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Styling a Tiered Valentine’s Day Tray — on a Budget!

January 15, 2020 By Lauren

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A galvanized tin tiered tray decorated for Valentine's Day

I’ve been following the tiered tray trend for a while now. Most tiered trays consist of 2-3 stacked above each other. I love how this one simple item can be styled in so many different ways! A tiered tray can be decorated by season/holiday (e.g., winter and Valentine’s Day) or by room. My galvanized tin three-tiered tray is a perfect fit for my kitchen’s farmhouse-style table.

I love to decorate my three-tired tray for the holidays. I like how decorating the tray with just a few items can add a big holiday look to a small space! I am looking forward to decorating my tray for Valentine’s Day this year. But before I do, I thought I’d take a look back at how I styled it for Valentine’s Day last year. I decorated  my tray with snowman salt and pepper shakers, a “Snow Day” mug, napkins, heart potholder and cookie cutters.

My friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, recently sent me some cute items for my birthday Among them were a sweet “home” rolling pin she customized for me, some Hershey kisses and a ceramic house that lights up Perhaps I can add some of those items to my Valentine’s Day tiered tray!

 

 

 

 
I am always on the hunt for new items for my tiered tray. A great thing is that you don’t have to spend a lot of money decorating a tiered tray. I often find great decor for the tray at the Target dollar spot and at the dollar store! Craft stores are also great places to find tiered tray decor. I often go thrift store shopping with my daughters, and find items for my tiered tray at thrift shops, too.

I like that a tiered tray can add fun holiday flair to any room without much effort or money! Some of the items I used on my tray have been gifted to me. (Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom gave me the beaded garlands and the potholder.) I got some of the other items at my local craft store for only a few dollars total. I also use several items that I already had on hand in my house for my tiered tray.

How to Style a Tiered Tray

How to style a galvanized tin tiered tray for Valentine's Day

I’ve pinned many tiered trays on Pinterest and bookmarked just as many on Instagram. These tips I think are important for styling a tray:

1 – Choose Items of Various Textures and Mediums

To create visual interest on a tiered tray, it helps to vary the type of materials you use. For example, I used fabric, wood, metal, plastic and ceramics. Part of the fun of putting a tiered tray together is mixing and matching different items.

2 – Pick Items of Different Heights

Using items of different heights on a tiered tray helps add extra dimension. It’s also nice to use taller items on the top tier for more visual interest.

3 – Choose a Unifying Color

It helps to use one color multiple times in a tiered tray display to tie all the levels together. I used red for Valentine’s Day. It’s it fun to change the color scheme throughout the seasons.

4 -Use What You Like

Part of what’s so gratifying about decorating a tiered tray is using items that speak to me. I adore miniatures, so for me, styling a tiered tray is en enjoyable way to use some of my favorite miniature items. This time I added my salt and pepper shakers, the mini houses, and the ceramic bird that I once painted. It’s also fun to use sentimental items like my beaded garlands from my blogging friend, Carrie.

If you would like to get a farmhouse-style tiered tray, there are lots of options on Amazon.

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I love these ideas for Valentine's Day decor and sweets!

How do you plan to decorate for Valentine’s Day? Please share in the comments!

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Comments

  1. Jill says

    January 16, 2020 at 4:33 PM

    I love how your tiered tray turned out! The addition of the cookie cutters is so cute!

    Jill – Doused in Pink
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  2. Amy Aed says

    January 16, 2020 at 4:38 PM

    This is such a cute idea! This is definitely something that I would like to try sometime – thank you for the inspiration!

    Have a good week! 🙂

    Amy x Wandering Everywhere

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