How-To: Decorate on the Cheap With Pretty Plates

August 27, 2009

If your budget is a little tight right now for wall art including painting, prints, or simply getting that favorite photo properly framed and matted, relax: there's another inexpensive option for dressing your walls with style and flair. Beautiful, graphic plates can look just as stunning as an expensive painting when they're displayed well. Check out some of my favorite plate displays, as well as tips on getting the look.

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7 Comments

luna08 3 years

I've done this with all white and ivory plates to balance out a room! You can find gorgeous styles at antique stores for very little money. I just refreshed my house "on the cheap" doing this, and adding candles as decor, very fun!

Zyada 3 years

Aha! A picture is worth 1000 words... http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=searchrequest&moduleid=1&profile=objects¤trecord=1&style=single&rawsearch=id/,/is/,/7143/,/false/,/true

3 years

I love this idea too! I'd love to hang different plates in white and blue, that traditional chinapattern. Think it would look gorgeous!

POPSUGAR Home 3 years

Shmoo15, check back later today for a tutorial on hanging plates!

Zyada 3 years

I went to the Museum of Art and Design in NYC a few weeks ago. They have an exhibit that we saw called "The Art of Industrial Ceramics". One of my favorite artworks from the exhibit was a wall display of plates, where each plate had one small segment of the classic Blue Willow pattern enlarged to fill the plate.