You might not think of trays as anything more than something you use to serve guests while entertaining. While they can certainly be used for that purpose, trays can do so much more. Today, we’re going to talk about the versatility of trays and how they can be your ultimate decorating weapon.

What to Love About Trays

While there are several reasons to get on board with using more trays in your home, here are some of our favorites:

• Trays are multifunctional, meeting both utilitarian and aesthetic demands. They can be used to serve, help organize clutter, and add color and texture, to name a few.
• Trays are easy to decorate. All it takes is adding a few items to the top of a tray and you’ve got yourself a pretty vignette to look at.
• Trays look good anywhere you put them. They are a great addition to kitchen counters and islands, living rooms, dining areas, and even bathroom counters and toilets.
• Trays look great from all angles, making them the perfect centerpiece for all table tops throughout your home.
• Trays are easy to move around. Ready for a change? Need an open space on the fly? No problem! Simply pick it up and move it somewhere else.
• Trays come in various materials, colors, sizes, and shapes, meaning there’s something for everyone.

Ways with Trays

It’s important to remember that trays can change their looks to suit whatever you need. It’s also important to understand that a tray can be a shallow basket or oversized platter can work just as nicely as a decor product label as an actual tray. Regardless of what you use, trays can be used in various rooms and in various ways throughout the home.

Long, hard week at work? A tray in the bedroom is just what you need for breakfast in bed on a Saturday morning. Like to garden? A pebble-filled tray makes a fun and functional boot rest after a day of working in the soil. If you enjoy family game nights, a tray on the coffee table is a great way to store and display your favorites (or, simply keep the TV remotes organized). Ready to entertain some guests? Use a tray to help create a wet bar where friends and families can easily serve themselves. If you love to cook, have a tray in the kitchen filled with all your gourmet spices and cooking oils. Keep a tray by the tub so you have bath bombs and a candle on hand when it comes time to take a relaxing soak. Love to change decor with the seasons? Trays are a great way to create a seasonal vignette that can transition quickly and easily.

See? There are so many ways and more to put trays to use in your home! And if you have no available flat surfaces, trays can even create visual interest when hung together on the wall.

Ready to add more trays to your home’s decor? Stop by our Cutting Corners showroom to see the decorative trays we have for all your spaces.