Do you remember when a plate’s sole purpose was a place to serve a meal? In case you haven’t noticed, plates have somehow made their way out of cupboards and china cabinets and ended up as decorative ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the tradition of hanging plates on walls dates back centuries, plate wall displays, especially those hung with cumbersome ...

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