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July 08, 2019

The Plate Wall {Updated}

This post is so funny to me.

Because little did I know that one of my most popular posts would end up being one of the simplest (I feel like, anyways!)

Back in 2011, I posted some pretty awfully photographed photos of how I did a swirled plate wall in our old house.

It has since been viewed almost 50,000 times and pinned a bajillion amount of times.

So I thought it may be high time for me to give you an update on it since we've moved.

I used the same technique as in the original post here.

And the same hangers.

But the configuration changed a smidge :)

Dining Room Makeover Reveal

This is one of those posts that have been in the works for a long time.

Like, a loooonnnggg time.

Because I've been dying to share my dining room with you guys and the crazy huge transformation it's gone through over the past few years... but it's always been a few steps away from feeling perfect.

Well, it'll never be perfect.

But it's perfect enough to finally share :)

I'm constantly changing things but the dining room had to evolve many, many times to get to what I really had in my mind.
Most of it involved waiting for the perfect pieces of furniture.

Namely, a table.

And with the arrival of my sweet hubby into my life...he also brought along the perfect table.

Thus, the dining room could finally become complete.

Yay for hubby and his awesome table.

So...

without going into everything before showing you the eye candy... let me show you one of my most favorite rooms in the house.

Let's start with the horrible befores. Brace yourselves.

Now to be fair, this was when we moved into the house nearly five years ago.

So it's naturally bare.

Lotttttssss has happened since this picture...

well, just see for yourself...

Did you gasp out loud??
Cuz I sure did after going through the before and afters!!

How amazing is the transformation??
It doesn't even look like the same room.

First off, let's talk walls and floors.

First thing that happened was a fresh coat of paint.

Which helped a lot.

We went from a very pink-based beige to a more gorgeous white beige that I love.

It definitely helped. Subtle but effective.

I also painted under the chair-rail a bright white which helped brighten the room away from that dark brown that had been there.

I plan on adding some awesome molding under there at some point.

The carpet that had been there was replaced almost three years ago with gorgeous dark-laminate flooring.

This was a game-changer in this room.

I mean, who wants carpet under their table??

Ugh. Not me.

Much easier clean-up now :)

Do you see the perfect table I was talking about up there??

Hubs had the most gorgeous pedestal table in his apartment and it may have been the first thing I noticed about his place.

It went through it's own transformation before making it's home in the dining room but that reveal will be later this week :)

See that pretty pop of color hanging from the ceiling there?

Want a closer look??

Isn't it a beauty?

I'll be sharing more on this chandy's little makeover later this week.

Just wait until you hear how much I paid for it.

On one of the walls I hung the piece of art I made for Hubby and I's one year of being together.

I also wanted something that I could rotate pictures easily on and my planked picture hanger was born from that.

Details on that later too!

Sometimes I think it's the little details that count most.

One of my favorite things in the room is this framed wedding picture of us.

The powder white frame is from Hobby Lobby and it was perfect for displaying one of my fave pics of the two of us.

Love it.

The candle in the trifle dish is from our wedding too.

And of course I had to throw a C somewhere in the room :)

Moving to the back of the room is my gorgeous buffet that used to be my Mimi's.

I love this piece and it's one of the few that I haven't thought about touching with paint yet.

I shared my swirled plate wall with you a few years ago and it's still here in all it's glory.
I love all my plates & the personality it brings into the room.

You can check out the link above for more info on where the plates came from!

Remember my blue shelf from it's makeover I shared a while ago?

It's filled with some of my favorite pieces... including my 'mommy rocks' from little man and a piece of driftwood with some of the lyrics of 'crazy girl' on it.

It's a special song for me and my guy :)

A lot of the accessories in the room were DIY"d or thrifted.

The blue distressed tray, the decorative balls in the cloche and the gold bowl were all DIY projects.

The gold mercury glass vase was a Target find and my white milk glass vase was a fun thrifted find :)

Don't judge the fact that pumpkins are currently in the pictures...you take pictures when you can guys... and my chance may have been last fall. haha.

I'll share my spring tablescape soon.

One of my most favorite things in the room are my blue chairs.

I put a couple mismatched pairs together and they all got colorful makeovers.

Sharing more later on these guys :)

This is where my little stenciled table ended up.

I added several gold accents (it's my new obsession) and my vintage white frame was the perfect place to hang a ruffle felt wreath from.

A tutorial for my monogram art will be up soon.

On the two walls you can't see well in the pictures are some framed wedding pictures that I adore.

I got the white square frames on clearance at Kirklands and just replaced the art that was inside with burlap & some Black and white photos.

My china cabinet houses my vintage pyrex and milk glass collection as well as my Kate Spade wedding china.

Lots of happies in there!!!

The distressed name sign from our wedding ended up in here above our huge windows.

It filled the space perfectly and makes me smile every time I see it.

A tutorial will be coming soon on that very simple arrow art hanging next to the china cabinet.

