Rattan Plate Holders plus a Nautical Tablescape

Do you ever have an item you know you want to do something with, but it takes forever to figure out what? That’s me. All the time. I have had these paper plate holders for years. I saw, in a magazine, how they painted them pretty colors. Ok, I can do that. But should I make them all the same, or different colors, and what colors? Oh decisions, decisions!

I finally decided on grey, because…I had the paint already. 🙂 Then Haley came up with the pattern idea.

The first step was to paint them all grey and let them dry. I always use the Rustoleum Ultra Cover. Love this stuff!

Rattan Plate Holdersrattan plate holders spray painted grey

Then I wanted to put a  white stripe across the middle with a number in it. I measured out how large the stripe would have to be so the number would fit and then used the piece of cardboard to tape off the rest of the plate.

rattan plate holder stencil and stripe

I taped scrap paper onto the plate with painters tape. This way I won’t get white paint on the grey.

rattan plate holder tape off stripe

They came out pretty well!

rattan plate holder white stripe

Now came the number. I took an old magazine cover and cut out a square that matched the size of the stencil.

rattan plate holder stencil #4

It’s kind of hard to tell, but here is the square. I taped the stencil to the paper and then pressed it flat against the plate holder. I used turquoise for the numbers.

rattan plate holder magazine and stencil number

Once they were all dry, I was ready to set the table for a night of Al Fresco dining!

rattan plate holders under the lights

When I told Haley I was doing a nautical theme, she asked if it was different then beach theme. I had to think a bit, but yes, in my mind it is a bit different.

rattan chargers on a Nautical table

Nautical is more boats, ropes, and glass floats. Beach would be more sand and shells. At least that is how my mind categorizes it!! 🙂

rattan plate holders farm table

I did add a few shells and my favorite whale to the table along with glass floats and some rope.

rattan plate holders nautical table

I love how the striped runners look under the plates. I got them from Target last fall.

rattan plate holder seashells, jars, roperattan plate holder number 4

It was starting to get a bit dark on these last pictures, so they are a little grainy.

rattan plate holders tablerattan plate holder number 2rattan plate holder whale

I love how this turned out and really glad I finally did something with these plate holders. Now if I can only come up with ideas for the dozens of other items I have!!

Sunshine and Blessings

Here’s a few other tablescapes you might be interested in!

Fall Tablescape Cover Photo

turquoise and white spring tablescape title

13 thoughts on “Rattan Plate Holders plus a Nautical Tablescape”

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  7. Debrashoppeno5 says:
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    I see these all of the time at the thrift stores. I won’t walk by them the next time. They are so pretty and I can see how you can really tailor them to fit your style although I love your nautical theme.

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