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Use glass demijohns in the garden as decorations, borders for paths or original plant pots. All it takes is a little imagination and a desire to try your hand at DIY to create precious details and define a unique style both in the garden and in the rooms of your home.
Not sure where to start? No problem: here are 10 Casavo ideas for decorating with demijohns to help you find inspiration.
1. A giant candle holder
Let's start by seeing how to use glass demijohns with some tips for transforming them into light points. Your bottles become perfect rustic candle holders for a decidedly evocative lighting.
To make them, there are special wrought iron supports to insert inside the demijohns. Alternatively, you can fit a candle of sufficient diameter into the neck. The melted wax along the edges creates a worn effect that makes it even more refined.
2. An original light point with many light bulbs
If you don't like candles, you can instead insert a string of lights inside the bottle, like those used for Christmas decorations, creating a unique and charming lighting angle.
Our advice is to prefer copper wire light bulbs: they heat up less than plastic ones and have a magical appearance. The choice to make, then, is whether to focus only on white lights or play a bit with colors. Work on harmonies and contrasts with the shade of the decorative demijohn. The classic bottle green goes well with white lights that amplify the emerald reflections. A transparent glass can also accommodate lights in different colors.
3. Build a lampshade from an old demijohn
You can also decorate with demijohns by using them as a base for building lampshades to illuminate the corners of your home. With a warm light bulb and a beautiful lampshade, you will have many elegant and at the same time rustic light points, excellent for giving an Earthy-Boho touch to your decor.
4. Transform them into chandeliers
Another way to play with colored demijohns and light is to rework them into ceiling chandeliers. In this case, you will need to remove the base and hang the bottles by the neck. To increase the suggestive effect, choose several flasks of different colors, and perhaps arrange them at different heights for a "cluster" result that conveys the idea of movement: ideal for a shabby-chic style porch.
5. They are perfect as plant pots
Arranging plants in demijohns is a simple idea and perhaps not particularly original, but always very effective. Decorate your bottles with your favorite flowers to bring color and fragrance into the home or place the glass demijohns in the garden with outdoor plants. You can also use ornamental dried plants, or dried ears of corn that enhance the country farmhouse look.
6. A terrarium for a miniature garden
Do you have a green thumb and a designer demijohn that you don't know what to do with? Create a beautiful terrarium to grow your small garden in a glass case. The terrarium is an ecosystem that develops in a small space like a vase. With a little soil and the right seeds, you'll see your plants grow in no time, and you'll have a very chic miniature green corner to decorate your living room.
7. Use it as a base for a coffee table
A good idea on how to use a glass demijohn is to transform it into a base for a coffee table. The simplest solution is to glue a plywood board to the neck. Alternatively, you can add a wrought iron support for greater stability. The demijohn table in the garden is perfect for setting up a bar corner for a rustic cocktail party.
8. A container for your collections
Do you like collecting small objects whenever you're out and about? Then a demijohn is great for housing your collection and displaying it. Place inside the corks from fine wines, the stones you collect during your mountain walks, the shells you find on the beach, or the tickets from your trips around the world.
9. A special canvas for painting with brushes and paint
If you have a passion for painting, get out your brushes and paints and unleash your imagination. Create glass demijohns decorated according to your imagination to embellish your home decor with unique details that reflect your personality and taste.
10. Leave them as they are
Some demijohns are so beautiful that they don't need any special touches to become splendid furnishing accessories. A group of antique colored glass bottles is already beautiful as is to decorate your outdoor spaces.
Have you started looking for the right home to house your decorated glass demijohns? On the Casavo's classifieds platform, dozens of properties with gardens and outdoor spaces await you to host your creative flair.
