Sunday, February 20, 2011

a whole new wall . . .

The plate wall is up and I love it! It has elevated the dining area from 'all right' to 'awesome!''. I wanted to take a picture from straight on... but the lamp was in the way. I might need to change to something far closer to the ceiling.
Thanks again to Lisa Congdon for inspiration and Heather Moore for helping me start my collection:)
Oh... and to Michael - for putting up with my precise directions:)

34 comments:

Unknown said...

So cheerful!

PaisleyJade said...

Wow - that looks stunning! Your dining room is fabulous!!

Sharon said...

Love it!

christina@pmv said...

How pretty! Glad to see you got those plate hangers to work ;-)

Kanchan Karai (Mogaraafulalaa) said...

Bright and fresh!

Emily said...

It is beautiful!!! I love how much fun it adds!

April said...

LOVE IT! And I'm insanely jealous of the orange walls!

Artfulife said...

I adore your dining room! The plates add the perfect touch of whimsy.

Nicole Follow the White Bunny said...

Love it! I see you have quite a few 'Jip en Janneke' plates from the Netherlands too.:)

Scrummy Scrapz aka Lizzie said...

What a bright dining room and as for the plate wall superb, just love the terrific and whimsical collection!

Marloes de Vries said...

Wow, that looks absolutely amazing!!

Melissa G said...

This blows my mind. Fantastic!

Unknown said...

How SWEET, STYLISH and definitely PERSONAL!!

Sharon said...

i want to live in your house!

Denise Scicluna said...

beautiful plates and they look amazing against vibrant wall!

Iris Vank said...

This indeed looks AWESOME!

Monica Lee said...

Super! This room really looks like you, Helen!

Scissors and Spice said...

I'm jealous! Are those Arabia Finalnd plates?

About said...

gorgeous and inspiring!

Mallory said...

Oh it definitely makes the room awesome! Extremely awesome, really. Plate-tastic? If that was a word.

Holly said...

I love this! Such a great collection. Your color scheme is perfect.

Carolyn Gavin said...

i love the color palette... orange, yellow, blue, white. So pretty and happy!

cornel said...

Lovely! Especially the colour of your wall! Very brave.

Zamzam Design said...

Love it! I also have a plate wall with plates I bought in Morocco - and my wall is the exact same color as yours! :)

Unknown said...

Fabulous! I love the orange wall too!!

rigel said...

Looks really great, Helen! I can imagine how tricky this must have been. I tried something similar once, and I made the wall into swiss cheese :)

bowie style said...

your dining room looks like your design work - i.e fabulous

Michelle Clement said...

Wow!! :) It's really really gorgeous!

Miriam Bos said...

How cute to see stuff from Fiep Westendorp on your wall :D
I grew up with Jip en Janneke ^^

lisa stubbs said...

Looks fantastic! we have those blue and white Rob Ryan plates up on our wall too! fantastic!

orange you lucky! said...

Wow! Thanks guys!

marie-louise said...

What a nice wall you have (and Moomin!)

Jenn Ski said...

yeah, i'm trying to collect enough plates to do the same thing!

Anna said...

oh wow, I love this so much! what awesome plates and your furniture is amazing. :) I love your illustrations!!! Thanks for some amazing eye candy. :)