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!

The Layered Look

Anthropologie is on location in Columbia (on my travel wish list for sure) for their latest catalog.  There are some fantastic images to be found!  

I saw this picture today and really liked the idea of hanging various curtains side by side.  We have all seen curtains over blinds or shades, or even one in front of another, but I would love to try out layering various patterns of curtains like this.  It looks bohemian here (of course since it's Anthro) but it could be done in all sorts of ways with all styles of fabrics for really cool effects.  It would look amazing on a large wall of windows, but it would be a great way to add a lot of interest to a small or simple space that lacks architectural detail.  Such a simple idea that has tons of possibilities!

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I played around with some ideas and thought I'd share a few with you.  I had to stop myself from creating more and more combinations!  All of the fabrics are from the Quadrille website unless otherwise noted:

{orange trellis fabric from calico corners}

What would you do with this idea?

Spring Ideas

Just a few quick images today for some fun springtime inspiration:

{Gianna Rose}

{Gramercy Blog}

{Gianna Rose}

{Vietri}