fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

i don’t know about you, but when i come home from the farmer’s market, or my favorite local provisions shop, i tend to want to keep it all out on display. it’s just food, i know, but there’s something so pretty about fresh seasonal summer fruits and i might even feel something close to pride, or gratifying about having just shopped for healthy food. dumb, or self-congratulatory perhaps, but i think it also helps me eat better and reminds me about what i’ve got in stock, rather than have it tucked away in the produce drawer in the fridge and forgotten. something that might be often overlooked is how just a simple bowl of summer fresh fruit, peaches or apricots, for instance, look so pretty out on display in your kitchen or dining table. it’s something i always see in European homes but not quite as often here in the states and it’s really just so appealing to me, and clearly so easy to do. so, i’ve been keeping a lot of fresh fruits on a ceramic platter and a lovely black marble bowl full of lemons (they smell so good) out on my countertop after my trip to the weekly farmers market — and it makes me feel a little bit like i’m living on the amalfi coast, or perhaps Provence — it’s a lovely illusion, anyway, and a practice i’ve really begun to embrace. they always add them in photoshoots, so why not save a little on fresh flowers and instead display colorful produce that you can actually eat instead? not to mention, the vessels and hanging baskets themselves can be so gorgeous and they can make for incredible tablescapes for entertaining, too!

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

clockwise, l to r: Anthropologie carmella DISPLAY stand; fruit arrangement via the vamoose; anthropologie Teak Serving Platter in Wavy Leaf; tablescape by Clarisse Demory photography; anthropologie Glenna Cake Stand; peaches on a platter via yummy supper; Wood and Marble Footed Fruit Bowl from crate and barrel; SET OF 2 LUCY COLANDERS from house of jade; fruit basket by chymo & more; SET OF 2 EMMA BERRY BOWLs from house of jade; cantaloupes by @nicole_franzen; LES OTTOMANS Radicchio Hand-Painted Starter Dish; terrain Icy Blue Ceramic Serving Platter. below: crochet black market bag from plexida; Set of four SENSI STUDIO Corales de la Isla dessert plates.

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

clockwise, l to r: peaches by @fatimah.hsh; GLOBAL EXPLORER Round Rattan Tray With Handle; figs by @tristenb; still life by @herriottgrace; vintage Fitz and Floyd Figurative Red Onion Tureen from chairish; SET OF 2 STONEWARE BOWL from elsie green; wood bowl with peaches by honey kennedy; fruit platter via food on the wall; VINTAGE STONEWARE MIXING BOWL from elsie green; Gingham Serving Bowls from terrain; ceramic Footed Bowl FROM 1220 Ceramics Studio.

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

fruit for thought. displaying fresh fruit in your kitchen / sfgirlbybay

• photography credits: click on the image which will take you to its original source. in the case of my collages, the links are listed just below clockwise from left to right.

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