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Objects of Design #3: Vintage Style Tray

vintage style cafe tray
vintage style cafe tray

I do love a tray. Not just for carrying cups of tea and coffee but also for tidying and keeping things together in the kitchen. I have a silver tray full of glasses, a silver wooden tray full of fruit and a large bowl/tray full of, well, tat not to put too fine a point on it – you know the sort of thing – safety pins, elastic bands, loose change and the like.

This rather gorgeous vintage style  tin tray is perfect for all of that. Although of course you could also use it as a desk tidy or fill it with pens and paper for the kids.

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rustic tin tray

It comes from House Envy and costs £38.50 and you may well find that it’s not the only thing you covet from this rather delicious site.

This time last year, the object of design kitchen essential was this rather brilliant jar spoon from Joseph Joseph

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.