Plates! One would never associate them with anything else other than food and eating out of- however, these guys have been popular from time to time on walls as wall decor. Here are few of the walls in my home and my personal collection.

Love Letters (no, like a, B, c...not mail) ! Always such a nice way to personalize a house.

.....and these ones- straight out of a thrift store. I must have got them for under 100Rs each (Hush! I have the neighbours thinking its vintage and worth $$$$)

above pictures: si si..Sona Reddy

as for all you lovelies wondering how to hang a plate, date back to my previous post  how to hang a plate? Simple eh?! Also, remember this?

my home office

 

Once I decided I wanted to hang plates on the wall, I looked it up to find this and this. Well, not too bad, not too shabby. But... we don't have a Home Depot or Handyman or all those good hardware store in India; or lets just say we don't hang plates very often- so no technology supporting the cause. I finally found this on Martha's site and decided to give it a shot. Well, I changed my version up a bit to make it super secure- I cant afford to break these, specially since they are going extinct. Here's to some plate hanging THERAPY!

you need: 

18 gauge  iron wire , pliers, the plate

1. cut the wire 3" longer than the diameter of your plate

2. make two V's  with a loop in each

3. take one V and insert into the other and bend the 2 V's on the plate

4. press the wires down on the 4 sides and cut the extras

5. adjust the wires, hold it up over a pillow to check if sturdy 

6. hang it and enjoy