I also plan on adding some molding around the window at some point :)

Soooo...now that I've shared the entire room with you...

you have to see the dramatic side by sides.

They are awesome :)

It's still crazy to me how far this room has come.

So much has changed to make it brighter, cheerier and a more personal place for us to spend some family time.

Annndddd there's my dining room!!

Are you as excited about seeing the transformation as I am??

It's definitely taken the longest of my rooms to evolve into what it is today but it was worth the wait.

What's your favorite part in the room?

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August 29, 2011

The "Swirled" Plate Wall

It sounds uber fancy.

But, really, it's not.

Although it is pretty :)

Instead of getting a jump on the millions of chapters in my textbook I'm supposed to be reading

(I mean, a test on the first week of school, really??)

I decided I'd show you my plate wall instead.

I have to tell you that I'm quite proud of this little ole' wall.

It took some time to round up all the plates that would fit together just perfectly.

And then the hanging, and the falling... (you'll see...) and the re-hanging.

And now it makes me smile every time I see it :)

See? Boring boring blank wall.

Actually it's only blank because I took down the big canvas picture that was here to make this.

So I left myself with a blank wall.

Oh well.

I've known that I wanted a plate wall since we moved in so I've been collecting them since then.
Yup. Two years, guys.

I'm sure I could have done it a lot sooner than that, but I was looking for the perfect plates.

I could have done the ever popular all-white wall.

But I wanted more color.

So I'd pick one up here and there

until I had a stack that I started playing around with...

Ugh. I'm so glad that nasty carpet is g.o.n.e.

I was good with this layout for the moment...especially since I knew I was going to add some patterns to some of the plain Dollar Store plates...

I used some ceramacoat paint to whip up some stripes and chevron-

the black and white plate was done the same way I did the ones for little man's pirate party.

After I had finally decided I had enough plates to hang,

I started buying the 'Disc Hangers' from Hobby Lobby.

I only bought a few each time I went because even though they're only 2-3$ a pop, it added up quick.

These things are awesome- no more seeing little plate hooks pop around the sides :)

I followed the directions to adhere them to the backs and let them set the allotted time.

While they dried,

I cut out sheets of paper in the shapes of each of the plates to get an idea of how big they each were.

This was the easiest way I could find to hang them.

I labeled each paper as well just so I wouldn't get confused.

Then I hung each piece of paper on the wall with tape.

I had laid the plates out on the ground in the design I liked, and then just copied that design onto the wall with the cut-outs.

That way I knew how much space they'd take up before I just started nailing them up there.

I literally started from one corner and worked my way out.

It was super easy once I had all the cut-outs up there.

I wanted a more 'swirl' pattern than just a straight-across or symmetrical pattern.

So I worked out and down the wall :)

I pretty much squealed in delight when I saw all of them up there.

I've been collecting them for so long, I didn't think they'd ever get hung!!

Here's some close-ups of some of my favs:

My little birdie plate from Pier One.

This blue and brown embossed one and the cream embossed one are from Pier One too.

If you wait for their sales, their plates are super cheap :)

Once they were all up, I was able to notice any gaps that I didn't like.

And I realized I had completely forgotten about my gorgeous Willow House plates I won a while back!

They are gorgeous so they had to fill in the gaps (the pretty brown swirled ones)

So here it is after I added a few...

Did you notice that the white platter in the middle changed?

Well that's my 'falling' story.

After I hung all my plates, me and hubby were watching TV and we heard a loud crash.

I didn't even want to look- I was afraid the whole wall had come down...

so Hubby came back with the pieces of the other white platter...

Then... I found the perfect replacement above...and it fell a couple days later.

Its' like that part of the wall was cursed or something.

I was so sad because I was in love with that new, ruffled plate.

It took me forever to find the replacement for that one...

Here's the sad line-up with the new replacement at the end-

I'm still in love with the middle one but TJ Maxx never got anymore...sad times.

And a few months after the wall was hung,

we got some new/old dining room furniture.

My grandma, who passed away a couple summers ago, had left her furniture to be divided among all her kids and grandkids.

I was so excited to be given one of her dining room sets that date back to the 1940's.

So when the buffet was moved in,

the plate wall got moved...

It just seemed to go better on that back wall, so your eye was drawn to it as soon as you were in the room.

The buffet was pulling your eyes to it and away from the previous wall, so they looked a lot better together :)

Plus not a single plate has fallen since moving them... I guess this wall has a better plate attitude :)

Although I'm still working on decor for the top of the buffet.

One step at a time, guys.

So there ya have it,

the 'swirled' plate wall...

Here's where each plate was purchased (at least as best as I remember):

(working from far left corner down)

*3 Brown Swirled Plates- Willow House

*Yellow Bird Plate- Pier One

*Small Brown & White Plate- Pier One

*White Square Plate- TJ Maxx

*Large Cream Ebossed Plate- Pier One

*Blue Square Plate- Pier One