A great spring decorating
accessory for just about any room is your everyday cake stand. It doesn’t have to stay with its dome lid,
and it isn’t just for sweet treats anymore.
Cake stands are one of those
kitchen-section items to keep an eye out for in varying materials, colors,
sizes, and price points. You may not
want your grandmother’s crystal stand to pull any double duty around your home,
but a less expensive version in a heartier material can be just the lift you
need to show off your goods. Look for
options in melamine, earthenware, and even wood, along with varying glass
versions.
Place a cake stand in the center
of the table to give any centerpiece element a lift, like a vase, a plant, or
some seasonal décor. This is especially
handy on a slim dining table, allowing a little room for placemats or chargers
to slide under the overhang of a cake stand and still have the room for an
attractive centerpiece. Also, use a cake
stand to lift up a pizza or casserole dish in the center of the table at dinner
(as long as it can take the heat).
Use a cake stand on a foyer or
sofa table to collect the day’s mail and the keys. Place a stand on a bathroom counter to hold a
few candles, like a collection of pillars or a blend of glass jars and votives
in different sizes. A cake stand on the
kitchen counter can pull the weight of a fruit bowl but with more display power;
layer on your bananas, tomatoes, onions, avocados, or other fruits and veggies.
A cake stand in the office can
give you a bit more useable desk space when you elevate a jar of pens or
pencils, a notepad, stapler, and mini dishes of office supplies like
paperclips, push pins, or rubber bands.
You can also display invitations, thank you notes, or cards, or elevate
a small in-box for bills or to-do items.
Corral necklace strands and
bracelets on a cake stand on the bathroom counter or dresser top. If you stack two cake stands, one smaller
over a larger one, you can add more decorative storage space and can hang
dangly earrings on the edge of the top layer.
This would be an attractive organizational tool for younger girls’ rooms
as well.
You have many surfaces around
your home that can be taken to a new level in storage and style when you kick
it up a notch with a pretty, practical cake stand.
DesignInMind column; appeared in the Valley Morning Star February 16th.
