plates on the wall fit well into the interior, choose the theme of drawings or decor for the room.

Where to place the plates

Their location also depends on the room.

In the living room, the best place is above the head of the sofa, where decor begs to be. But if you want to see your plates more often, then it is better to place them above the TV, mantelpiece or other central points of the living room.

In the interior of the bedroom and children's room, wall plates are placed above the head of the bed or on the opposite wall.

There is usually little free space on the walls in the kitchen, but you can still find a corner for plates. If you have a dining table here, then the decor will look good above it. No less appropriate, it will look over a sideboard or a low cabinet with kitchen utensils. The main thing is not to place the plates in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe kitchen apron, where they will regularly get dirty.

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