I blame the cottage.
Oh, I had seen these rustic dough bowls used before but always in an über crafty/country/dried flowers with roosters and other things that are pretty but weren’t quite my style. But, once I saw one at the cottage, I decided that I could incorporate one or 20 into our home. I scoured the internets and shops for a large bowl but everything was over $100 and I am patient when it comes to searching for something that costs three digits.
Back in the fall I was shopping with my friends Caroline and Michelle at a Pottery Barn Outlet and I stumbled upon not one, but two dough bowls. Pottery Barn carries some Found Objects that are the real thing, not factory made, like these bowls. Each had a tag saying they were from Hungary and a date in the 1800’s, and since I am organized, I’ve already lost both tags. They were on sale for $49 so I bought them both having no idea where I would put them. I just knew they were a steal and that they were something I’ve wanted for awhile.
Here they are together next to a soup spoon.
You can use a dough bowl {also called a trencher} to hold almost anything and they come in zillions of shapes and sizes.
One of mine currently sits within my glass coffee table.
The other one looks dwarfed but I assure you it’s massive and he’s all cozied up with some dried leaves.
Lovely.
Jennifer at The Old Painted Cottage incorporated her dough bowl into a beautiful Winter table scape.
Mary Carol says fall is her favorite time of year to show off dough bowls. It is stunning.
Here’s the same bowl incorporated into a summer table scape.
Pottery Barn
Here’s an inspiring video about filling a dough bowl to make a centerpiece.
Dough bowls are available on ebay. {search both “dough bowls” and “wooden trenchers”}
Dough bowls are available on etsy. And I’m sure you can find them locally if you are patient. And hey, you know how much I love a spur of the moment linky. If you have a dough bowl in your home and have a photo of it in a post or want to write about it, link up and show us how you use it.