We have no shortage of old bottles in the shop. In fact, we have a surplus. One of the ways we plan on getting them off the shelf is by telling you what in the heck to do with these gorgeous, frosty, colorful old relics from days gone by, when everything from milk to medicine came in a glass bottle. Here are five of our favorite ways to reuse an old glass bottle. Oh, and here's a blog post about how to clean old bottles--good info! 1. Create a display on a mantel or table as centerpiece. Not be Captain Obvious here, but we're big fans of displaying these as is, grouping anywhere from three to a gazillion bottles together to dress up your mantel or create a cool centerpiece on your dining room or console table. 2. Use as vases for single buds. Or greenery. Or sprigs of holiday cheer. Instead of bunching all your flowers together and stuffing them into one vase, separate them, so they each have a bottle of their own. These kind of arrangements can be equally striking with simple greenery, airplants, or some holiday-berry branches, real or fake. 3. Spruce up wedding décor. The vintage wedding theme is in! And the easiest way to achieve the desired look and feel is to turn to your table centerpieces. Clustering some old glass bottles together, especially if they coordinate with your color scheme, will serve several purposes: They'll help you achieve that vintage look, hold your flowers, and reflect light from any candles you might be using. 4. Display under a cloche or inside a cabinet. We found several photos on Pinterest of bottles grouped under a roomy cloche. And since we love cloches almost as much as we love antique bottles, we were sold instantly. They also look beautiful inside a small cabinet, where they can take center stage. 5. Display photos. This might be the trickiest of our suggestions, as you have to locate a bottle big enough and clear enough to really show off a photo, but we think this is a novel way to display old-timey photographs or postcards. Bonus Ideas: Create a colorful chandelier or transform into oil lamps. What did we miss? Let us know if you have other ideas for reusing old bottles.
Do you love to repurpose junk? See our other "repurpose" posts: 5 Ways to Repurpose a Baluster and 5 Ways to Repurpose a Corbel. Now that we have three posts, we think it's safe to say we have a series! Tell us in the comments if you want help reimagining any other specific old odds and ends.
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When you Google “Transplant Nashville,” what you’re going to find now is a lot of information variously about hair transplants and organ transplants. What’s not coming up very strongly (yet) is the Nashville grower retailer called transPLANT Outdoor Living, but we're sure it will, once more people catch wind of this divine garden/retail shopping destination that opened in spring 2014. Located a stone's throw from us, just across the parking lot from Marathon Village at 607 12th Avenue North, transPLANT Nashville is a favorite of ours, not only because the plants are gorgeous and the arrangements vary from rustic to contemporary but also because owner Zac Carter is a super nice guy. And because he grows his own perennials off site in Spring Hill, transPLANT is able to provide every gardener, regardless of experience level, with access to varieties that have been on the market for as much as two decades or as little as two years. This, my friends, is one business that truly is locally grown. In addition, growing its own plants means transPLANT can keep its prices low. "It allows us to offer things at much lower prices than pretty much all of our competition," says Carter. "Our prices are more on par with big-box stores like Home Depot or Lowe's, but we get to offer a design-conscious setting and really great prices." transPLANT asked D.Luxe Home to babysit some of its potted gardens over the winter--see photos of some of them below. They're coming in to water and care for the plants during these cold months, and in the meantime we (and our customers) get to benefit from the dose of vibrant green. These arrangements are also available for sale here. On the Bynum Design side, we also hope to collaborate with the transPLANT team on some creative landscaping solutions in the near future. transPLANT's owners both have crazy, big talent that perfectly complements the other's. Zac was a wholesale grower, while manager Dusty Whinnery was a floral designer who Zac recruited from a Franklin floral shop, and together they've married their ideas and backgrounds. Their shop, shuttered for the winter but scheduled to open back the first week of March 2015, is designed to be a walkable maze of garden rooms featuring locally grown perennials, dwarf trees, and shrubs. Supporting the plants, you'll see lots of found objects, antiques, and items made from rustic and readily available materials. These objects aren't for sale, but are to provide a palette of inspiration for Nashvillians to use when creating their own backyard escape. transPLANT aims to take the complexity out of gardening by showing us simple garden design ideas and helping us to better understand our state's growing conditions. During the Tennessee winter, transPLANT is focusing on mixed succulent and tropical container gardens, as well as terrariums.
Follow transPLANT on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram. And look for them at the Antiques & Garden Show January 30-Feb 1, and the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show March 5-8. Our shop is pretty much made for picking out gifts for the people you love. So, shop locally this holiday season with D. Luxe Home and our neighbors in Nashville's Marathon Village. Here are 25 of our best ideas for spreading holiday cheer in 2014: Day 1: A divine, richly scented holiday candle from NEST Fragrances. Day 2: A "What Would Johnny Cash Do?" pillow, for the old-school country fan in your life. Day 3: Goat milk soap from Little Seed Farm. Gentle, nourishing, and free of artificial perfumes, dyes, and preservatives, this sustainably crafted Farmstead Milk Soap is perfect for everyday use and safe for those with sensitive skin - little ones included. Each bar is proudly handcrafted and cured at Little Seed Farm in small batches using only the finest and most gentle ingredients: our Raw Goat's Milk + Certified Organic Olive and Coconut oils. Day 4: An Ox Bow Decor pillow, made of linen and filled with down. Day 5: Ceramic Berry Boxes, $8.50 each Day 6: Italian Marble Coasters from Studio Vertu. If there's such a thing as a love affair with coasters, we're having one. Day 7: Merlot Decanter, $65. For the red wine lover in your life. Also available in Pinot Noir and Cabernet. Day 8: Mixture Candles, $8 each. Have you experienced these candles yet? They have been bestsellers for us since day one. Though they be but little, they are fiercely delicious. And will make your entire house smell amazing. Day 9: Iron Soap Holder with Faucet, $24 Day 10: A Cow Painting! We have lots of cows to choose from. Here is but one. Day 11: A Tennessee dish towel, $22 Day 12: Iron Triangle Dinner Bell (13"), $48 Day 13: Hourglass, $35 Day 14: A soy Archipelago Botanicals candle from its Excursion Collection, inspired by favorite destinations around the globe. $25 Day 15: Saddlemans Cowhide Rug, from $490 Day 16: Inquisitive Goat on Canvas with Burlap Edge, $100 Day 17: Jute Wine Bottle Bag, $8 Day 18: Hand-carved bird on perch, $18-$26 Day 19: Hunk of agate, $12.50 - $15 Day 20: Blue Rose Vases, $175 & $185 each Day 21: Antique books, from $20 Day 22: Box of vintage-style ornaments, $18 Day 23: A cheeky holiday tea towel, $18 Day 24: A holiday pillow, $22 - $52Day 25: Hand-made, locally made jewelry by Larry Wilkes Jewelry Nashville That's a wrap on our 2014 gift ideas, so get to wrapping! We encourage you to visit D.Luxe Home to find any special gifts you still need for loved ones.
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