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More Than A Vase:  5 Ideas to Add Some Style to Any Room

Decorating with floral arrangements is a beloved, and time-honored, tradition. A few fresh cut flowers can add some color to any room. That drab tired kitchen in need of paint, or that living room that just needs something else, can easily be helped with a little floral design.

If you’ve decorated with flowers before, then you may be getting tired of that same old vase, or floral pot. To help you out, here are five easy ideas to really change the way your floral arrangement comes together.

1. Watering Can: Instead of keeping your next arrangement in a vase, put it in a metal watering can. There are also smaller plastic watering cans that add color and decoration. This one is a great idea for that outdoor arrangement or for something different indoors.

2. Cut Wine Bottle: Use a glass cutter and remove the top of your favorite wine bottle. Arranger your flowers in the bottle for your next centerpiece. Leave the labels on, or take them off. The colors and sizes of these bottles will provide you with many choices. Add some colored beads inside the bottle for a different effect.

3. Tall Crystal Glass: That tall champagne glass could be used for a smaller floral arrangement. This one makes a great table piece for that candlelit dinner. Use some colored gel to hold the flowers in place, and add even more color to your arrangement.

4. Mason Jars: Most mason jars have logos and wording that adds texture to the glass. Make your next arrangement in a mason jar. Add some colored rocks, or beads for adding even more texture to your centerpiece.

5. A Pail: A pail can add to that outdoor or indoor floral arrangement. With the wide variety of materials, sizes, and colors that can be found you can find a pail to suit any room or occasion. Try a smaller wooden pail for your porch table centerpiece, or a colored plastic pail for the flowers in your daughter’s room.

There really is no limit to what you can come up with. Any container that can hold water can be used as alternative to a vase. You now have five ideas to get you started.

 

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You could take a floral arranging course at your local college or
design school and easily pay $700 or more for training as a floral design specialist.  It could take you a year or more of having to do arrangements the way a teacher explains them instead of allowing you the freedom to experiment and unleash your own hidden potential.