Serving Trays: Your Secret Decorating Pieces for an Awe-Inspiring Décor

No matter whether we’re introverts or extroverts, there’s a place that gives our personality away: our home. Every single detail in your home can be a reflection of who you are as a person, what your interests are and what lies hidden deep in your heart. If you’re an avid traveller, your rooms will be filled with items from all of your trips, if you’re a bookworm every corner of your interior will be covered by piles of books. Decorating can be a rather soul searching process as you think of which accessories to buy and where they will most fit. You’ve probably looked up magazines and blogs that are full of ideas and trends on how to best showcase your decorating skills.

Whichever your style is, whether you’re up for the cleanliness of modern Scandinavian interiors, the warmth of traditional designs, or the fashionable chic decorations, there is a certain item that’s disregarded from an aesthetic point of view over it’s practical purpose and it’s the serving tray you have hidden in your kitchen cabinet drawer. A home can’t do without one because it saves you the time of carrying food and beverages from room to room and your feet from going to and fro, plus it helps you show off as the caring host and serving your guests, but despite this have you thought of how many more ways there are that you can use a tray? A tray’s decorating value is often overlooked. Not many think of using this handy kitchen item as part of their interior décor, so it can be your secret weapon to an awe-inspiring home. You won’t even need to go out for a search, just use the internet and you’ll find a huge number of varieties of trays online.

By default, the living room is the area that gets seen the most, so it’s logical you’d spend most time on furnishing there. Now that you know your serving tray is your stylish piece, you can use it as art on your wall if it’s patterned or it can resemble a mirror if it’s made from metal. Hung over a fireplace, several trays over your empty side of the room to create an accent wall, used as an instant self-made coffee table placed over your ottoman and a centrepiece for your latest collectibles – these are just ideas to name a few and get you in the creative decorating mood. Whichever your preferred material is, rest assured you’ll be able to purchase the trays online to suit your taste.

If you’re having trouble mastering your organisational skills and your home is messy most of the time, a tray will also be of help. Used in your foyer, it can serve as the spot keeping all your keys, sunglasses, hat and other bits and pieces in check. This way you’ll never have to be in the situation of engaging in quests looking for your lost keys and wasting precious time. You can have some organising with your bathroom accessories as well and to create your own green spot by placing various little pots in the tray. If you’re up for more creativity, get some paint and start painting over the tray, you’ll be surprised by the colourful result.