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Winter Rustic Dough Bowl Design

December 23, 2024 by Kimberly Snyder 1 Comment

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Curious about what to do with your poinsettias after the holidays? Simply fill a Rustic Dough Bowl with a combination of blooming plants!

Wondering what to do with your poinsettias after Christmas? I have a great idea! Simply fill a rustic dough bowl with a combination of poinsettias and blooming plants! This makes such a quick and easy rustic dough bowl design idea!

extra-large dough bowl filled with potted plants

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Rustic Dough Bowl Design

Dough Bowls come in Many Shapes & Sizes

If you have been following me for any length of time, you probably have already figured out that I am in love with dough bowls!  In my personal collection, I have a round one, an oval one, a square one, a rectangle one, a couple of heart shaped ones and even one shaped like a Christmas tree.

Shortly before Christmas one year, I purchased an extra-large one that is over 3 feet long!

extra large wooden dough bowl

This is going to be the rustic dough bowl for our project today.  It fits great on our dining table in the lanai. It would look amazing on a farm table!  I do miss my dining table from the farmhouse!  Learn what else I miss by checking out this post: Kim Style; What I Wish I had Kept

There is also an introduction to the concept of “Kim Style” which is what I call my unique blend of several decorating styles.

Back to today’s topic!

dough bowl with poinsettias

As you can see, 3 poinsettias in 6 1/2-inch growers pots fit perfectly in it!

In addition to my love for dough bowls,  I have a fondness (ok maybe it is an obsession) with European Dish Gardens !  Since this particular “project” is a loose interpretation of a European Dish Gardens, I will review the concept of a European Dish Garden.

How to Design a European Dish Garden

The beauty of a European Dish Garden, besides being so easy to make, is that you can combine plants that have different watering requirements together in one container since you are keeping them in their own pots.   I generally use the concepts of the European Dish Garden when I am preparing a centerpiece for a specific event or when I need a unique hostess gift or present for a friend or family member.

The first step when designing a European Dish Garden is to choose your container.  You can use any type of container you want.  Please take into consideration where your finished European Dish Garden will be sitting.  If the container is not watertight, you will want to add a liner or something that will catch the water, so it doesn’t leak on to your furniture.

For today’s project, each of the plants will be in a pot with a saucer at the bottom.  If you are concerned about dampness between the saucer and the dough bowl, a circle of cork can be placed between the saucer and the dough bowl.

rustic dough bowl with blooming plants

The next step in designing a European Dish Garden is choosing your plants.  This was quite easy since I wanted to still display my Christmas poinsettias.  I also had two kalanchoes that needed repotted.

poinsettia with pink and cream flowers

I love a novelty poinsettia.  I am not sure of the actual name of this bicolor one.  I have two of them and will use both of them in the rustic dough bowl arrangement.  I had purchased a solid pink one at the same time.  I moved it outside and put it in a pot of Diamond Frost similar to the picture below.  I don’t recommend putting your poinsettia outside unless you live in a warmer climate!

Poinsettia nestled in Diamond Frost

How to Care for Your Poinsettias

One of my blogger friends, Stacy, has an amazing website.  In fact, I have told her that I want to be her!  She has a great post about caring for poinsettias that gives you all the information you need.  Please check it out ! 

The Kalanchoes

poinsettia and kalanchoepoinsettia and kalanchoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kalanchoes were in 4-inch pots.  They were ready to be repotted into a slightly larger pot.  I used a perlite and sphagnum moss mixture and watered them until the water drained out the bottom.  I won’t water them again until they are dry.

Kalanchoes are succulents.   I have found that they do better if you just ignore them! They will eventually rebloom.  Put them where they will get adequate light and water when dry!  Don’t over water them.

Completing the Rustic Dough Bowl Design

This couldn’t have been much easier!  After wiping out the dough bowl, I simply lined up the potted plants!  I did have to move the poinsettias around to get their best side so I could nestle the kalanchoes at each end.  Then I added the wooden Relax sign.  So simple!

extra-large dough bowl filled with potted plants

You might recognize the relax sign from here: Let’s Cozy Up the Lanai For Autumn!

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A Last Look

rustic dough bowl with blooming plants

I really like how the aged terra cotta pot looks combined with the rustic carved wood of the dough bowl.  I was afraid I wouldn’t like the white pots that the poinsettias are in, but the plants cover up a lot of the pot.

I hope you enjoyed learning how to create this rustic dough bowl design!

Other Posts You Might Enjoy:

Red & White European Dish Garden for Spring

Red Kalanchoe with white plants European DIsh Garden

This combination of red & white flowers can be used almost year-round.

Almost everyone was curious about the terra cotta pot with the wrought iron candle holder.  I purchased this years ago at a specialty store.  Since I couldn’t fit anything like it on the market today, I came up with a dupe.

I used a 10-inch terra cotta bulb pan and a gazing globe stand.  The candle holders are Amish made and are currently unavailable.  I included  links to similar ones at the bottom of the post.

Red & White flowers in a stand

European Dish Garden Featuring Fall Plants including Chocolate Drop Coleus

Early Fall Dish garden with rustic accents

I said I would do it and I did!  Since dough bowls and European dish gardens are two of my favorite things, I decided to combine them into one attention grabbing centerpiece for an Early Autumn event!  I used a square, white washed dough bowl for this creation!

How to Decorate an Antique Dough Bowl

dough bowl with snowman

 

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  1. MaryJo Materazo says

    December 27, 2023 at 3:42 pm

    Love this Kim! I repurpose my flowers and plants as much as I can so loved this post. It looks beautiful. Hoping you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. XO- MaryJo

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Hello! Kimberly (Kim) Snyder and I'm glad you're here. An entrepreneurial spirit, I've owned a flower shop and antiques store, a pizza parlor and now we're in Florida living a new adventure. Join me as we downsize into our new digs and continue the adventures! WRITER & BLOGGER

Kimberly Snyder shares the adventures of moving to Florida and beginning again in a new space as a herbalist, a creative, and a serial entrepreneur

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 The nurse that was taking care of me in the pre op area turned out to be the same nurse who had prayed for me last year. My husband was in the parking lot of the medical center speaking with his friend who happened to work at the center with this particular nurse. I was very sick at the time and they prayed for my healing.  It was great to be able to thank her in person and let her see that the prayers had been answered. ❤️

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