Beautiful bottles of alcohol, juices or yoghurts are often a shame to throw away. As a result, they simply accumulate in the closet, but this collection has absolutely nowhere to attach. She takes up space, but her hand still doesn't go up to throw it away. Sound familiar? Then we will tell you how beautiful and interesting it is to breathe a second life into unnecessary bottles with your own hands!
1. Salt and cereals
One of the easiest ways to decorate bottles is to cover them with layers of colored salt or various cereals. This is a stylish and very simple kitchen decoration - you don't even need to buy anything. It is especially pleasant to do this decor with a small child (and also useful for fine motor skills).
2. Flowers in a bottle
A bottle filled with flowers looks very impressive. Of course, it is almost impossible to accurately place pre-dried buds in a narrow neck. But you can still fill in fresh small flowers and pour formalin on top of them - this way they will remain intact.
Of course, formalin is a specific material and will need to be purchased separately. It requires careful handling, protection of hands, respiratory tract and fire safety. But the finished result looks so impressive and delicate that it will become not only a good decoration for your home, but also an unforgettable gift for loved ones.
3. Decorative preservation
This is a more interesting way to decorate bottles, which you have probably encountered more than once in restaurants and cafes. Common home food preservation is rarely truly decorative. But it can be done on purpose without long and painful hours spent at the stove.
You will need fruits, vegetables or berries and any available preservative - strong saline solution, alcohol, pharmaceutical formalin, vinegar or acetic acid. For decoration - star anise stars, chili peppers, sprigs of herbs, cloves of garlic - whatever.
In order for the contents to retain their original appearance longer, we recommend that you still spend 5 minutes sterilizing the bottle. After that, put all the filling there as you like, and fill it to the top with a preservative. If the bottle cannot be rolled up like a can, first fill the neck with wax, and only then twist or close the cork.
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4. Candlestick from a bottle
The easiest and most obvious way to use glass bottles is to make candlesticks out of them. If an ordinary painted wine bottle with candles instead of a cork seems too common to you, show your imagination. For example, make a whole composition of 5-7 small bottles of different shapes with the same small candles. Such containers will remain after pharmaceutical products, samples of cosmetics or miniatures of alcoholic beverages.
5. Decoration with threads
If you have a lot of unnecessary colored threads left, they can transform the bottle beyond recognition. Take a plastic container with PVA and stretch the thread through so that it comes out on the other side immediately dipped in glue. Wrap the entire bottle all the way to the neck, and when dry, glue the decor of buttons, flowers, bows, rhinestones and other little things on a glue gun.
6. Textured decor
To give the bottle an interesting grainy texture, you will need the same salt or sand, scattered in an even layer on paper. Clean and degrease the glass with alcohol, paint the surface with paint and wait until it dries. Cover the bottle with a layer of glue - solid or with patterns using masking tape. It remains only to roll out the bottle on salt or sand, and then - carefully correct the gaps and irregularities by hand.
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7. Decoupage bottles
Decoupage is a simple but effective technique for decorating absolutely any surfaces. First, wash and degrease the bottle with acetone or alcohol.Then prime it with acrylic primer or a special aerosol primer for difficult substrates.
Cut out the fragments that you like from beautiful napkins and carefully peel off the top decorative layer. Attach it to the bottle and immediately cover it with PVA glue so that there are no irregularities and bubbles. And when the workpiece dries out, paint the bottle with acrylic paints, glue volumetric elements or use stencils. The last layer is a finishing acrylic varnish.
8. Bottles for wedding decor
Bride and groom bottles are a traditional part of decorating a wedding feast. Why look for new ones for this, if you can already use the ones that are. For decor, take lace, fabric, ribbons, feathers, beads, flowers, toy angels - and no boring store blank can be compared with this.
9. High-tech bottle decor
It is very easy to fit decorative bottles into Provence or Scandinavian style, which in themselves gravitate towards hand-made. But what if you have a modern futuristic interior with metal, glass and mirrors?
First, transparent thick glass bottles can be used for decorative lighting by filling them with a garland. Secondly, now the stores are full of metallized paints with completely different effects. Use them to paint bottles of the most unusual shapes and decorate with a stripe or geometric abstraction to match the accent light.
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10. Christmas ball in a bottle
If you are not afraid to cut off the bottom of the bottle, then inside it you can make a beautiful snowy Christmas ball with figures, artificial snow or sparkles. Candlesticks with a candle inside are made according to the same principle, but they must be used more carefully so that the glass does not crack from overheating.
To cut the bottom off, you will need a thick, thick woolen thread, rubbing alcohol, a lighter, sandpaper, and two different sized containers. Fill a basin with ice cold water so that the bottle can be completely submerged. Wind the thread soaked in alcohol in several layers along the cut line and tie the ends.
Put on gloves, light the thread, take the bottle horizontally and rotate it continuously along the axis until the fire goes out. Immediately after that, immerse it in ice-cold water - and if everything is correct, the bottle itself will burst along the line. All that remains is to carefully sand the edges with sandpaper so as not to get hurt.
DIY bottle decor - photo
We assure you, this is only a small part of what can be made from empty bottles to decorate your apartment or house! How do you like this photo collection of ideas?
