Nothing irks me more than an empty vase. However, flowers (at least nice flowers) cost money, and sometimes I can't always afford to fill them. And fake flowers don't do it for me either. I hate their wirey stems all kinked through the glass...it just screams CHEAP!
If you're like me and not sure what to do, I've come up wit a few tricks to fill those vases and give your room some flair!
The first trick is simple: get a set of lights and stuff them all in the vase. I do this with orange lights for fall and white for Christmas. In the photo above, you can see I also stuff some fake leaves into the lights to give it an extra pop. And the bonus is you can't see the wire stems!
The other trick I do to spruce up empty vases is I add something seasonal inside them. In the photo above I added faux apples. You could also put acorns, fall leaves, real apples, mini pumpkins or gourds. Of course you can get creative and interchange the items for any season or hoilday. This winter I plan to collect some pine cones from the trees right outside my apartment and fill one of my vases. I even have a vase filled with wine corks as a token of the great times Mike and I have had this past year. I only saved corks from bottles of wine the WE shared as a couple...which is a lot! ;)
So try one of these ideas this fall. It can be cheap, it's easy and it will make you rethink your decorating all together!
