I have a herd (herd?) of glass bottles sitting in my basement ready for some new life to be breathed into them.
Each bottle once looked like this in its former life.
And (assuming the bride doesn’t want her bottles back) here are some reincarnated options for my bottles. I’m excited to turn them into something new soon! But what???
Candle holders
photo credit: This is Glamourous
photo credit: Design Fetish
photo credit: Green Head
photo credit: Ruffled
Vases
photo credit: The Nest
photo credit: Design Sponge
photo credit: Ruffled
photo credit: Intoxicated Zodiac
Torches
photo credit: Design Sponge
photo: etsy dawnflower
Bookshelves
photo: The Design Blog
photo: Earth First
Chandeliers
photo: Pottery Barn
photo: FCL Style
photo: Tongue in Cheek
photo: Oregon Live
Coatrack
photo: apartment therapy
Gardening Things
photo: Glue and Glitter
photo: Really Rose
Coffee Table
photo: Green Cleaning Ideas
Bar
photo: PR Web
Wow. Who knew there were so many cool things one could do with an empty wine bottle? (She is never going to let me keep them now, huh? Drat!)
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What some neat-o ideas…..I would like to make a bottle tree for my flower garden. Thanks for sharing and some inspiration!
I love those on the steps with the candles in them! I wonder how they cut the bottoms off. It tried to drill a hole one time in a glass jar… didn't go so well! Cute ideas!
There are some amazing ideas here. I have a couple of skinny bottles; red and blue. I've kept them for years. Maybe it's time to utilize them!
Brilliant!!! I am going to link up to this on Thursday!
Brilliant!!! I am going to link up to this on Thursday!
Wow thanks for sharing! The video was very interesting.
Nicole
Amazing what you can do with bottles! Love them in the garden.
The candleholders are all really cool, but I love the torches. Great ideas!
Lot's of great ideas using bottles.
a few years ago I was visiting family in Prince Edward Island and they casually mentioned that the crazy man down the road had built a house out of wine and beer bottles. Imagine my surprise when I went there and found several buildings made out of them.
Here is the link, truly magnificent.
http://www.bottlehouses.com/Gallery.cfm?imageid=169&galleryid=8
Oh my, so many great and unique ideas!! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome ideas here Beth…thanks for sharing them…I really love the candle ones.
what a great post!! i love these ideas..so clever.
Thanks for the how to video! Very interesting & makes me want to go cut some bottles in half! Can't wait to see what you do with yours…
Those are great ideas! I think my favorite are the ones on the wall with the metal holders and those outdoor ones. So cool!
Thanks Beth! Love ya!
XOXO
jen
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many ideas! I think the bottles with the taper attachment to hold candles on the top are my favorite.
There is an old plantation house on Highway 1 south of Natchitoches, La that has an entire garden (aptly named "The Bottle Garden) completely outlined and separated with old wine bottles. It is absolutely beautiful and I have always wanted to do something like that. Thanks for the other great ideas!!
Beth,
Loved this post! Especially the video. When I saw the blow torch as first I thought, oh no way. But when he showed how he really did it I thought wow, that's actually doable. So creative.
Wow you just made my love for wine take on a whole new light! I need to buy more bottles now. I love love love the torches outside..sooo nice!!
I have following your blog for a while now and I love your ideas and you truly have inspired me on many occasions. For that I would love for you to come over to my blog and accept an award I have for you!!
What a great post!!! So many wonderful ideas.
First: the bride loves you so very much.
Second: the bride wishes that you use the bottles to your heart's content.
love to you!
Meg "the Bride" Hoover
my favorite idea is the one with the backyard torches–i LOVE that!
Comprehensive mind-blowingly creative ideas!
The glass cutting tutorial was WONDERFUL! So easy! And I DEFINITELY need to use some wine bottles for my flower baskets.
These are wonderful ideas! Thanks so much for sharing them all!
I've been saving wine glass bottles to make a chandelier like the one on the Oregon Live photo you posted. I am definately buing that wine cutter tool. Thanks so much for posting the video tutorial.
This is pretty amazing, thank you for compiling all of these pictures
I love this post about bottles! My good friend has been dying to make one of those bottle trees.
Wow! These collection of ideas for using old wine bottles are amazing! I was able to pull off making some candle holders and I have to say it was a fun process but a lot easier than some of these. absolutely fantastic!
Glad you liked the roundup Johan!