I always look forward to Sweet Paul's Crafty Friday posts, but I flipped when I saw his cozy little knit vase. As Paul points out, practically everyone has an old sweater with some sort of defect and a vase laying around the house. Instead of wasting money and time hunting for all of the necessary bits, just take a look through your sweater bins and cabinets to prep for this ridiculously easy Read more

One of my favorite vignettes in the Elle Decor showhouse was this corner arrangement of blue and green glass vases in the upstairs office by Kendall Wilkinson. I love the mixture of shapes and subtle variations in shades. It's such an easy vignette to re-create, too. You can "shop" in your own cabinets for glass vases in a certain palette, or you can find colored glassware at affordable shops Read more

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Here's a post from OnSugar blog Think Magazine: I'm not a huge fan of wood as a home accessory unless it's Scandinavian furniture from the Fifties, but this vase is so beautiful, it's hard to resist. It's made by designer Seth Rolland, a wood worker. He offers a couple of examples of vases but this is by far my favorite. He also makes linear looking chairs and tables with glass tops. His woods Read more

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Birdhouse Family from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: Botanical prints are all the rage right now. In an attempt to save some money, I made my own botanical art using pressed plants. I also made the vase out of an empty wine bottle. You can read about the botanical art here and the wine bottle vase here. Have you created any décor arrangements in Read more

There's not a girl in the world who doesn't love a bouquet of flowers on her desk. And as much as I believe that purchasing fresh flowers weekly is a worthy indulgence, it is, still, an indulgence. So a bud vase is the perfect alternative. Just pop a single stem into the diminutive vessel. It celebrates every petal and proves that one bloom is all you need to beautify an entire Read more

While paging through stylist Pia Jane Pijkerk's beautiful portfolio, I stopped to take a second look at this shot. While my eyes first stopped on the dapper dog sitting in the armchair, my attention almost immediately wandered to the oversize vase holding the roses. I love the idea of decorating with an oversize vase that doesn't need a tabletop to create a scene. If you're interested in Read more