Design Vintage competition

Win a hand-carved vintage Hungarian dough tray from Design Vintage

The prize

Once used to provide a warm place for bread dough to rise before baking, this type of large wooden bowl was often passed down many generations, becoming a piece of well-loved family history. One Reclaim reader will have the chance to win this beautiful vintage dough tray from Design Vintage, worth £155, sourced from Hungary.

‘This dough tray is so versatile – it can be just as functional as it is decorative!’ says Lisa Brass, interiors addict and owner of Design Vintage. ‘You can use it to store towels or toiletries in the bathroom, magazines in the living room, or even as it was traditionally intended – to make bread! It’s also quite the centrepiece and looks beautiful placed on a dining table or console.’

About Design Vintage

Launched by Lisa in 2012, Design Vintage has a gorgeous Lifestyle Store and Café located in a converted barn just outside Chichester in West Sussex, as well as an online shop. ‘Our style blends pared-back Scandinavian design with our love of vintage furniture and accessories,’ says Lisa. ‘We embrace neutral tones, natural materials and the beautiful imperfections of our vintage pieces to create homes with plenty of character.’

As well as dough trays, their vintage collection – where each piece is hand-picked and restored – includes stools and larger items such as chests of drawers, cupboards and vitrines.

When mixing old and new in a contemporary setting, Lisa suggests focusing initially on the vintage elements.

‘When curating the pieces for my own home, I found that placing the larger, statement vintage items first made it easier to complete each room,’ she reveals. ‘Try to create a balance in colour, size and style by limiting the number of vintage items in each room. In my living room, our simple Scandinavian-designed white linen sofas create a striking balance against the black vintage pieces.’