In the living room we have a number of base decorations that generally stay the same throughout the year. Plants/florals in the window sill, candles beside the TV, those things. Besides that, I make seasonal display things for on the coffeetable and a (fake) floral arrangement in a vase. As with the seasons, this changes roughly every three months.
I have several plates, trays, bowls, vases, jars etc.. I construct these in, but nothing a bit taller and enabling layering. So I’ve been wanting a tiered serving tray or something like it. But, picky as I am, I wanted a wooden one, or maybe a vintagey metal one, anything but one of those standard porcelain actual serving trays. And let those be the only ones I have been able to find lately…
So I was thinking what I was going to do for the winter piece without the tiered tray and not really getting any inspiration. I made my autumn piece in a long, white, wooden tray. It would be ideal for winter, but I couldn’t make it work 🙁
I’m just realising I never showed the autumn piece. Probably because I made it around the time Captain came, and I was kinda busy with that 🙂 So here it is.
Anyway, back on track. Last weekend I was at my cousin’s birthday and she had exactly what I had been looking for on her table: two tiers, unfinished wood, and about 50 cm or so high (including handle).
As luck would have it, she had been given it by another cousin. Which meant, it was current, and probably still available! I asked my other cousin where she got it, and made a mental note to check it out.
Wednesday, during grocery shopping, we made a stop at the store where it came from. At first I couldn’t find. I went through the whole store and was afraid they might be sold out when I suddenly spotted one last one on top of the shelves.
Once home, I pulled out my winter stuff and general decoratives and it just clicked. 🙂
I’m still looking for a, slightly smaller, vintagy metal one for variation, but this is an excellent start.