Studio 5 : "Tray Chic"

Today's segment was really great. I came up with the idea of "Tray Chic" and had a fun time exploring my creativity in pulling four displays together, each for a different area of the home. Enjoy! Click here  to redirect to the Studio 5 website and read my article below.

With the need for organization in our lives and the overabundance of stylish accessories and beautiful trinkets to put on display, we must have a way to be organized and still fashionable, don’t we?  Trays offer a wonderful opportunity to corral all sorts of objects that make things seem pulled together.  Instantly things become both beautiful and purposeful!

Today designer Lauren Oviatt gives us four ways to create beautiful vignettes on trays and shows four different spaces in which to use them. 

Entry -- There must be a catch-all somewhere in the house, best to keep it looking pretty!

Ideas: tray for keys, bowl for coins, note pad or space for letters in/out, live plant or fresh flowers, photo frame.

Family Room – Add something unexpected or decorative to bring out the ‘interesting’ amongst all the ‘functional’.

Ideas: covered box for remotes, magazines, board game or deck of cards, chic drink coasters, candy dish, preserved greenery

Kitchen – Make everyday items eye-catching by grouping them for visual impact while keeping them close at hand. Consider using coordinating colors in display and varying object size and height for overall appeal.

Ideas:  salt & pepper, salt pig, timer, olive oil, flower in bud vase, fruit, casual cut flower arrangement, spoon rest, kitchen towel

Guest Room -   No better way to thoughtfully welcome a guest than to carefully curate a personalized ‘welcome’ in the form of a lovely bedside or guest bathroom tray.  It will transform your guest room into a stylish boutique hotel suite.

Ideas: water carafe, books, note card & pen, fresh plant or flowers, candle, hand cream, midnight snack