Hello friends! Welcome to our Autumn on a Tray blog tour hosted by Katherine over at Katherine’s Corner. If you’re coming over from Shelley at Calypso in the Country, I’m so glad you’re here to see a few of my fall tray vignettes. Trays are such a versatile way to decorate your home for any and every season. Let me show you how to put together a quick and easy autumn tray that’s sure to please!
Easy Round Autumn Tray
I started to decorate for fall back in August, when we were doing our Decorate with Us Fall Series. This is tray is one of the ones that I used my fall kitchen countertops. I used an acacia wood cutting board as my base, then left my white ceramic utensil holder on it filled with wood utensils (that I didn’t spread out for this photo, oops, sorry!). Next to it I placed an acacia wood candle holder with a rechargeable candle. It came in a set of 6 which was the best investment ever! No more wasted money on expensive batteries! The steel blue wood pumpkin matched my fall color scheme this year. I say matched because about halfway through September I took all of my fall down and moved on to Halloween decor.
This tray was quick, easy, and is useful while cooking! See, trays don’t have to just look pretty!
Before fall decorating was through in my home, I did change things up just a bit. I replaced the blue pumpkin and added a Luminara jack-o-lantern pumpkin in its place. I turned it around backwards until Halloween so that only the pumpkin side was showing. If you haven’t seen a Luminara candle, oh man, I highly recommend checking them out! You can see it in use on my Facebook Decorate with Us videos. These candles look soooo real! My husband kept trying to blow it out until he finally grabbed the “flame” to try to put it out and finally realized it’s not a real flame! They are worth every single penny!
Long Fall Tray
This longer acacia wood tray holds my usual white pitcher vase that I love. I simply change out the florals to match the season that we’re in. The stems that filled it are from Hobby Lobby, and they match my rug perfectly so I used them throughout my home for fall and are the basis of my color scheme, rust, steel blue, navy, with a spattering of mustard. Aren’t they beautiful?
Next to the pitcher sits one of my DIY braided rope pumpkins. The “blessed” bronze word is actually supposed to be used on plates for a fall tablescape, but I thought it looked perfect on this tray!
Soap Dispenser Tray
This little wood tray normally sits next to my sink, holding the amber glass soap dispensers. I added a cute little “pumpkin patch” wood sign in front of it and called it ready for our autumn leaves home decor on a tray tour! Another useful tray!
Bonus Fall Laundry Area Tray
Since we’re sharing fall trays on this Autunm Leaves Home Decor on a Tray Tour, I thought I’d share a cute tray that I added to my small laundry space to bring some beauty and fall into that area.
When I shared my Decorate with Us: Fall Laundry Area post, I had the tray set up like this. These gorgeous laundry soap and fabric softener dispensers just elevate the area, don’t they? They hold a full 67oz bottles with a little more room. In the center I added a tiny vase (from a 3 pack) with dried baby’s breath and two white pumpkins.
By the time I shared my full fall home tour, I had changed things up just a bit, replacing the baby’s breath with a pitcher of pumpkin and berry stems. I like the baby’s breath, but the stems needed a new home since I changed up my kitchen and they matched the fall wreath that is hanging in the corner of the laundry area.
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Autumn on a Tray Blog Tour
Now that you’ve seen my fall tray, it’s time to visit the next blogger on the tour, Carol of Blue Sky at Home. I know that you’re going to love her tray. She’s so talented and has great taste! After that I hope you will continue on the tour so that you can see all of the ways the lovely ladies participating have styled trays for autumn!
After you’ve seen Carol’s tray, I hope you will check out the rest of the trays on our Autumn Leaves Decor on a Tray Blog Tour!
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Don’t go yet! There’s more to see!
There’s plenty more to see here on the blog! If you’re looking for something specific, use the search box in the sidebar to look it up. If not, you might enjoy these ideas. Don’t have time to read them all now? That’s ok, just click over to the posts using the pictures and pin them for later. You can also add Life as a LEO Wife to your favorites and check back for new ideas and free printables and SVGs every Wednesday, as well as link parties with tons of shared ideas on Sundays!
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All of your trays are so pretty Niki, I especially like the Blessed one, love the colors!
Jenna
Thank you so much! I love the colors in the Blessed tray as well. My entire fall home was centered around them!
Love how you’ve used the smaller breadboards as your tray. So many fun fall goodies!
Thank you! I have one shaped like MS that I wish I had never used as a cutting board so that I could use it as a tray too. I used it before I thought of using them as trays, sadly! Now, cutting boards become trays as soon as they’re purchased, lol!
Pretty ideas for fall! I love the wooden pumpkin! Great touring with you!
Shelley
Thank you! It’s from Hobby Lobby & was so affordable! Great touring with you too!
Niki,
I love your tray especially that pumpkin. I love to use a tray just for the simple things that I use in the kitchen everyday. Your kitchen looks so beautiful for fall.
Hugs,
Bev
Thank you so much! I love these trays since I can just slightly change them up for every season!
I love it all! Your trays are pretty and functional too. You really know how to rock a tray. They are all terrific. We’ve been buying a lot of apples too.( I love fresh apples this time of the year). Thank you for joining in the fun. Pinned! xo
Thank you, Katherine! Wonderful compliment from the Tray Queen!
Fun idea to use the cutting boards. They offer a variety of shapes. Happy Fall!
Thank you, Sarah! I love using beautiful cutting boards as trays!
Niki, such cute ideas for using simple trays in different ways for the season. They really add interest to your counters.
Thank you, Carol! Trays keep my kitchen pretty, yet still organized in one area.
Simple and useful.the pumpkin is adorable. Love the larger tray. So many different ways to decorate a tray. Happy autumn.
Thank you Linda!
Niki, I liked that you displayed fall vignettes on several trays throughout your home. You’re right — trays are lovely as well as useful. And they can be tweaked as the season progresses! It’s fun joining you on the tour today.
Thank you, Sandra! My kitchen was full of trays for fall & now the same trays are out but decorated for Halloween.
Loved the simplicity and usefulness of your trays. Having just a few items per tray creates a modern feel to the tray. Trays can be beautiful and useful at the same time as you’ve demonstrated here.
Lynne
Thank you, Lynne! I love using trays on my kitchen countertops. It keeps everything in one area & looking “clean!”