How To Turn Your Coffee Station Into The Cutest Seasonal Decor Spot

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Very often, creating seasonal decor displays in your kitchen isn't so much a matter of making something new as it is curating it, which allows you to get all the little seasonal details right. And it isn't even necessary to decorate the whole kitchen to have an impressive seasonal exhibit. You just need to select the right pieces to ring in fall or spring or whatever the season du jour is and use your coffee station as the main stage for a small, but dramatic, decorative display for the kitchen. An effective combination is a set of seasonal mugs, a seasonal candle or other decor, and a pretty vase to hold coffee accessories.

One of the tricks for designing your at-home coffee station so that it's a focal point in your kitchen's seasonal display is to make it, or at least, parts of it, self-contained. Give it a frame, if you will. For this, few things work better than a tray, like the LYNG bamboo serving tray with handles. You're going to place seasonal decorative items inside of it. Aside from drawing the eye to the contents in the same way a picture frame does for a picture, it also helps to keep coffee spills contained and the overall space looking tidy.

A set of mugs that show off scenes or quotes of the current season and a simple mug tree for the counter are additional elements you'll need to turn your coffee station into a seasonal showcase. Items like a glass pumpkin jar with a candle from Dollar Tree and a plain glass vase as well as any cutting boards you have also have a role to play in this, so grab some of those as well.

You want to set the stage by placing the serving tray near the coffee pot but not so close that it makes it difficult to brew your favorite coffee — you don't want to take up the entire counter space. Leave room around the tray and the coffee maker. This not only creates work space for coffee prep, but it also leaves the space open for small decorative details, like a clear glass cylindrical 8.5-inch vase from the Dollar Tree for coffee pods. 

As for what you display on the tray, you're going to reserve that mostly for coffee mug storage for the seasonal mugs of your choice. Start by setting up the coffee tree mug holder in the corner of the tray. This adds height to your seasonal exhibit. If the mugs feature designs, like snow scenes for Christmas or Easter eggs in the spring, the designs on the mugs will stand out if you mix in a few mugs in plain, seasonal colors. For example, fall decor trends usually feature hues like orange, brown, and yellow to reflect the changing leaf colors outside. If you have room, place the decorative candle or other themed decor on the tray, too. To incorporate a practical element, use themed containers for sugar and cream, like this Whitenesser pumpkin-shaped sugar bowl.

To make unsightly cords go away, hide them behind a few cutting boards strategically positioned on the coffee bar. To add visual interest, choose cutting boards of different shapes and sizes. Or, if you're feeling really creative, paint or draw scenes of the season on cutting boards specifically made for such DIY craft projects like an Oomcu wooden mini cutting board with a handle.

Since this seasonal display centers around your kitchen's coffee station, you'll want to take advantage of all the holiday-related sensory elements you can. After all, some holidays, like Thanksgiving or Christmas, just plain smell and look good. Much of what evokes our feelings of seasonal bliss come from these different sensory elements. A new decorating trend called scent styling taps into using scent in decorating, which is achieved by using decorative candles or misters. However, your kitchen is likely already filled with scrumptious scents, which you're going to take advantage of here.

The vase for coffee pods is an example of this phenomenon. It shows off your coffee choices in a decorative and delicious way, partly because of the scents of seasonal coffees, like chocolate candy cane or pumpkin spice, and partly because of the seasonal packaging, which can be decorative in its own right. For example, think about what Starbucks does with its packaging on its orange-hued pumpkin spice flavored K Cups, and you'll understand how this can contribute to your overall decor plan — in this case, fall decorating.

If you prefer ground coffee or coffee beans, try a mason jar with a flip-top lid that you add a seasonal bow to. Stenciling the mason jar with quotes or icons is another way to make this decorative element a bit more seasonal. And since jars and vases are inexpensive, it won't cost a fortune for you to switch them out for something else at season's end. That's the real beauty of a display like this — how easy it is to change it from one season to the next.