Those old dishes that end up locked in the cellar can today become an indispensable element for your decor: this way you can transform them
Once the service of dishes it was part of the famous “kit”, that survival kit that was prepared in view of future life at home. Certainly the need to have matching dishes among your kitchen objects still exists today, but with large-scale distribution the accessible prices make them not such an indispensable asset. Thanks to large chains or e-commerce, it is possible to purchase dishes of all kinds at minimal prices.
There are therefore many more possibilities of being able to play with design trends and with your own taste, perhaps varying according to the period and bringing a touch of novelty to the table. Previously, however, dishes were often real treasures, made with very precious materials and therefore important pieces to be safeguarded. Yet, some slips will still have happened. Whether it is fine porcelain or simple stoneware, it happens that one of them slips out of hand and breaks into several pieces irremediably.
Most likely, especially if they were old memories, the poor unfortunate person will have ended up in the cellar, in the hope of finding a solution to put him back on his feet. Or it could have just slipped and the doubt between throwing it away and keeping it is still insistent. So here are some ideas to give new life to old disheswithout having to abandon them forever in the garbage.
Creative ideas for recycling broken or ruined dishes at home
Nowadays one of the most important concepts of green philosophies it is that of recycling. Objects that were once useful and precious and now seem to no longer have any use, can find interesting new functions that will give them a second life. When we talk about dishes, we can’t help but think of transform them into decor elements. Whether they are loose pieces of a service, perhaps solitary, chipped or even broken, the time for them to end up in oblivion has not yet come.
As for the broken ones, for example, you can think of the famous Japanese technique of kintsugi, with which gold leaf is used to glue the fragments making the dish better than before. A beautiful metaphor for the resilience of life, which finds full expression and transforms that destroyed object into something wonderful. After having learned and put this project into practice, perhaps with the help of an online course, all that remains is to make it the protagonist.
Such a decorated dish, or one that has no other similar, can become a beautiful wall decor. In a corner of the wall you can think of an area dedicated to particular dishes, to be hung according to your taste following regular and symmetrical or completely abstract lines. Free space for imagination. An alternative is to return them beautiful framesinside which you can paste a photo.
If, however, you don’t want to put your collection of broken and “mismatched” dishes on display, what you can do is transform them with DIY into original creations. All you need is simple permanent markers to add written as initials or sentences. And why not turn them into basis of a beautiful watch? With a little manual skill the result will be exceptional. The additional idea? Use them as pocket emptier, splashbacks or chocolate holders. No one will be able to help but notice such an original element.
