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Simple Summer Dough Bowl Centerpiece

July 26, 2024 by Kimberly Snyder 5 Comments

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Looking for a new way to decorate your outdoor table? I’d love to share my simple summer dough bowl centerpiece idea with you!

Do you need a simple summer dough bowl centerpiece?  Let me show you how I quickly designed this dough bowl centerpiece for a late summer picnic on the lanai !

Let’s get started!

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I like to use thyme instead of time when I am writing!  My entrepreneurial journey started many years ago when I first started growing and using herbs.  My journey is detailed in Sprout, Grow, Bloom.

Simple Summer Dough Bowl Centerpiece

What Exactly is a Dough Bowl?

If you have been following me for awhile, I am sure it comes as no surprise that I do have a bit of a dough bowl addiction!  Dough bowls come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  The most common shapes are the oval and round.   I have  an oval 20-inch-long dough bowl as well as a few other shapes and sizes.   I love to decorate them for the seasons.  The majority of mine are reproductions.   There are still many antique ones available.

Dough bowls get their name from their original purpose: making bread dough!  An antique dough bowl was a great place for the bread dough to rise as the wood helped retain the heat which in turn helped the dough rise.  Every kitchen had a least one dough bowl and they were often times handed down through the generations.  Antique dough bowls are also sometimes referred to as trenchers.  Now, instead of being used to actually make dough, they have become a decorating staple especially for Farmhouse decor.

How to Decorate a Dough Bowl for a Late Summer Event

Who doesn’t enjoy a late summer poolside picnic! To make a simple summer centerpiece, I started by stacking two of  my dough bowls! I love dough bowls so much; I have added a few more to my collection since moving to Florida!  This rectangle one is also a reproduction.  It is approximately 17 inches long and 8 1/2 inches wide.  The width made it easy to decorate.  To be completely honest, I don’t really care for the carving or the distressing . Fortunately, the carving/distressing isn’t nearly as noticeable once all the elements are in place.

If you need to shop for a dough bowl for a centerpiece,  be sure to pay attention to the dimensions.  I recommend something no smaller than 17 inch long if it is rectangle or oval.  For a round one, it should be at least 10 inches in diameter. 

wooden rectangle shaped dough bowl

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For this centerpiece, I am actually going to be nestling the rectangle dough bowl in the center of my extra large dough bowl.
 
outdoor dining table with sunflower tablecloth

Prepare the Dough Bowls

paper doilies line a rectangle dough bowl

After wiping out both dough bowls, I lined the smaller one with two rectangle paper doilies.

vintage linen placed in a rectangle dough bowl

I placed an ivory linen napkin on top of the paper doilies.  Next, I added a cute vintage linen embroidered piece.

rectangle dough bowl with sandwiches wrapped in vintage linen

Once the sandwiches were ready, all I had to do was nestle them in the linen piece and then fold the edges over!  Both the linen embroidered piece and the sunflower tablecloth were things I found when I was downsizing/preparing to move.  All of the details about the downsizing process can be found in a series of blog posts:  Thyme to Let Go ; How I Downsized My Family Homestead Part 7

Let’s Add a Pair of Vintage Ball Jars

I honestly thought I had sold most of the mason jars during the downsizing process.  I am so glad that I didn’t!  I love the blue color of these vintage mason jars.  I won’t say how many I found that ultimately found their way to Florida since Mr Farmhouse might be reading this!

sunny sunflower place setting

To add a finishing touch, I added a pair of sunflower bouquets in the old blue Ball jars.  The jars are filled with faux fruit slices and waterproof fairy lights.  The sunflower theme is carried out with the jaunty little ribbon around the neck!
 
It didn’t take very long to put the dough bowl centerpiece together once I had all my elements collected.

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One Last Look At the Simple Summer Dough Bowl Centerpiece

To learn more about how I put the whole Simple Summer Tablescape together, please see  How to Create a Simple Summer Tablescape

To see how I created the mason jar arrangement: Quick & Easy Mason Jar Centerpiece

More Summer Dough Bowl Ideas!

I love to decorate with shells, especially sand dollars!  This summer Sand Dollar centerpiece was so easy to put together!

summer dough bowl centerpiece with a coastal theme

This summer dough bowl centerpiece was fun to make!  If you have a baseball lover in your family, you might enjoy making it too! All the details can be found here: How to Style A Round Dough Bowl for the Summer Holidays

Dough bowl decorated for the Summer

A Florida Themed Dough Bowl

We have a screened in entryway that I decorate seasonally.  My husband found this adorable metal camper at Aldi’s one summer.  It looks a lot like the one my grandparents had when they used to vacation in Florida.  Somewhere I have a picture of my grandpa sitting in a lawn chair in front of their camper.  Of course, I couldn’t find it to include it in the vignette!

Decorating with Bowls for The Holidays

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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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