If you’re unsure how you’ll feel about the layout, create fake ones with kraft paper, tape them up on the wall and let it hang out a few days. Walk by and see if you need to adjust any, etc. I ...

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And while vintage chinoiserie plates aren't everyone's style, you can hang any plate on the wall in order to make an impact. "I think they are such an inexpensive way of doing a wall," says Chambers.

Q: I have a number of calendar plates dating from the 1920s to recent years that belonged to my mother. Everything I have read says not to put plates in the wire/spring-type plate hangers because ...

It’s fine to hang them anywhere using small nails or ... hit the stud. Lastly, bolt the plate to the wall. You can do this with a standard adjustable wrench, but it’s slow work because you ...

Home improvement doesn’t have to mean taking a sledgehammer to a wall, though ... out the easiest ways to hang framed pictures, mirrors, and even decorative plates, we consulted with David ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have a tidy collection of Quentin Bell plates and would love ideas for how to display them. I’d like to ...

Hanging pictures on a wall isn't a one-nail-and-done affair ... Take off the switch plate and you can see which side of the stud the box is mounted on by spotting the screws.

It wasn’t until I was almost grown that the thought even occurred to me that I could hang a plate on the wall instead of just eating on it. What a clever idea, I thought. Apparently a lot of ...