If you are looking for a unique, personal and easy to create wall art display, look no further than your sideboard. Remember all of those silver platters and serving trays which your mother insisted you take when you moved out of home because they belonged to your grandmother or great-grandmother and now she was passing them on to you?

Well, instead of just trotting this mismatched collection of silver wear out when the family comes over, you can make them into a special wall art display so you can enjoy them every day, and preserve them to pass onto your daughter one day too!

There are plenty of different types of wall hangings which will allow your special pieces of silver to hang without being damaged, and at different heights depending on their size and shape. Don’t worry if your collection is mismatched, as the different patterns, styles and textures will add creativity to your wall art display.

If you don’t have any silver hiding away in your cupboards waiting for this decorating project, then get out your paint brush and make some. This is a decorating project that can fit any sized wall or room, and one you can take down or take with you whenever you want.

All you have to do is choose three different shades of metallic paint from any paint store. Your colours may be blue, silver and pearl, or silver, bronze and gold, it doesn’t matter as metallic paint comes in so many shades, one is sure to match your style. Then cut out cardboard squares; the size and number depends on the wall you are decorating, then paint the cardboard in the colours you have chosen for your paint.

You may even want to get creative and use up a square of old wall paper, or make a few unique designs for feature squares in your design. When the cardboard squares are painted and ready, use sticky dots –they won’t mark your walls – on each corner and line up your squares as your newest and most creative piece of wall art.

Hanging silver platters as wall art, or using metallic shades of paint will give your wall art and your home, new depth and a unique design.