5 Handy Uses for a Marble Bowl

A marble table bowl placed in your kitchen is the perfect finishing touch. With a shallow design and sophisticated oval form, it adds a touch of class to the surrounding décor. 

Like any bowl, a marble bowl can have many uses. However, being made of marble does make it quite heavy compared to other bowls. This makes it impractical for uses like baking due to its solid presence and the weight making it difficult to pick up and easily move around. 

Making use of a bowl like this is therefore more about adding some class rather than detracting from it.  

Such a bowl as this is meant to be a feature more than a functional bowl. However, it can be used for both and still retain its class and sophistication. 

Here are five ideas for putting your marble bowl to use. 

1. A fruit bowl 

You might usually have fruit on display and easy access in a bowl in either the kitchen or a dining table. The bright colours of fruit offset the white marble to create a stunning effect in a room with good natural lighting. Try introducing several varieties of fruit utilising several colours for the best aesthetic effect. 

2. Potpourri 

Potpourri is a mixture of dried petal and naturally fragrant spiced plant materials, used to provide a gentle natural scent. They are commonly used within residential homes and often placed in a decorative bowl. 

The three favourite spots for displaying potpourri in the home are” 

• on a shelf in a living area or bathroom, 
• on a fireplace mantle or near the television, or 
• in an entranceway table so that you are greeted with a pleasant scent whenever you enter the home. 

Because a bowl is not an enclosed container, the scents may reduce quickly, so it is vital to constantly resupply the ingredients that supply a pleasant aroma. 

You could add orange and other fruit peels to petals and cloves. Wood shavings and cinnamon sticks are also common additions. For a more specific smell, think about including pine needles and pinecones. You can experiment further with cedar bark, rose hips, and peony petals. Further spice can be provided by regularly including essential oils like honeysuckle, orange, lemon, barberry, cinnamon, and rose oils. 

3. A Keyholder 

A common bugbear in many households is commonly expressed with a loud cry of “Where are my keys?”  

Of course, an easy solution is to give your keys a home by having one single point where one or all the family keep their keys while inside the home. As soon as you enter the home you drop your keys into a container near the entranceway, and they stay there until you leave the home. 

Having a distinctive container like a marble bowl strategically placed on an entranceway table will enable an instant reminder to drop the keys into the bowl immediately. 

Result: No more lost keys, while at the same time providing a touch of class to your entranceway. 

4. Easter Eggs 

Like the fruit bowl choice, the combination of brightly coloured foil easter eggs and the striking white marble creates an immediate visual feature to add that little bit extra over the Easter period. 

5. Christmas Crackers on Christmas Day 

A special day with the extended family is a great excuse to make this marble bowl an equal feature on your dining table along with all the succulent Christmas foodstuffs. 

Again, the mix of colour from the Christmas crackers along with the extraordinary, polished finish of marble will generate something special for your Christmas table.