Home Decorating with Rectangular Glass Vases
Written 17 May , 2010
Vases are often used as decorations to add a certain style and atmosphere to a house. These vases come in many different styles, shapes and colors. There are those that are made by mouth-blown, hand thrown and blown by machine. There are square glass vases, rectangular, round and cylindrical ones.
The rectangular glass vases are probably the most popular form of glass vase. It’s the most common type used by florists. As the name implies, the vase is characterized by its rectangular block shape.
There are many ways to use this type of vase in decorating a house. First of all, they can be used as containers for flowers and bouquets. They are actually an excellent choice for showing bouquets from buds to flowers. When the stems of the flowers are trimmed properly, the vase, with the flowers, adds to the overall look and air of sophistication and elegance to any living room.
Another way to decorate with this type of vase is by filling it with stones or pebbles. This gives the room a theme closer to nature especially when the vase used is a clear glass one. Using rhinestones of different colors is also an excellent choice for decorating. Although a single color of rhinestone can be used, decorators also have the option of layering colors of rhinestones.
Some prefer to put candles in their vases. These vases can then be placed in hallways. It gives a certain attraction especially when the candles are illuminated. If the vases are colored, the lighted candles magnify the overall effect of the vases.
One can also put pictures from magazines, newspapers or even pictures of one’s self into the vases. The photos add a personal touch to the decoration. These pictures are glued on the exterior face of the vase. After which, a special type of glue called decoupage is coated over the glued pictures to give it a fine finish.
This type of vase can also be placed on shelves and tables as it is. Because this type is decorative on its own, there’s really no need to add anything to it. How these rectangular glass vases are used to decorate a house really depends on the preference and personal taste of the owner of the house.
One of the advantages of using these vases as decorations is that they do not come at a very high price. One can buy a vase such as this online at only 5 dollars.