Get Crafty: Add Class With Old Glass
Hold off on throwing those used glass jars and bottles into the recycling bin! They can become designer decor.
There’s a lot more you can do with these humble household items than meets the eye – particularly if you’re on a budget. Master the art of reinvention and create your own decor with everyday glass jars and bottles.
Create romance
Fill different sized glass jars and bottles with flowers for a romantic table display. If you are short on freshly cut flowers, try using fragrant herbs from the garden.
Fill different sized glass jars and bottles with flowers for a romantic table display. If you are short on freshly cut flowers, try using fragrant herbs from the garden.
Fill with blooms
Use an old jam jar to hold beautiful cut blooms on a bedside table for a welcoming atmosphere in a guest bedroom.
Use an old jam jar to hold beautiful cut blooms on a bedside table for a welcoming atmosphere in a guest bedroom.
Help out in the kitchen
Take advantage of that super-sized jar that once housed green olives by soaking off the label, then washing and reusing the jar. Large jars are ideal for dry goods, where small jars are well suited to herbs and spices. Why buy countless storage containers for your kitchen dry goods when you potentially have all the storage jars you need?
Take advantage of that super-sized jar that once housed green olives by soaking off the label, then washing and reusing the jar. Large jars are ideal for dry goods, where small jars are well suited to herbs and spices. Why buy countless storage containers for your kitchen dry goods when you potentially have all the storage jars you need?
Step into the garden
Pick out your most attractive used bottles and make a DIY garden sculpture. Those wine and beer bottles have a habit of stacking up towards the end of the week, don’t they?
Pick out your most attractive used bottles and make a DIY garden sculpture. Those wine and beer bottles have a habit of stacking up towards the end of the week, don’t they?
Sweeten a display
Recycle Coke bottles and create a gorgeous display by grouping them together to hold long-stemmed flowers.
Recycle Coke bottles and create a gorgeous display by grouping them together to hold long-stemmed flowers.
Make them versatile
Repurpose mason jars – is there anything they can’t do? Whether used as a vase, a cocktail glass, votive or pencil holder, these jars are truly multi-purpose wonders.
Repurpose mason jars – is there anything they can’t do? Whether used as a vase, a cocktail glass, votive or pencil holder, these jars are truly multi-purpose wonders.
Put them on show
Display ornate bottles that once contained liqueur and perfume. These are ideal for running along windowsills or sitting on wide picture rails.
Display ornate bottles that once contained liqueur and perfume. These are ideal for running along windowsills or sitting on wide picture rails.
Let them glow
Construct an instant outdoor lantern by winding wire around the opening of an old glass jar and adding a tea light. Hang a number of jars from an old ladder or the clothesline for an instant backyard lift.
Construct an instant outdoor lantern by winding wire around the opening of an old glass jar and adding a tea light. Hang a number of jars from an old ladder or the clothesline for an instant backyard lift.
Step back in time
Leave the labels on a variety of soda bottles for a laid-back table display that is interesting and creates a retro feel.
Leave the labels on a variety of soda bottles for a laid-back table display that is interesting and creates a retro feel.
Shelve them
Highlight clear-glass bottles in a display unit. The addition of glass adds a simple elegance but doesn’t dominate the overall effect.
Highlight clear-glass bottles in a display unit. The addition of glass adds a simple elegance but doesn’t dominate the overall effect.
Go native
Reuse large pickle jars by filling them with native Australian flowers for an eye-catching table display.
Reuse large pickle jars by filling them with native Australian flowers for an eye-catching table display.
Build a collection
Collect your beach finds for display in your bathroom. Beach glass and assorted small pebbles add instant beach chic. You could also fill shapely jars with coloured sand or shells.
Collect your beach finds for display in your bathroom. Beach glass and assorted small pebbles add instant beach chic. You could also fill shapely jars with coloured sand or shells.
Hide imperfections
Make use of that chipped wine carafe. It may not be suitable for serving your guests wine anymore, but its long neck is the perfect shape to display large long-legged plants.
Make use of that chipped wine carafe. It may not be suitable for serving your guests wine anymore, but its long neck is the perfect shape to display large long-legged plants.
Store bibs and bobs
Create a craft nook using small condiment jars that are ideal for storing beads and buttons. The clear glass also allows you to see exactly what bits and bobs you have inside.
Create a craft nook using small condiment jars that are ideal for storing beads and buttons. The clear glass also allows you to see exactly what bits and bobs you have inside.
DIY embellishments
Get your craft on and decorate your recycled glass jars using glue and glitter. You can also dip the bottom of your jars into coloured paint.
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU…
Have some more great ideas for jars and bottles? Share them with us in the comments section below.
Get your craft on and decorate your recycled glass jars using glue and glitter. You can also dip the bottom of your jars into coloured paint.
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU…
Have some more great ideas for jars and bottles? Share them with us in the comments section below.
Start collecting all those condiment jars instead of throwing them into the recycling bin. Matching jars filled with lit pillar candles are the perfect addition to a rustic table setting.