I usually don't like products categorized as "wall decor" because I feel like they're equivalent to the mass-produced artwork you can buy at major inexpensive retail stores. They are by no means original, and your friends might recognize them from aisle #9, where they bought toilet paper in bulk

That said, these Black & White Pattern Plaques ($89) from Ballard Design are changing my mind—or at the very least proving themselves to be the exception to my rule. In this case, I like "wall decor," and I like them enough to share. Ballard Designs is notorious for selling my most avoided type of wall décor, the faux-French vintage home accents. When they turn out great products like these plaques though (especially during Dress Your Walls month), I am willing to be merciful and forgive them their inventory sins.

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