STYLING YOUR SPACE WITH CONTAINERS

We all have special treasures we want to display.   Containers are an easy way to style your finds.  For me, one of the best ways to do this is to gather them together inside cloches, stack them into glass containers, or even place them inside lanterns.

Clear glass containers work well.   In my living room I stacked some mottled ceramic spheres into a large clear jar.  I rested the jar on a mirrored pedestal.

CERAMIC SPHERES DISPLAYED IN MY LIVING ROOM

This next container is tall and narrow.  Small turtle shells climb over each other to reach the top.  I put some sea glass into the bottom of the jar.

SMALL SHELLS DISPLAYED IN A NARROW JAR IN MY HOME

One of my partners, Monica, @Gatehouse Designs, just dropped some leather-bound books into an over-sized jar.

LEATHER BOOKS INSIDE AN OVER-SIZED JAR

She used the same idea with some freeze-dried artichokes.

ARTICHOKES FILL A LARGE CONTAINER

I simply tumbled my collection of shed antlers into a container and let them fall into place.

SHED ANTLERS TUMBLED INTO A CONTAINER

I did the same thing with this driftwood garland.  It filled and overflowed the fluted jar.

DRIFTWOOD GARLAND CASCADING OVER FLUTED JAR

Cloches work just as well as jars.  When they're on a pedestal, I like them even better.

I rolled up some large architectural book plates and placed them inside a very large cloche on a pedestal.

ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS INSIDE A CLOCHE AT THE STORE

In a matching cloche, I simply added a small bust on top of a stack of vintage books.

BOOKS AND A BUST INSIDE THE CLOCHE

This cloche is on my screened porch.  I filled it with shells, coral, and a mercury glass bird.

CLOCHE ON MY SCREENED PORCH

This "cloche" is actually the top half of a demijohn.  There's a picture frame inside and some jewelry draped around the neck of the bottle.

DEMIJOHN WITH A FRAME INSIDE

My collection of artists' brushes is inside this cloche.  The backdrop is a vintage framed ceiling tile.  HINT:  To get all the brushes in place, I turned the cloche upside down, added the brushes, then the base, and flipped it right-side-up while supporting the base from underneath.

MY COLLECTION OF ARTISTS' BRUSHES

And yes, I didn't put a candle into my lantern.  Instead, I added some books, a cast iron bird, and a piece of fan coral.

LANTERN SANS CANDLE

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Collections and Containers

Unfortunately I seem to always end up with multiples of the same thing.
 And fortunately, or unfortunately, I've come up with a solution for keeping them all.
 I gather them together inside cloches, stack them in glass containers, or put them into bottles.
I do this in my home and also at my shop in Sweet Clover.
 I don't like to call this hoarding but rather collecting.

Feathers in a Bottle on My Porch

Jewelry Dangling on Bottles in My Booth at Sweet Clover

Brushes and a Paper Fan in an Old Parfait Glass

Zebra Grass in a Pharmacy Bottle at Sweet Clover

I had some uniquely shaped bottles with corks.  I rolled up sea life prints and fed them into the bottles.  They unrolled inside and were framed in the glass.  I added some shells and pieces of coral before I put in the prints.   If I did it again I may have put some sand or sea glass in the bottom.

Bottles with Sea Life Prints in My Booth

I put some artists' brushes in a wire-covered jar and wrapped an old bracelet around the neck of a lab bottle.

Brushes in a Wire-Covered Bottle at My Shop

I filled a glass cylinder with brown mottled orbs in my living room.

Orbs in My Living Room

Another glass cylinder displays brightly colored orbs in my booth.

Orbs in Primary Colors in My Booth

Resin antlers overflowed a jar in my booth at Sweet Clover.

Resin Antlers Tangled in a Cylinder

On the top shelf is a jar filled with some small spheres with letters of the alphabet.

Spheres with Letters for Sale in My Booth

My Bleached Turtle Shells in a Glass Jar

Old Thermometers Gathered in a Glass Jar at My Shop

My very favorite way to display my treasures is with cloches.

Sea Life in My Family Room

Shells Inside a Cloche and Rope Gathered in a Bowl At Sweet Clover

Last Fall I stacked some mini leather books, topped them with a velvet pumpkin and covered it all with a mini cloche.

My Fall Mantel in My Family Room

More shells in a cloche in my booth.

Shells and Shell Prints for Sale

Whenever I see unique artists' brushes I always purchase them.

Cloche with Brushes in My Foyer

Bottles and Cloches at an Outdoor Market

Clock Faces and Clock Parts Inside Cloches at an Outdoor Market

Covered Bottles Under a Cloche at Sweet Clover

A Ceramic Octopus Under Glass at Sweet Clover

A Nest Inside a Mini Cloche on a Pedestal

This cloche with a mercury glass bird and coral has been on my screened porch forever.

Cloche on My Screened Porch

I also have this lantern on my porch.  It has some old books, an iron bird, and more coral.

Lantern on My Porch

Cloches don't have to be glass.  This one is wire.

Moss Orbs Spilling Out of a Wire Cloche in the Cottage at Sweet Clover

So what do you hoard collect and how do you display your treasures?

Kathy