A Bird Themed Tiered Tray
What do you put on a tiered tray for spring? Here’s how to style the perfect bird themed tiered tray for a spring centerpiece.
Spring has arrived, and the change of seasons is happening inside as well as outside! As the birds sing their song, I’m decorating my nest to reflect the new season. If you’re wondering what you can use as a centerpiece, today’s ideas will fill your head with inspiration! Here’s How to style A Bird Themed Tiered Tray you can use in any room of your home.
I’m joining my Pinterest Challenge friends today, led by Cindy at County Road 407. If you’re visiting from Bluesky at Home, I’m sure you enjoyed Carol’s Simple Fresh Spring Centerpiece Idea. The rest of my friend’s centerpiece ideas will be at the end!
Ideas from Our Inspiration Photo
This month’s inspiration photo comes from Suzy at Worthing Court. Suzy created a pretty Spring centerpiece on her dining room table, centered on a tiered tray.
Here are the design elements that caught my eye in this pic:
- plenty of green
- topiary shapes
- bunnies
- nests and eggs
- birdhouse
- variety of textures: wood, ceramic, burlap, rattan
- candles
- tiered tray as anchor, dishes gathered around
For my version, I decided to use one of my “DIY Junk Styled Tiered Trays”. See the full DIY and other ways I’ve styled this fun project through the seasons in my post. Because my DIY tiered tray is fairly large, I used it as a coffee table centerpiece. I coordinated it with the rest of the bird themed decor in my Spring living room. You can see the rest of the room in “Decorating the Spring Mantel (with vintage and birds).“
A Bird Themed Tiered Tray
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Gather Accessories with Bird Illustrations
You’ll notice that Worthing Court’s vignette has a combination of bunnies and a birdhouse. I went all in with the bird theme, but added one moss bunny as a nod to Easter. You don’t need to have a bird figurine itself for a bird theme. Simply shop your home for accessories that have bird illustrations.
Bird illustrations can be found on these:
- plates
- books
- decorative tins
- framed prints
Next, Add Bird Related Items
To fill out your arrangement, find anything in your home that’s related to birds:
- nests
- bird houses
- eggs
- feathers
- birdseed
- any of the above as illustrations
Fill Your Tiered Tray with Foliage
Spring decor requires plenty of green! Gather faux green foliage and add Spring flowering branches if you’d like, too. To fill in all the spaces around the various elements, I tucked in my “DIY Pinecone Succulents”, along with moss. I also placed vintage books here and there for height as needed.
Lastly, Add Flicker for Ambiance
The candles weren’t lit in Suzy’s photo, but I could see she had some there. I placed one real pillar candle in a tureen, but chose to be safer with battery powered tapers on the tiered tray. With a faux forsythia spray tucked in, the tapers fit perfectly in my “Repurposed Vintage Bucket Rustic Vases”. The rustic wood is a great textural contrast, too. I love easily pushing the button on the bottom of these tapers and enjoying their flicker at night when I’m reading.
Get the pretty faux taper candles HERE.
Enjoy a Bird Themed Spring Centerpiece
The bird themed tiered tray finishes out my Spring living room decor perfectly! I’m loving all the green, since we still have some patches of snow lingering in our brown yard. And it’s so fun to enjoy my bird-themed accessories all together.
Check out cute tiered tray options and other bird-themed accessories in my Amazon shop, HERE.
Find vintage bluebird dishware HERE.
Do you have enough items laying around your home to create your own bird themed tiered tray? It’s such a fun look for Spring. For more centerpiece ideas, check out Michelle at Thistle Key Lane next; she styles everything so beautifully.
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I am crazy for bird decor so I love your take on this month’s challenge. That sweet framed card got me right away. Love the faux candles too!
Thanks, Amber! Yes, those faux candles are my new favorite thing:)
Your tiered tray vignette turned out so lovely Lora. I love that spring green color!
