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Easy Decorating: New Uses for Tabletop Favorites
Tap into your china and silver collections for easy decorating ideas all year long
Eyes turn to the Thanksgiving table in November. You may be running around, clanging through storage, digging through boxes, trying to unearth all your tabletop accessories that you know you have ... somewhere. Imagine how much easier this process would be if some key items were already out and about as display accessories throughout your home?
Let’s face it: your china is beautiful, your silver is an heirloom. Why are they collecting dust all but a few days a year? Take a glance at these following photos for easy ways to incorporate your favorite tabletop items throughout the house. You'll add a little unexpected zest to your interiors and possibly save yourself time finding the perfect centerpiece when the next holiday comes along.
Let’s face it: your china is beautiful, your silver is an heirloom. Why are they collecting dust all but a few days a year? Take a glance at these following photos for easy ways to incorporate your favorite tabletop items throughout the house. You'll add a little unexpected zest to your interiors and possibly save yourself time finding the perfect centerpiece when the next holiday comes along.
You know that shelving unit in your living room filled with knickknacks? Revamp it by making it a display of your silver. There is no rule that these beautiful pieces need to be behind the fancy glass doors of a china cabinet: put it out where everyone can see and admire.
Your china dishware is beautiful, and beautiful things should be seen. For all times of the year besides the Thanksgiving feast, hang your plates in a display right on your wall. It can be in the dining room, the living room, the guest room – wherever you think your lovely pieces will garner the daily attention they deserve.
Bring out your cake stand and top it with other pieces from your collection for dimension: silverware, your Grandmother’s beautiful napkins. Keep it unpolished: the tarnish gives it character (and lets you display it stress-free).
Need a vignette for your coffee table? Use items from your silver tea set. Between the tray, creamers, cups and serving pieces, you automatically have a variety of heights, creating a varied vignette with hardly any effort.
Your teapot may just add the perfect accessory for your shelves, throwing off a typical book display just enough to make it unique.
Silver serving trays are among the easiest pieces to use elsewhere. Place it in the bathroom to hold towels or glasses…
… or use one as a base to feature your elegant perfume collection.
When it comes time to take down your Thanksgiving centerpieces, instead of storing away the vases, pepper them throughout your space. No need to continuously fill them with fresh flowers: stones, colorful balls, potpourri… anything pretty will do the trick.
Never underestimate the power of your silver candlesticks in unexpected places, such as your bedroom’s dresser. Not only do they look lovely, but their soft, candlelit glow is perfect for relaxing before bedtime.
This one’s simple: if you’re lucky enough to have an incredible candelabra like this one, stick it anywhere but storage. Its height, grandeur, antiquated essence makes it too beautiful not to have plain sight, year-round.
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How to Hang Your Plate Collection