The client's penchant for found objects and collecting played a big role in the design. One of her collections included old glass bottles, a few of which you see displayed here. "We were always on the lookout for blue and green ones as well as adding to her amber glass collection," Williams says.

Style Secret: Collected ChicHere's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact.Hot tip: A room full of quirky displays, offbeat furnishings and cheeky accents can easily slide into eclectic territory. If that isn't the look you want, keep the foundation of the room true to cottage conventions.

1. Get there early. Picture this: It’s 5 a.m. in early April. There we are, my mother and I, in the predawn darkness, unpacking boxes of items we hope to sell at the market that day. In a matter of seconds, flashlights and headlamps are shining on us from every direction. People are running, aiming their focused beams into our still-full boxes, into our loaded cars. They trot by shouting, “Majolica!” “Records!” “Art pottery!” “Costume jewelry!” These die-hards paid $40 to grab whatever they could before the market’s official 8:00 opening. This is what you’re up against.Get to the market as early as possible to catch sight of every dealer’s primo goods.

Chic vacation mementos. Cherished treasures from vacations and trips tell a personal story and deserve a special place in every home. Gather up all of your treasures and assess them as a group, as this can spark creative display ideas. Tiny mementos like matchbooks and sea glass have the most impact when grouped together, so consider mounting and labeling them in shadow boxes, or display them in a glass apothecary jar. Use larger items, like vintage glass bottles, as a centerpiece or line them up on a windowsill.Less is more, so try to winnow your collections to the best examples and the most meaningful treasures, and let go of the rest. Isn't one photo album, lovingly created, more important (and easier to rescue in an emergency) than 10 boxes of jumbled messes that no one looks at?See how to beat decluttering obstacles

Vidros

Frosted bottles

Bottles

Beautiful old blue glass

Sea glass

cool project

Bottles

Collections

beachy

color

bottles

bottles

Style Secret: Collected Chic Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact.

Colored bottle collection

Bottles are so interesting!

Flea market scores

use Wes's old bottles on shelves

Love glass

Good idea

old bottles

the things I like to collect

vintage glass bottles slightly coloured

potion- Chic vacation mementos

nice chachke

put freezer inside old fireplace. make faux wall in front of it w/narrow and lit shelf for lee's bottle collection and our beach glass. all open above and back lit? to draw the eye all the way to back wall of old chimney.

Chic vacation mementos. Cherished treasures from vacations and trips tell a personal story and deserve a special place in every home. Gather up all of your treasures and assess them as a group, as this can spark creative display ideas. Tiny mementos like matchbooks and sea glass have the most impact when grouped together, so consider mounting and labeling them in shadow boxes, or display them in a glass apothecary jar. Use larger items, like vintage glass bottles, as a centerpiece or line them up on a windowsill.

blues and greens beach glass, old bottles

great glass

love old glass bottles

Vintage bottle

sea glass

I like how the bottles are displayed

aperol fläschchen, etc für Blumen

I'm not sure why, but I just love old bottles...useful and beautiful!

color, size, potential for flowers

colors

Kitchen

Love collections

I love vintage anything, and glass bottles like these are no exception.

samantha

Style Secret: Collected Chic Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact. Hot tip: A room full of quirky displays, offbeat furnishings and cheeky accents can easily slide into eclectic territory. If that isn't the look you want, keep the foundation of the room true to cottage conventions.

Likey

Vintage cast offs

simple

Smoked bottles

Lovely antique blue glass bottles...

place glassware in kitchen

Style Secret: Collected Chic Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact. Hot tip: A room full of quirky displays, offbeat furnishings and cheeky accents can easily slide into eclectic territory. If that isn't the look you want, keep the foundation of the room true to cottage conventions.

Bottles

Style Secret: Collected Chic Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact.

Grouped collection of flea market items

love it

collect some of Dad's bottles to add to shelves

lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

i love to collect old bottle especiall the colored ones

Beach house

Antique bottles

Above the kitchen cabinets?

Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact. Hot tip: A room full of quirky displays, offbeat furnishings and cheeky accents can easily slide into eclectic territory. If that isn't the look you want, keep the foundation of the room true to cottage conventions.

Antique bottles

Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact.

Collections

Decor

botellas floreros

buy old bottles

I like the cottage decor & already have bottles like these but not sure I want "all cottage".

Add to Nicole's beachy bathroom

start collecting more bottles

Color and shape

collections in numbers

bottles

Bottles! To put twigs in!

collections

Extra coastal touches

Bottles

want

Aqua bottles, I want

Cottage

Beautiful old bottles

cottage style decor

Cottage Collections

1. Get there early. Picture this: It’s 5 a.m. in early April. There we are, my mother and I, in the predawn darkness, unpacking boxes of items we hope to sell at the market that day. In a matter of seconds, flashlights and headlamps are shining on us from every direction. People are running, aiming their focused beams into our still-full boxes, into our loaded cars. They trot by shouting, “Majolica!” “Records!” “Art pottery!” “Costume jewelry!” These die-hards paid $40 to grab whatever they could before the market’s official 8:00 opening. This is what you’re up against. Get to the market as early as possible to catch sight of every dealer’s primo goods.

glass bottles

Cheap and interesting touch

Soft colors and glass

old bottles

Bottles

light

decoration

bottles

Medicine bottles

Glass

Clear Bottles!

colour

Glas. Stranden.

beach colors

I have a collection of old bottles and like that look

Great bottles

I love how even a simple object makes a great display when grouped.

Eclectic and cottage overlap.

Cottage: Collections of flea-market finds

Collecting

Cottage/Shabby Chic accessorizing

I have some of these same exact bottles in my collection.

Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact.

Style Secret: Collected Chic Here's the key to making collections work: power in numbers. And that's especially true for the flea market finds and vintage castoffs that tend to populate cottage-style rooms. If they look too scattered, so will the space. Massed together, these glass bottles have a collective impact. Hot tip: A room full of quirky displays, offbeat furnishings and cheeky accents can easily slide into eclectic territory. If that isn't the look you want, keep the foundation of the room true to cottage conventions.

i collect these

Like a collection of items together!

Collective bottles

I'm going to have collections of things like this on all of my window sills....probably.

Power in numbers

I love old bottles!!!

Old bottles

intéressant

Zzz

above kitchen cabinets

use Jay's old bottle for display

detalles

ideas for decorating

Could be an fun display of the side table in the front room.

Color scheme

old blue bottles

Beach feel is great

Collection of vintage glass bottles for tabletop or corner hutch.

Bottles

Simple

love these bottles

old glass bottles

vintage life-worn glass

Old glass bottles displayed on a table. - Always be on the look out for blue and green ones , and amber glass collection.

nice pic

sea glass bottles

pic

Can I paint these wonderful bottles!?

Possible Painting?

Blue beach bottles

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