I have a ton of serving dishes and hostessy type items. I guess I could pack them away safely until I was serving someone something or hosting a baby shower but, I’d rather use and enjoy them all the time.

I use this two tiered platter thing {what are these called? I know they have a name} in my bathroom.  Stocked with soaps and brushes I’ve collected or been gifted over the years it looks lush and reminiscent of a bread and breakfast.   For those of you wondering, I don’t have a sofa in my bathroom, just really bad lighting so I had to take the photo in the living room.

You are sick of me talking about my plates on the wall.  I reserve this space for serving dishes and platters and plates that I don’t really need to use.   Dishes can be found so inexpensively that you can cover a wall with them for a lot less than a piece of art.

I use plate hangers found at Hobby Lobby or Wal-Mart or Lowe’s Depot to hang my plates.

I’m not sure if this urn is a serving dish, but I use it for silverware when we have a buffet so I’m calling it a serving dish.  When we don’t have a buffet, I use it for markers and such.

Our fall centerpiece was anchored on a square tray.

Some other fall stuff looked all nice tucked in a pitcher and square urn thing.

Grouped with my apothecary jars is a cheese cover and a dessert stand.  Can you find them?

And of course the hutch is another great way to decorate with your serving dishes.

Look, another one of those things, this one has 4 tiers and I usually keep it in my office, again, bad lighting today.

This over sized white ceramic tray looks great holding a turkey but for all those nights when I don’t prepare a whole turkey for dinner, it serves up candles and other pretty items.

Sometimes I use a ceramic tray on the coffee table to hold the remote {warning, do not try this at home if you have toddlers}.

Other times I pretend like my platters are art and set them on a display thing.

How are your serving dishes serving you?