Hanging plates on the wall

So, the other weekend I spent way too long hanging some fantastic old plates on our kitchen wall with my girlfriend. The only thing we knew for certain was that we did not want to see the way that the plates were mounted and we didn't want to use some granny style plate holders since we both felt they were far too dated.

After much thinking and a good few brews later we came up with this idea to use silicone sealant that seems to stick like £@#%.

We used some metal garden wire and bent it into hook shapes and used the silicone to bond it to the back of the plates but a word of warning, it takes a few hours to set so you will need to be patient.

After that we tapped some small round wire nails into the wall for these plates to hang on so the mounting is discreet and I think it gives them a cleaner and more modern look.

So far they are all still on the wall and we haven't woken suddenly in the night to the sound of shattering porcelain so that's a good sign. 

Here is our little collection, hope you like them.