9 Creative Ways to Use Baskets in Home Decor
Whether thrifted or store bought, baskets can be incorporated into your home decor and be both functional and decorative! Here are 9 creative ideas for decorating with baskets.
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It's Pinterest Challenge again! A group of bloggers give our own spin to an
inspiration image. This week's challenge is to decorate with a summer basket
or bucket. Thanks to Cindy of
County Road 407
for hosting this fun challenge each month!
If you're coming from
Our Southern Home, welcome! I always love seeing Christy's ideas and DIYs and her summer
picnic basket vignette is so pretty!
Inspiration
Here is the inspiration image from
Anderson and Grant. Jamie transformed a broken picnic basket with paint. You can read more
details about Jamie's basket makeover by
clicking here. I love her tip for using wax to make it easy to get a chippy look. I
used this same technique when I made my
chippy spindles.
Rather than simply recreating this look, I decided to take it a step further and demonstrate 9 creative ways that you can use baskets in home decor.
There are countless ways to use baskets around your home, I'm sure you can
come up with even more ideas. These are just a few ways to use them creatively
that maybe you haven't thought of.
9 Creative Uses for Baskets in Home Decor
1. Baskets on the kitchen counter
Kitchen counters have a way of getting messy really fast! I find I use many
assorted vessels to corral like items together to manage the chaos. You can
read all my
tips for adding style and function to a small kitchen here.
When I wrote that post, I forgot all about this pretty basket with blue and
white tiles that I received as a gift years ago. It was tucked away at the
back of one of our island cabinets, which I recently cleaned out!
I chose to add this basket to the awkward space behind my corner sink because
it matches the other
vintage blue and white decor
that I'm using to bring a little color and vibrancy to this corner.
This basket is a great size for holding napkins but it works equally well to
hold large fruits and/or veggies while they ripen.
A basket keeps round items from rolling around on your counter tops!
2. Show off glass jars
I have had this vintage chippy wire basket for years. The open sides makes it
ideal for showing off my collection of
vintage blue mason jars. I love to see the light reflect off the glass.
3. Decorate with picnic baskets
Picnic baskets are wonderful to hold pretty much anything! The lid can be
closed to hide what's inside, or throw the lid open and display the basket on
top of a hutch. Fill it with decorative objects for a charming look.
I added my
fresh baked pies served daily sign
as well as a
vintage seltzer bottle.
4. Fill a basket with vintage books
I love to collect vintage books, especially when they're in colors that match
my home. This thrifted basket was just the right size to hold a small stack of
books as well as some tiny thrifted dishes.
The book filled basket makes a charming display on a cane chair in my dining
room.
5. Display a large plant/tree in a basket on the floor
My three fiddle leaf fig trees have grown so much since I rescued them. I
recently repotted them, but the pot is unattractive so I'm using this large
basket that I found at Ross. At Christmas, I repurpose these wicker baskets to
hold my smaller Christmas trees!
The wicker is perfect for my home's shabby cottage farmhouse style, and it's a
much more attractive way to display my fig trees!
6. Corral pillows and throws
As I'm decorating my home for summer, I'm finding myself drawn to the colors
of the US flag. Reds and blues are classic summer decor. I'll be sharing more
ideas with you soon so
make sure you're following along!
Using a large basket to corral a few throws, a pillow and some books makes a
charming statement to any corner. Keep the decorative throw on top (
similar throw here) and pull a corner over the edge of the basket to show it off.
7. Baskets to hold snacks
Our
vintage inspired daybed
gets a lot of use, and this
flat willow basket
with handles is a great way to hold a snack.
I inserted a dinner plate so that the mason jar of iced tea and the snacks
would have a solid surface to rest on.
The handles make it easy to move this tray basket when I'm finished snacking!
8. Thrifted basket to display ivy
I scored this basket recently at the thrift store.
I just noticed that I forgot to clean off the sharpie price mark on the
side even though that's not what I paid! I was thinking about painting this basket white, but now that it's displayed
I really like the natural color with the green. What do you think?
A small handled basket like this is a great size to display a fresh plant like
ivy. To keep the ivy from getting lost in the basket, I first placed a cereal
bowl inside the basket and then set the ivy on top to elevate it.
9. Baskets filled with vintage dishes
My love affair with vintage dishes is strong, especially
blue and white dishes. I've collected quite a few, most of them thrifted.
When I was
transitioning my dining room decor from blue and white to beachy colors
of summer, I used this handled basket to hold all the dishes as I cleared the table.
When I was done, I liked how it looked so much that I've left this basket
filled with vintage dishes out as decor.
The
farmhouse pew
in our entryway is adjacent to the dining room, so having a basket of dishes
out on display doesn't feel weird!
A stack of vintage dishes in a pretty basket is so charming!
More summer basket ideas
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HI Cindy, I love all of your ideas. I really like the basket idea for trees! Thank you for so much inspiration! laura
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura!
DeleteYou have so many great ideas for decorating with baskets, Cindy! I am inspired to add more baskets to my summer home decor.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paula, I love baskets for so many things!
DeleteAfter seeing all your fabulous ideas I want to go shopping for more baskets. Love the two handle basket with the blue and white dishes! So pretty! Pinning!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle, I've found several at our local thrift store and like that they have an older, vintage look!
DeleteOkay, this might sound insensitive but I promise, it's not! If you die before me, can you put me in your will for the basket with the vintage dishes? Don't forget the dishes. LOL! Seriously, love each and every idea. On another note, I have the ugliest backsplash in America. The builder put a large brown fruit basket tile right behind the stove top that is so not me. But you've given me hope. I'm going to find a large ceiling tile and lean it back there. Yay! Thanks so much for joining us. Pinned.
ReplyDeleteHaha, Cindy this made me laugh!! So glad you liked my ideas and were inspired enough to want to be added to my will, LOL!
DeleteSo many wonderful ideas for using baskets in your home decor, Cindy! Love the way the pretty linens make the one basket look like it's weaved with the linens (or is that just my eyes?). LOL! Pinned!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie, I actually did weave fabric through the baskets holes for that look! I ripped an old sheet into strips!
DeleteLove all your great ideas, Cindy! But that handled wicker basket on the pew, stacked with blue and white dishes is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lora, I think it's my favorite too 😉
DeleteCindy,
ReplyDeleteI loved all your creative basket ideas. I really like all the blue dishes. I pinned for future reference. Great job. These are so fun to do together.
Thanks Rachel!
DeleteCindy I adore all of these inspiring ideas! The blue dishes are fabulous. Have a gorgeous day!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteLove your baskets, Cindy! The basket filled with blue dishes are my favorite, too. I use baskets and even a trunk-sized wicker basket to hold blankets, down comforters and extra pillows until needed again.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your pretty collection,
Hugs and hugs,
Barb :)
Thanks so much Barb!
DeleteAll of your basket ideas are lovely, but if I have to pick a favorite I think it's the blue plates in the basket. Simply stunning and unexpected, too. Love it. Pinned!
ReplyDeleteNiky @ The House on Silverado
Cindy, I love every single one of your basket vignettes. Each one is unique, functional and practical. The blue tile basket is awesome. Lots of inspiration. Pinned!
ReplyDeleteCindy, So many great ideas with this month's challenge. I absolutely adore the basket with the blue and white china. It speaks to my obsession. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI love all the ways you use baskets in your home! I especially like the one with the blue and white dishes! So beautiful!!
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