Vases and pretty bottles have an opportunity to serve double-duty as decorative items and storage containers. I loved the colored glass bottles, below left, when I first saw them, but was stumped as to what I could do with them. Eventually I decided to decant essential oils in them--so much prettier than the original packaging, below right.
I ended up with a ton of aqua-marine colored glass pebbles, after using them for a class art project. They're useful when arranging flowers and I love the color, but didn't know where I'd be able to store several quarts of of pebbles. Then I realized: why take them out of the vases at all? They look pretty and it's functional. Perfect!
