If you’re looking for a cheap and easy way to display your plates, then look no further than a wire hanger! With a little bit of bending and twisting, you can recycle an ordinary wire hanger into a stylish plate holder stand that will show off your dishes in all their glory.
Option 1: Minimalist
This tutorial is directed at making a stand for an electronic device, but you can use this idea to make plate holder stands out of wire hangers.
Supplies needed
- Wire hanger
- Pliers
Step-by-step instructions
- Cut off the bottom of a hanger, depending on how big you want your stand to be.
- If you needed to include any of the looped sections of the hanger, straighten them out with your pliers. You’re aiming to have a straight piece of wire to work with.
- Bend it in half and press together.
- Bend the lower half and fan out the ends.
- Bends the ends a half-inch to an inch upwards to make an “L” shape.
- If you wish, cut the tips to your desired length.
- Test your stand’s balance by placing an unbreakable item into it.
- If your metal plate holder stand isn’t quite right, adjust the angle of the bends so it’s more stable.
Option 2: Decorative
This one is about making a stand for a bowl, but you can also use it to make a plate easel out of a wire hanger.
Supplies needed
- Wire hangers x 2
- Pliers
- Needle-nose pliers
Step-by-step instructions
- Cut off the bottom of a wire hanger.
- Take the curved end of the hanger and straighten out its arms until you have a “V” shape.
- On each end, bend about 2 inches back.
- Using the tip of your needle-nose pliers, roll the bent back section, as shown in the image below. This decorative knot will be the base of one of the stand’s legs.
- Put a bend a bit further up from the feet; this will be where the base of the plate sits.
- Do the same for the other end.
- Do an interim check to see if the stand is the right size for the plate.
- Look at the back and identify a spot that is a bit more than halfway up.
- Grip that with your pliers and put your plate aside.
- Bend back the two strands together until you have the correct angle for the stand.
- Test your stand’s balance by placing an unbreakable item into it.
- If it’s not quite right, adjust the angle of the bends so it’s more stable
- Put the plate carefully on the stand!
We hope you like these simple ways to make a plate display rack stand using nothing more than a wire hanger and some pliers. If you’re looking for an easy way to display your dishes at your next potluck or dinner party, this is the project for you!