I just can't stop focusing on urns. They have to be one of my favorite display containers.
Their shapes are architecturally appealing--- and they come in so many sizes, textures, and designs.
It's hard to decide if I love the urns or the items they're filled with more.
So, let's see how we can fill them up.
Branches are always perfect in an urn. How wonderful is the patina on this example!
Branches in a Bohemian setting.
Urns don't have to be made of iron. I filled a crystal urn with sand and seashells to support some branches from my yard. I painted them red just for fun.
Branches and moss in a villa.
I can't wait to copy these ideas--a stack of books emerging from an urn
and
a print angled inside one.
What about some shabby books balanced on weathered urns?
How lucky to find a cloche to fit perfectly into an urn.
Some boxwood greenery always works.
Shaped boxwood is lovely.
Freeze dried boxwood is good too. I placed a boxwood orb into a champagne urn in my living room.
Moss works.
More greenery in my dining room.
Shells are my favorite.
More shells.
A container for artists' brushes or a beautiful vignette.
Repurpose an urn as a side table.
Add a piece of glass and a large urn becomes a coffee table.
An urn can hold fire wood too.
Roll and stack towels in the bathroom. Lovely.
I have several cement urns in my garden at the base of a path at my side yard.
They make fabulous planters.
The tall planter is a
chimney pot.
Antlers are trending. Dangle them in urns.
I mixed them with some seed pods on my
screened porch.
Croquet anyone?
Wine please.
This urn can stand alone.
So, how do you fill urns?
Kathy
To see my other post about urns go
here.
Such fabulous ideas Kathy and I love your walkway. I rarely see any great urns out on my hunts and never a chimney pot. I have to have one of those! That's exactly the type of pot I am looking for to go by my back door. Something tall and narrow. xo
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite posts ever! I love urns. Have one on my desk filled with books, and I think it is so cool. I will be studying this post repeatedly!
ReplyDeleteKathy, I have always loved urns and especially the old ones. Great post!
ReplyDeletexx, Sherry