While tiered dishes may have been designed to hold hors d’oeuvre, desserts and other food items, it’s easy to repurpose them for use around the house. While you can buy them new from a variety of  stores, I’ve picked up a few at local thrift stores for only a few dollars each. With a little cleaning and polishing they looked good as new and were ready to use around the house. My most recent purchase was this particularly girly dish. It took a good amount of cleaning and polishing but it turned out alright. I am not sure what I’m going to use it for yet, but I’m thinking storing fruit in the kitchen. Still a food use, but not quite as fancy as it was intended for, I’m sure.

I did find that tiered dishes are a great way to store jewelry. It keeps it organized but you still have it out so you can look at it which is great for pieces you really love.

I think that you could also use one to put a little moss garden in, store office supplies, or keep sewing stuff on hand.