Collecting Vintage Platters for Seasonal Decor
Love decorating with vintage dishes? Here are 7 ways to decorate with vintage platters for beautiful, thrifty decor style. Be inspired to collect vintage platters for every season of decorating.
Do you love decorating with vintage dishes? They are an inexpensive way to add beautiful, seasonal style to your home. Easily found when you’re thrifting for a couple dollars, vintage dishes can be the backbone of your seasonal decorating. Vintage platters are larger, and will give you more decorating bang for your buck. Here are 7 reasons why you’ll want to start Collecting Vintage Platters for Seasonal Decor.
Today’s post is part of our bi-monthly Lifestyle of Love series, organized by my friend, Cindy, at County Road 407. This group of talented ladies love all things vintage, antique, repurposed and farmhouse. Get ready for many beautiful ways to use vintage dishes and platters today!
If you’re visiting from The Ponds Farmhouse, I’m sure you loved Rachel’s patriotic table setting ideas, using mix and match dishes; everything she does is creative and beautiful! I’ll have links to the rest of the inspiring posts at the end; hope you can enjoy them all!
Collecting Vintage Platters for Seasonal Decor
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Why Collect Vintage Platters?
Vintage platters can be found inexpensively when you’re thrifting. They’re larger than a simple plate, and can have a bigger impact when you’re decorating. They can be found in any color scheme and endless design styles, which make them the perfect seasonal decor accent to have on hand. And they don’t take up much space to store away. Simply stack them in a cupboard, so they’re handy when you need them.
I normally gravitate towards color and pattern when I’m decorating. But lately, I’ve realized the value of white platters. Placed in the back of my hutch, they allow anything and everything in front of them to pop. I can also use them in any season, and they look great in a stack out in the open. Yep…I’ve started a new collection-white ironstone platters; is it any surprise?
Seasonal Decor Mainstay
Vintage platters are a mainstay of my seasonal decor. I have a variety to use for each season. I realized I was a little short of Fall colored designs. I love to tuck them into displays with my Fall colored vintage pottery collection. Recently I picked up a couple ovals with pretty flowers. Often I find these at church sales for a couple bucks. I don’t care if they have small chips/crazing; character is beauty!
Many Ways to Decorate with Vintage Platters
There are so many ways to decorate with vintage platters. Here are some of the ways I decorate with them:
- In the back of a display as a bright/seasonal backdrop
- As a seasonal feature on a plate stand
- As a base for a centerpiece
- Stacked
- Hung on a wall with a plate hanger and/or grouped
- As a seasonal theme starter to launch a display
- Tape seasonal trims to them.
This bookshelf we built into our upstairs hallway has plate grooves on each shelf. Seasonally colored and designed platters were placed first as a feature, and other accessories added around after.
Large plain platters are a great canvas to create a seasonal centerpiece. Perfect for a coffee table, entry table or dining table.
Plate stands, large and small, give you the ability to place a platter anywhere. I’ve even stood one inside a bird cage to create a pretty vignette. Definitely have a stash of different types of plate stands on hand for all the decorating possibilities. (find a variety of plate stands HERE)
Display Vintage Platter Collections Grouped
I’ve been collecting pastel colored and flowered oval platters for awhile. I love to display them for Easter, often standing them on end like eggs. Sometimes they are the back drop of my Spring hutch, sometimes I hang them with plate hangers in a grouping. One year I taped vintage trims to them so they looked like decorated eggs.
Collecting Vintage Platters for Seasonal Decor
My red and white toile platters can be used for all the red holidays: Christmas, Valentine’s, Patriotic. Add different colors to switch up the look for the season.
Another easy way to feature seasonal platters is to hang them in a simple plate rack. Add seasonal foliage for even more interest. See “7 Simple Plate Rack Decor Ideas for Thrifty Style” for more plate rack decor ideas.
For more decorating & display ideas:
“10 Pretty Display Ideas to Turn Your Dishware Into Decor”
“How to Style a Hutch for Every Season”
“10 Styling Ideas That Make Glass Front Cabinet Displays Beautiful”
“10 Pretty Ways to Decorate with Vintage Milk Glass”
As you can see, there are so many decorating possibilities for thrifted platters! Decorating with vintage dishes is a thrifty way to display your home with beauty. And they don’t take up much space in storage; simply stack them in your cupboard when you’re not using them. Definitely start thrifting a collection for your own seasonal decor!
Find many plates and dish hanging and display options HERE.
For more dishes and platter ideas, visit Ann at Dabbling and Decorating next. You’ll love her blue and white vintage platter wall display. So inspiring!
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So inspiring Lora, loved all your collections amd the Easter egg idea was brilliant 💯
Thanks, Ann!
Lora, I adore all of your dishes and displays. So many pretty colors and designs. The planters in your fall hutch are so dreamy too. One of these days we’ll get together and go thrifting when I’m up in MN. And it will be such a blast! Pinned!
Yes, we need to do that, Angie! Now that both our weddings are behind us, we can have fun ourselves:)
Lora
Love your collection of platters. So many creative ideas.
Thanks!
Love these cute dishes and the way you display them for the different seasons. You have found the prettiest ones like always.
Thanks, Marlene:) Always treasure hunting!
LOVE!! Such fun and pretty ideas for your lovely collection:) Those Easter egg platters are GENIUS!!
Thanks! They were a fun, crafty look, and a great way to enjoy vintage trims:)
Isn’t it fun to be able to say or type – Decorating with Vintage Dishes?! I love it and love every one of your pieces! I have had to pass up so many adorable plates due to the lack of space to store them. I’d give up my pantry of food if I could and store them there! Gah, so many cute ideas. pinned
I’m always shuffling them around from place to place. But store a lot of them in furniture cupboards when off season. You just need to buy a couple more pieces of furniture;) Fun subject; thanks for picking it!