I just can’t get enough green this time of year! Thanks, Tuula:)
Lora, your bird themed tiered tray is the perfect way to welcome spring! I love all of the details and your diy tray is one of my favorite things you’ve made. So cozy and pretty!
I’m flashing back to when I made that for one of your blog hops, Angie! I’ve used them so much, indoors and out:)
Love the idea of adding bird prints and bird books etc.! Great inspo as usual!!
Glad you got inspired, Stef!
Where did you get the hummingbird paper plate? I love it!
It’s actually a vintage tin, Shawn. Wish there were paper plates like it;)
I just love your take on the inspiration pic Lora. Every detail is perfection. Using a bird theme couldn’t have been better for spring. Bravo to your creativity.
Thanks, Kim:) I’m just starting to bring out the bunnies; birds usually come first at my house;)
What a beautiful interpretation, Lora!!! So pretty with all your birds, the greenery and way-cool tiered tray you made! I love birds and I do have a number of ceramic, wooden and mushroom birds in my stash. I have a couple of blue bird s/p shakers, too. Lots of ideas here to recreate from your photographs, thank you!!
Happy spring and I hope your brown yard greens up quickly,
Many hugs,
Barb 🙂
Thanks, Barb. Got snow today, so happy to see plenty of green inside!
So pretty. I love bird oriented vignettes, too! I have a collection of ceramic birds–currently crowded on several shelves instead of being put into vignettes. Shame on me!
Let them take flight in your home, Kathy!
What a lovely centerpiece on your coffee table, Lora. And your tray is so unique and pretty!
Thank you, Julie:)
Your little bird dishes in the tiered tray are so cute, love the greenery you used too. A very unusual tiered tray, that I love.
I have used these fun DIY tiered trays so many times; love the green metal edging.
Oh, I adore the bluebirds. Your rustic vase is also truly amazing!
Thanks, Laura!
You are so smart to pick a theme and run with it Lora! I can’t imagine a better tiered tray for creating a centerpiece. There are so many little details to admire I’m going to go back for another look and start pinning!
I’m a theme girl to the core, Michelle; it’s how my brain thinks:)
Can you give the author of the quote?
” Friendship like the flight of birds
Can’t be put in written words.
Never yet has poet penned
All it means to have a friend.”
Under the quote it says “From the writings of Edgar A. Guest”. It looks like it’s an old card someone framed. Hope that helps!
It’s beautiful, Lora!! I can really tell that you let your creativity flow with this styled piece! The bird theme is so cute. I love all the layers and textures. Beautiful job!!
Thanks, Rachel! The tiered tray has plenty of space, so I fun arranging:)
I can tell you had some fun with this PC. I love every single detail! The rich color, the bird theme, the mossy things and that tiered tray… Gaaahhhh – so fabulous! Thank you for joining in. Love your style friend. pinned
It was a fun one, Cindy! But they all are:)
Where did the print: Friendship like the flight of birds… come from? Very cute and would to have to decorate with. Thanks
V/R,
Debbie Glovacki
I picked it up a long time ago, Debbie. It looks as though someone cut apart an old card, glued it to a piece of paper and framed it.
Super cute! I hope that you will share it on The Fabulous Friday Link Party. You can find the link on my home page. Hugs to you, my friend.
I will, Renae!
I love your tiered tray. It’s so unique! All of the bird elements are perfect, too!
Niky @ The House on Silverado
Thanks, Niky!
Lora, what an original interpretation of the spring centerpiece. That tiered tray is amazing. Using birds as a theme is perfect for spring. Your vignette has such a natural spring feel to it. I know you’ll enjoy it.
So fun to see everyone’s interpretations!
HI Lora I love the tray and the shade of green. It is perfect for spring!
Great job! laura in Colorado
Hopefully almost done with the white around here; trying to keep it green!
Lora,
I couldn’t wait to see what you shared. You are so creative and I loved the rustic feel of your centerpiece. The cute rustic vase for your candle really caught my eye. So fun doing these together.
Yes, I made those rustic vases years ago; they’re really fun for Spring branches and Fall grasses.