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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10655411, member: 79705"]I always hated plate walls because the ones in my family were souvenir tacky designs or just unattractive decor stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>My grandmother had a rail around the top of the kitchen and she once confided in me that she had only ever bought a couple and the rest were gifts people thought she'd want. She was too nice to say "no". One year while visiting me and my siblings found a naked fantasy lady plate at the thrift and smuggled it into her collection. Days later and she still hadn't noticed so we had to ask her to tell us about some of the plates. She thought it was hilarious. We passed that plate around as a Christmas gag gift for years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I've seen some really stunning plate designs and some fun plate walls so I think I wouldn't be opposed to doing one. Kitchen seems the obvious thing but I'm wondering about in the bathroom since the plates can withstand humidity with ease. Unfortunately I only have one art plate so far so not enough for a little wall collection. I keep an eye out though! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532926[/ATTACH] </p><p>(by <a href="https://www.colinkellampottery.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colinkellampottery.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Colin Kellam</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10655411, member: 79705"]I always hated plate walls because the ones in my family were souvenir tacky designs or just unattractive decor stuff. My grandmother had a rail around the top of the kitchen and she once confided in me that she had only ever bought a couple and the rest were gifts people thought she'd want. She was too nice to say "no". One year while visiting me and my siblings found a naked fantasy lady plate at the thrift and smuggled it into her collection. Days later and she still hadn't noticed so we had to ask her to tell us about some of the plates. She thought it was hilarious. We passed that plate around as a Christmas gag gift for years. Now I've seen some really stunning plate designs and some fun plate walls so I think I wouldn't be opposed to doing one. Kitchen seems the obvious thing but I'm wondering about in the bathroom since the plates can withstand humidity with ease. Unfortunately I only have one art plate so far so not enough for a little wall collection. I keep an eye out though! :cyclops: [ATTACH=full]532926[/ATTACH] (by [URL='https://www.colinkellampottery.co.uk/']Colin Kellam[/URL])[/QUOTE]
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