DIY Plate Chargers

by Mary Vitullo - Orphans With Makeup

I love setting a beautiful table and adding plate chargers is a great way to make your table scape look pretty.

diy plate chargers, home decor, repurposing upcycling

Pretty plate chargers with a non-Christmas look are very hard to find, and when you do find some pretty ones, they can be quite expensive. I set up this pretty, Spring-like plate setting using metallic serving trays that I upcycled into plate chargers.

Whenever I am thrifting, I always pick up a few metal serving trays and look for different patterns. They are usually priced anywhere from $1.00 to $4.00 each and are very easily found.

Here are the materials I used:

6 thrifted metal serving trays

"Elegance" Country Chic Paint

"Silver Bullett" Metallic Cream

Clear Wax

So here are the original 6 trays that I started with.

I applied the soft blue paint colour. After the paint dried, I sanded and distressed them lightly and sealed them with wax.

To emphasize the raised details on the platters, I applied the silver metallic cream concentrating mainly around the raised edges.

The silver metallic cream over the blue paint has a pearl-like look to it and it is very subtle. You can apply the metallic cream with a brush, but I actually used my fingers for this project as it was just easier to spot apply it on the raised details.

This is a very simple DIY project that can be completed in about 1-1/2 hours with drying time.

I love the look of the different patterns mixed together and emphasized with the Metallic Cream.

Enjoyed the project?

You can do it! Saved to your projects

Frequently asked questions

Have a question about this project?

Ask a Question

3 of 5 questions

Ksenija on Jul 21, 2016
Have you applied wax after you applied the silver matalic cream or before.

2
Rhonda Noreen on Sep 08, 2017

Where are these paints available?

1
Patricia Holt on Feb 13, 2020

I’m curious how you apply the wax to the plates and how much of it do you apply. Can you cover the entire plate?

0

Comments

Join the conversation

3 of 139 comments

Janet Collazo on Nov 19, 2018

They turned out beautiful. Gorgeous tablescape.

Janet

1 Reply
- Mary Vitullo - Orphans With Makeup on Nov 20, 2018
  
  Thanks
  
  1
E95656 on Mar 26, 2023

Love this!

Like Reply