Recycled Beauty: Boylan Soda Bottles as Bud Vases

In Week Three of the Kitchen Cure, part of your assignment was to do something beautiful for your kitchen. Here's a shot of our dining table over the weekend—not exactly the kitchen, but close. And it uses those recycled soda bottles we've been talking about...

This was the table setting for a casual dinner party, and it was so cheap! The Boylan Black Cherry bottles were $3.50 for a 4-pack (bonus: we got to enjoy the actual soda first), and the ranunculus were $5 for a small bunch.

Just one of these propped up in the corner of your kitchen would brighten up the space. But four lined up across our dining table made a statement with very little money and effort. We just love the look of these old-fashioned bottles. They're so perfect for a single stem.

Ours have now moved to various spots around the apartment; one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom, two in the living room...

What are you doing to beautify your kitchen?

(Images: Elizabeth Passarella)

Comments (10)

What a great idea to use recycled soda bottles- the table looks beautiful with these!

posted by Karen74 on May 4th 2009 at 2:52pm
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that's so funny. i have this exact thing on my desk right now...a boylan grape soda bottle with a a single pretty yellow flower!
it makes me so happy to have it on my desk. especially since i have no windows...i have to remember that it's spring out there!

posted by k o lauren on May 4th 2009 at 3:20pm
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i have the exact same thing on my desk right now too! boylan black cherry soda bottle with a lilac stem in it. love it :)

posted by ellenp1214 on May 4th 2009 at 6:11pm
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What kind of flowers are those? They're beautiful!

posted by Staar84 on May 4th 2009 at 8:19pm
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Staar84, i believe they're Ranunculus.

posted by ellenp1214 on May 4th 2009 at 8:51pm
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Ranunculus! An overgrown cousin of the common buttercup. I love them too; I stripped hundreds of ranunculus stems for my wedding arrangements. They last for ages, too...

posted by faith on May 4th 2009 at 8:51pm
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I posted this exact type of ensemble on my blog weeks ago! I used old glass coke bottles and lemonade bottles - I really liked the way the different sizes of bottles amplified the different sizes of ranunculus. Do you read my blog? Funny that you did exactly what I did; although I do think my setup was slightly more artistic ;)

posted by chocolatepizzastilettolove on May 5th 2009 at 8:25am
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I should get my wife those flowers for Mother's Day - nj countertops by replacementcounters.com

posted by replacementcounters.com on May 5th 2009 at 8:29am
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I know there are probably a million places selling ranunculus, but there are none in my neighborhood. Where did you get these? I just might have to make a special trip.

Also, ranunculus is a really fun word to type.

posted by sciencegeek on May 5th 2009 at 9:14am
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I love using pretty drink bottles as casual flower vases. My two favorite bottles to use are Acqua Panna water bottles and Wine country soda bottles.

posted by Botany on May 6th 2009 at 12:06am
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