
15 Ways to Use Wooden Serving Pieces to Decorate Your Kitchen or Dining Room
Wooden serving pieces are a versatile and timeless addition to any kitchen or dining room. But we also love to decorate with them! With the right wooden decor ideas, you can discover creative ways to add depth, texture, and beauty to multiple living spaces.

Solange & Frances offers beautiful palm wood trays, plates and coasters that can be used to adorn your kitchen or dining room. Our pieces are handcrafted from the wood of the Areca palm tree, which is native to Indonesia. The palm wood is dark and moody yet lightweight and durable. Its unique grain pattern will add character to any space. You can use our pieces as plates or trays, to hold fruit, nuts, or other small items, or you can display them on their own as decorative elements. The bold color of the palm wood really brings a natural element into your home and helps ground any space. When it comes to caring for Solange & Frances palm wood pieces, we recommend hand washing them with warm water and mild soap. It’s also best to avoid soaking them for long periods of time. With proper care, our palm wood can last for years and add a touch of natural beauty to your home.

Here are 15 ideas on how to use natural wood serving pieces to decorate your kitchen or dining room:
- Use a wooden tray as a centerpiece on your dining or coffee table.
- Fill a wooden tray with fresh fruit, such as apples or oranges.
- Use a wooden tray to hold seasonal vegetables, such as pumpkins or gourds.
- Create a fresh floral arrangement in a wooden bowl.
- Fill a wooden tray with pinecones or acorns for a rustic touch.
- Use a wooden tray to hold candles for a cozy atmosphere.
- Plant small succulents or air plants in a wooden bowl.
- Use a wooden tray to display seashells or beach-themed decor.
- Use a wooden tray to hold hand soap and lotion.
- Display a collection of vintage or antique items on a wooden tray.
- Use a wooden tray to hold decorative balls or orbs.
- Plant a small herb garden in a wooden bowl.
- Use wine corks or bottle caps to fill a wooden bowl.
- Fill a wooden serving dish with candy, nuts or other snacks.
- Use wooden coasters to add depth and texture to a light colored space.

What are your favorite ways to use wooden serving pieces as decor for your home?
Comment below!


149 comments
I would use these as focal pieces on my coffee table!
Kelly
This is amazing! What a wonderful way to kick summer off right! Wooden serving pieces are a great way to decorate the home and I absolutely love to use them as little centerpieces. I fill them with the sea shells my family and I collect from our beach vacations. It’s super cute and always brings a smile to our faces. Thanks for the chance and wishing Solange & Frances an incredibly successful season!
AJ
Hope I did this correctly. I stated I would use them to put my jewerly after wearing them so I wouldn’t misplace them Also would be nice for keys and other small items.
JANA L MILLER
I would use these in so many ways. Would be fantastic to put my watch, earrings and rings in after I return home from wearing them. Keeping them at the same place would mean I wouldn’t ever have to go searching for them ever again. Could also be used for keys.
JANA L MILLER
I like butting them on an open shelf in the kitchen and in the living room
Sarah Kozlowski
In the bathroom with river rocks and candles
Susan Craft
I like to use them as decor for our entrance table and kitchen island.
Nichole
They are nice to put little things in that I don’t want to lose.
Lori Lequieu
I like to use them on my everyday coffee table for decoration and serving for sweets
Julia Stepanyan
For serving.
tiffany dayton
The air plant idea is so genius!!
Alexa
I use them as catch-alls on the kitchen counter!
Cassidy Bock
I like to use them to accent the dining table and side tables
monique s
I use them for serving
Lauren U
The serving spoons look great. I would use them for special events but want to use them daily.
Jesse
I like any prize especially made with wood
Kathryn Mackey
I love the dark wood!
Britton S
I’ve only got a few. A bowl as the centerpiece on my dining room table and the rest are for serving.
Tyga
I love to use them as coffee centerpieces and on the counter to hold my fruit!
Arianna Johnson
I use them for center pieces.
Ann Fantom
I like to use decorative wood storage items
candy smith
what a lovely addition to any home!
Lisa Gruetter
Beautiful items to display your favorite things !
Christine Shutt
Quality products.
Margaret Spence
I like changing my decor with the seasons and wood matches everything perfectly!
Tandi Cortez
Great looking bowls, very decorative.
anthony
these bowls are lovely
Ivy P
I enjoy displaying shells that I collect in a wooden tray on the coffee table in my living room.
Sheryl Edwards
I like changing fruit with the seasons.
LeAnn
A wooden tray is great to corral items (in groups of 3 is recommended) that you want to leave out for display on a table or shelf. It keeps things looking orderly.
Jennifer M.
I like keeping my fruit in them
Wade M
they make great salad bowls!
marie
To hold fruits and vegetables
Anna
always holding fruit for the season!
April
Hold fruit & use as salad bowls.
ScottyDee
I love using wooden serving pieces in my decor. Cheese boards make great coffee table centerpieces with candles and decorations. Wooden salad bowls on my kitchen counter are perfect as colorful fruit bowls. I also use a decorative wooden tray as a stylish catch-all in my entryway.
Kasi Walas
I would use them in my family room on my wooden serving tray more wooden holders for reading glasses and may some plants
Marlene Cantu
I love my wooden tray. I use it for many different purposes. My favorite is to use it as a centerpiece for dinner partys with things that match the menu selection for the night.
Delilah Martin
I love my wooden tray. I use it for many different purposes. My favorite is to use it as a centerpiece for dinner partys with things that match the menu selection for the night.
Delilah Martin
I love to place a wooden piece on the dining table as a centerpiece! It brings an element of warmth to the space!
Heidi Von Tersch
I use wooden trays for holding my dog grooming tools, leashes and kerchiefs. I also have one as a table centerpiece with pine ones and candles. I have smaller wooden trays holding my reader glasses and one for sunglasses. Wood trays are very versatile.
Keena Jones
I have colored wooden utensils hung in my kitchen.
Sara Alvaro
I love to display them in my foyer
Denise Lloyd
Display small crystals
Kim N
I love this store. Fingers crossed that I win the gift card.
LISA L HIRST
coffee table piece
Albert L Peruzzo
We have them in the entrance hall!
maria gentry
I use them to display rocks, grasses and small nik naks
Johnny Hutchens
Put them on top of the cabinets.
Fredrick Pauly
I use them for various items. Candy dish, earring storage, just different things as they come to mind.
sandra burns
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