Good Idea? Use Your Chemex As a Vase

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
updated May 2, 2019
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(Image credit: N. Underwood via sfgirlbybay)

Do you have a Chemex? If you do, you probably have no desire to use it for anything other than what it’s meant for: making a delicious cup of coffee. However, if you can spare it for a time and are in need of a lovely vase for a floral arrangement, you can get both in this easy tutorial from floral designer and stylist Kiana Underwood.

(Image credit: N. Underwood via sfgirlbybay)

As shared recently on sfgirlbybay, Kiana specializes in creative and unexpected floral arrangements, like this “garden-filled Chemex,” as she calls it. The wooden sleeve and leather tie — signature elements of the Chemex — are lovely details here, and make it seem as if the Chemex was meant to be a vase all along!

Think you might use your Chemex this way sometime? Or is the Chemex too precious a thing to use for anything other than a good cup o’ joe?

See the Full Tutorial → Garden-Filled Chemex at sfgirlbybay

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Beverages
Coffee
decorating
Flowers & Centerpieces