Why have plates plates been such a popular decorative item both in the past and today? Why have so many plates been produced through the years? The reason is that plates have many advantages and great flexibility as a decoration. You can use the plates in countless ways, where only the imagination sets the limits. Below I will show you how to use plates in home decor. It is easy to find plates in matching colour. Blue especially is easy to find and this also makes it easy to group plates. You do not need to have the same theme in the motif of the plates that you group, they just need to have a match in the colours for you to get an interesting collage. If you have a theme that you like, it will also be possible the make af grouping of these. There are for instance many plates with  ship motifs .  By grouping plates you also give them more weight in the room and they can fill out large spaces, when grouped well. When using plates the patterns that you can ...

There are much porcelain dinnerware available at reasonable prices. Thus it also makes sence to start using it on a daily basis, where it can look nice on the table and be used more often. But then the question arises; can I put it in the dishwasher and the microwave oven? Dishwasher How does your porcelain tableware fare in the dishwasher? Dinnerware that is underglazed like the white or blue painted was no trouble going into the dishwasher. That is White Fluted, Blue Fluted, Blue Flower, Empire, Mega, the Hans Christian Andersen service etc. It goes for any dinner wervice with the decoration beneather the glazing. Even newer dinner services with in-glaze decoration like flora can go into the dishwasher. Faience tableware like Blue Edge can go into the dishwasher, too. Christmas plates and mother's day plates from Royal Copenhagen, Bing & Grondahl and Desirée are all underglaze porcelain and can be washed in the dishwasher. So do not be afraid to use your Chr...

So why should you decorate with plates rather than with regular paintings? This is something that I have thought about as I have both paintings and plates in my home. They both serve well as wall decoration, but they also have different uses in the wall decor. After thinking about it for a while I now have 3 good reasons to decorate with plates for you. Reason 1 - Plates are easy to fit into a spot Do you know the feeling of having a blank spot on a wall, where you miss something, but can't quite fill it out? It is often small and nothing really fits there, but it feels empty when you look at it. With a plate you can fill the spot and no matter how small the spot is, there will be a plate or plaquette that can fill it out and give some life to the spot.  Find decorative plates here! Reason 2 - Plates Are Easy to Group Plates are easy to find in matching colours and are therefore easy to group together. They do not necessarily have the same theme in the group, but i...