decorating your home with food...some tips

An inexpensive way to decorate, set a mood or stage your home rather than buy too many nick-knacks that will eventually be dated and go out of style, is to use food.  That's right, food!  Also, you don't need to worry about storing it when you want to change your decor, because once your done with your temporary displays you can just eat them ha ha!  Change them up every so often and definitely before they perish.  Use nice classic bowls, vases, trays and even cake stands that you can re-use in your scenes.  These small vignettes create a mood and portray a lifestyle.  They work for home staging, if your having guests over, or for yourself to enjoy and it beats looking at toasters and blenders, put those away in your cupboards.  Here are some examples of what I did in our home before an open house.  A tip, grab a cookbook with pictures, open it to your favorite simple recipe and grab a few of those non-perishable ingredients and place them on a tray.  Try to go with a recipe that requires pretty vegetables or fruits and go with a grouping of those in your display.  Hope I gave you some cool ideas to try at home.

in the kitchen, I set a scene for prepping an artichoke dish.  just put out a few ingredients on a tray along with some roasted Gorgonzola crackers from Trader Joes.  I thought the packaging was pretty.

the counter with a few different vignettes

on the opposite counter I set up 3 tall glass water bottles and a bunch of lemons, tip...the more fruits or veggies you use, the better your display, the look you want to go for is "abundance"

Cookbooks are great for kitchen displays, took off the cover of the Wolfgang Puck cookbook and discovered this pretty yellow hardcover.  Found this inexpensive cake stand at Target and these pretty meringues at Trader Joes...stacked some small plates and you've got a display.  Notice the triangle shape from the top of the book to the 2 items in front...a good design tip...

Wanted to make this upstairs little media room fun so I went with purple as the accent color.  Notice the pretty pink striped bag of Trader Joes Kettle corn.  Purple Hersheys kisses and a 4 pack of purple beers.. perfect for a movie night...snuggle up with your honey with that cozy lavender throw, you've got your popcorn, candy, beverages... see I just set a scene for you.

Purple pillow Homsense find.. LOVE LOVE LOVE Homesense

Chocolate Beer!!! Can't wait to crack one open after the viewings are all done and our home is sold.  Bought these puppies at Trader Joes (my favorite Grocery store of all time)

I even decorated INSIDE the cupboards... hey people looking at homes open your cupboards...this is my husbands stash of his favorite chocolate from TJ's

Set a little scene on the patio with some lemonade and outdoor pitcher and goblets added some lemons for some color pop-age