Copper Patina

What better color than copper to inspire beautiful interiors for Fall?

Source: etsy.com via Alison on Pinterest

I have always loved the patina of copper, especially after it has been exposed to the elements.  Even new, it's a truly stunning material. My parents have a copper roof over a bay window of their house and it just gets better and better with age. I started looking around for copper in design and came up with some beautiful finds! Let's take a look together:

via Under Spanish Moss Blog

Is there any better way to welcome your guests than a copper lantern?

It's a must in my next home...

Cozy and rustic - I love this look!

Kaneva

The patina on this copper siding is so beautiful...

wouldn't that be gorgeous on the right house? 

Indus Design Imports

Bianchi via House Beautiful

One of my favorite places to use copper!

Linen Haus

I found this a few months ago at a flea market for Linen Haus. 

I love the patina.  I'm still trying to decide if I can bear to part with it!

Anthropologie

GI Designs

American Tin Ceilings

I saw tin ceilings on a lot of restored older homes when I lived in San Francisco. It's not used that often but I think it's a really great material for interest on a ceiling or as a backsplash...

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

This water feature would be great leading up to the front door, but I also think using copper for an outdoor shower (if your climate cooperates) would be really amazing too.

Learn 2 Play

I think this is SUCH a cool idea for a bar...not only a public one, but one at home!

My husband and I have an extensive coin collection from our travels and this picture has inspired me to try that out sometime soon... 

Source: traditionalhome.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: littlebluedeer.com via Connie on Pinterest

Not sure if that is actually copper or just copper-colored rust.  :)

Source: houzz.com via Brynn on Pinterest

Source: twiceremembered.blogspot.com via Kayla on Pinterest

Veranda

Source: decorpad.com via Emley on Pinterest

Interesting...chrome lighting mixed with a copper hood...hmmm... 

It's a beautiful kitchen but I think I would have gone for rubbed bronze lighting for dark contrast or maybe the one below.  What would you choose?

Restoration Hardware

Source: picasaweb.google.com via Kathy on Pinterest

Patina at its best...

The amazing lanterns are the signature piece in this kitchen.

Source: etsy.com via Alicesun on Pinterest

What a beautiful name plate!

Source: anyaadores.blogspot.com via SweetNineteen on Pinterest

Anthropologie

Source: google.com via Kari on Pinterest

Source: vintagetubsandbath.com via Rebecca on Pinterest

Which one is your favorite?

Jill Rosenwald

I have been in love with these beautiful trays (among other pretties!) made by Jill Rosenwald for a while now.  I have posted a couple of times about how much I love to use trays in design here and here so of course they totally drew me in.  Her designs are so nice I don't think I would want to cover them with accessories in a tablescape!  However, I would certainly use for a catch all tray for keys, etc. so I could enjoy their beauty every day, or on display on a bookshelf. I love their earthy, yet sophisticated, style...

Which one would you choose, and how would you use it?

More Terrific Trays

A while back I posted here about my love of trays and all their uses.  Well, I had too many images to share all at once, so here are a few more ideas you might like.  I hope you can get some good ideas out of these choices...I found them all to be good inspiration in one way or another.  Enjoy! 

This could be a really inexpensive, but beautiful, look by simply buying several low-priced trays of the same style and setting them side by side as shown here.  I love this idea as a way to cover a less than beautiful table and change it up regularly.  Since the trays would be inexpensive you could also spray paint them often to change the look...lime green in spring, pink for summer, pumpkin orange in fall, silver or gold at Christmas, and so on.

A great way to organize some pretty things so they look "neat" on a table...and here two are used on top of each other....I wouldn't have thought of that!

 

Of course this is a whole table but you could re-create this look over a regular table using a great tray with handles...very regal looking!

A bit more rustic...

 

{via The Zhush Blog}

Love this idea - a personalized tray out of lucite.  Hip!

{via Luxe and Lillies Blog}

These would look particularly nice in a guest bath or men's bath.

The flowers on both of these trays give the arrangements height which I really like.

Great for storage underneath too...maybe for card games or of course remotes, etc.

{David Jiminez}

I love this masculine look.  Only thing I would change is that I would put something a bit more substantial in the bowl:  marbles, collected rocks from a vacation, old keys or something else sentimental.

{Vignette Design Blog}

 A great use for a tray on the table in an unexpected way! 

I just found this blog and she has tons of creative ideas.

{Jolene Ballard}

A great way to organize your desk - I guess this is a bit Kelly Wearstler-ish.

I'd love to hear your favorite image, or how you

use trays in your own designs - let me know!