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    Home » DIY Projects

    DIY Galvanized-Like Charger Plates

    by Patti Estep · Oct 1, 2018

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    Simple plates from the dollar store can easily be turned into faux galvanized charger plates to adorn your table all year long. It's so simple but I think the result is worth sharing.

    Faux galvanized charger plates

    This is another simple craft that I have seen done before. However, often even if a project seems overdone to me, I find that when I talk with my family and friends, so many of them have never heard of the idea.

    So when I was looking for some galvanized charger plates for my dining room and realized how expensive they were, I decided to go the DIY route.

    Gold dollar store plate

    Faux Galvanized Charger Plates

    This is a plastic charger plate from the dollar store. Since I needed eight, paying one dollar seemed much better than five or ten dollars a piece for the real thing.

    However, the gold was the only color they had and it looked a little cheap. What do you expect for one dollar?

    Sanding plate

    How could I make them look better? Paint! 

    Start by scuffing up the plate all over with sandpaper.

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    Spray paint for faux galvanized charger plates

    Then give it a couple of coats of paint. I chose this hammered gray spray paint to give them a galvanized metal look.

    Note: One can of this spray paint easily covered all eight plates.

    Texture on spray painted faux galvanized charger plates

    I really liked the way the hammered spray paint gives a nice texture to different areas of the plate.

    You may want to buy an extra plate. That way you can experiment a little to get the texture you like. Since they are only $1 it's well worth it.

    Faux galvanized charger plate under dinner plate

    It works perfect with my rustic plates and I feel like it can be used, not just in fall, but all year long.

    Table setting using faux galvanized charger plate

    Then all I needed to do to decorate for fall was add a little color. I think that these bright orange pyracantha berries did the trick.

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    Faux galvanized charger plates
    Faux galvanized charger plates
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    DIY Galvanized-Like Charger Plates

    Simple plates from the dollar store can easily be turned into faux galvanized charger plates to adorn your table all year long.
    Active Time20 minutes mins
    Total Time20 minutes mins
    Course: Home Decor Projects
    Yield: 4
    Author: Patti Estep
    Cost: $10

    Equipment

    • Rust-Oleum 7214830 Stops Rust Hammered Spray Paint, 12 Oz, Gray

    Materials

    • Plastic dollar store charger in any color
    • Sandpaper
    • Hammered spray paint

    Instructions

    • Scuff up the plate all over with sandpaper.
    • Spray with hammered gray paint.
    • Add a second or third coat.
    • Allow the plate to dry overnight.

    Notes

    The can of spray paint easily covered 8 plates.
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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. Julie Briones

      October 02, 2018 at 3:29 pm

      Love it, Patti... not much new under the sun, but we can always put our own twist on it. The other day, I was talking with another (way more experienced than me) blogger, and she said she had NEVER seen the counters done with adhesive film. She was actually amazed! LOL! 😉 So, like you said, there are lots of people who haven't seen the diys we do. Yay!

      Reply
    2. Christine

      October 01, 2018 at 11:29 am

      Isn't it amazing what a can of paint can do, Patti?! I did this last year only made mine copper colored! I love the galvanized look you chose! And I agree you could definitely use these chargers year round!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        October 01, 2018 at 11:36 am

        Thanks CD. I'm just amazed at all the fun textures and looks you can get from spray paint these days. Oh and copper would be soooo pretty.

        Reply
    3. Nina

      October 01, 2018 at 7:22 am

      Very nice idea and extremely pretty! Thanks for the idea! So easy - but it just didn't even dawn on me!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        October 01, 2018 at 7:32 am

        It is really simple Nina. Thanks for letting me know that you liked it.

        Reply
    4. R Claudia Richards

      October 01, 2018 at 7:20 am

      Thank you, Patti, I've learned something new. I really enjoyed your stuffed owl tutorial too. I have set the dining room table since I was a young girl setting my Grandmother's table for our family Thanksgiving. I was taught to turn the knife blade so it faces in toward the plate. That's the way I've always done place settings. Thank you for a great blog.

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        October 01, 2018 at 7:31 am

        Thanks Claudia. So glad you like the blog. I can never remember the placement for the knife so thanks for the reminder.

        Reply

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