What can I do with three antique bowls?
I have three lovely old bowls. I'm not very good at decorating ideas, so I'd love some community inspiration.
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Hi there, Sit pot plants in them, they'll look great! Cactus would be another good idea.
I think the one bowl looks cute with the thread in it. I like the above answer - adding plants/succulents is a cute idea. You can use the small bowl to hold jewelry or other small items. You can create a tiered tray with them.
There are more ideas here:
https://www.pinterest.com/KD4DovesNest/bowls-repurposed/?lp=true
I would empty them and display them on a shelf as a group just the way they are. They are lovely and artistic.
Arrange in a group using candleholders to elevate at three slightly different levels. They are lovely as they are.
I use seasonal decor in an old doughbowl I have - wooden apples, ceramic eggs, pine cones, Christmas ornaments, wooden blocks and hearts. My grandchildren notice the changed decor as soon as they come over! I like to have something that they can touch and explore. I love the spools!
Keep them and love them. They are beautiful!!
Wicker rattan balls are very popular now for use as decor. Just fill a bowl or two with them.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rattan+looking+balls+for+decor&i=garden&ref=nb_sb_noss
If you have a Kuerig put kcups in at least one of them.
It's so funny you asked this...just a few weeks ago I decided I wanted colorful planters filled with flowers on my patio this summer. I painted lots of my old planters bright colors but I also used several of my antique bowls from my fairly large collection. (I love antique bowls!) I used a large blue crock bowl, a yellow ware bowl, a large green crock bowl and a couple of medium sized bowls. I put rocks in the bottom, added potting soil and planted several different flowers in them. I placed them around my other planters on my patio and they look great. Of course my flowers are small as I just planted them but if they look good now I know they will be gorgeous soon. I live alone, no grandchildren yet and I have a small older dog so no worries about them getting damaged unless Mother Nature decides she doesn't like them! (Storms)
You could use one of them for a yarn basket if you crochet or knit, you already have thread in one and you could use the third for a button bowl.
You could also attach tall, narrow candle holders inside them to make a graduated fruit tower, but I think that would ruin them because I agree that they're beautiful and you should keep them the way they are.
As mentioned, you could set up a coffee station and use one for Kuerig cups, another for tea bags and the third for creamer/sugars packets or anything else you might need storage for.
Send them to me!!! They are gorgeous!!
Use them in the kitchen.
I don’t like things all the same height, so see if you can find a small plant stand or two to make them different heights. Then you could use them in a variety a ways - a centerpiece with fruit or flowering plants, a baking center - measuring cups in one, spatulas in one, whatever.
I have 3 also. The largest holds apples, the middle one bananas and the small one holds sweet potatoes.
Thank you all for your inspiration. How very kind you are.