Tuesday Tips, Week 22
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This week’s Tuesday Tip, glass bottle art. Most of the drink containers in my household are aluminum or plastic, as you can tell we’re tres chic! However, while shopping for an eco-baby gift a few weeks ago, I encountered a clever and beautiful use for glass containers: light fixtures!
Tip #22: Get creative with your glass bottles!
Reusing glass bottles for center pieces or light fixtures can save you money.
- Looking for a creative light fixture for the dining room? Turn old wine bottles into a unique lighting fixture. Instead of purchasing a new light fixture, all you need is a less expensive light base. Remove any shade or covering it came with, cut out the bottom of your wine bottle and attach it to the lighting fixture through the use of a cord. The wine bottle’s base is wide enough to cover a regular sized light bulb or CFL.
- Mason jars make great luminaries too. Many sauces come in mason jars of all sizes. Once the jar is empty, clean it out and use it as a candle holder. Cluster a few different sizes together for a more dramatic effect.
- Inexpensive center pieces. Cluster a group of different sized, different colored glass bottles on a tray placing a single flower or two in each vessel. Voila! A unique center piece.
Repurposing glass bottles is good for the environment.
- Recycling glass takes more energy than aluminum. Finding new purposes for those glass containers is better for the environment. Not only does it limit the amount of trash that ends up in a landfill, it’s more efficient than recycling the glass.
Wine Bottle Light Fixture
Do you reuse your glass bottles? What other uses would you recommend?
This makes me wish I was crafty! A good re-use for glass bottles is to hold different screws, bolts, nuts etc. on your workbench. My grandfather used to attach the lids to an overhead piece of wood so he could screw the jars into it. He could always find what he was looking for.
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Hmmm, that would be cool with certain fancy wine bottles. Especially if they are different colored wine bottles!
Pretty unique!
@Jennifer Barry – I’ve seen glass jars reused in a work bench before, it’s a great idea!
@Money Reasons – I like the idea of different colored wine bottles as light fixtures. It would be quite unique!
The picture of the light fixture is adorable. Everything about this post is inspiring. My 2nd (or 3rd?) passion is home decorating/projects. I am collecting beautiful glass bottles, now I have something to do with them!
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@Barb Friedberg – I’d love to see a photo of your glass bottle project when you complete it. There are so many things you can do with them!
Wow. This really takes it to the next level. Mason jars have got to be just about my favorite storage container for leftover soup, the small ones for spices, in the basement to hold screws.
Mason jars rock.
I have not thought about the light fixtures, that looks super cool!
I do have different colored candle holder along with some sea shells and rocks we picked from different places as our living room center piece. I also use some of them to grow herbs. It arranges neatly and looks good too.
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I love canning jars/mason jars for flower arrangements. Peonies look FABULOUS in there.
And I have a country kitchen, so I used my glass Starbucks bottles as “milk” bottle decor.
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@Sandy L – I agree! Last year, I made hot cocoa in mason jars for some coworkers. They make great gifts!
@Suba – Thanks for sharing your tip. I like the idea of growing herbs in them. Great idea.
@Mysti – I love the Starbucks bottle idea! I never gave it much thought, but those small Frappechino bottles do look like small milk bottles! Thanks for sharing.
Those lights in the picture would be so neat for a cottage too, I can totally see it.
I learned in 7th grade how to make lamps and such using glass bottles (you wouldn’t believe how many broke as we were trying to drill holes in the bottom). I hadn’t thought about that project in years!
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So clever! I like the look of those, too.
We use jelly jars for kid cups and mason jars for adult cups. It saves cabinet space and they’re thick and hard to break, as opposed to regular glasses that break easily in our house. When I get too many of them (buying more jelly or spaghetti sauce!) I post them on Freecycle and someone always comes to get them.
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@The Saved Quarter – That’s a good point; the thicker glass is more indestructible! I also like the idea of looking at Freecycle for free mason jars, they’re great items for gifts!