This week my little Dude Get On That Already project involves three floating vases (from CB2 four years ago, but they still sell them) that used to hang right outside our first house’s kitchen.
Then, you guessed it, they got stashed in our playroom after we moved, never to be heard from again. Until now! Behold:
Yup, I tapped three nails into the wall in the guest bathroom and they’re now officially three more things that are off the floor in the cluttered playroom. Three grocery store blooms work for now, but when they bite the big one, I’m sure they’ll get replaced with leafy branches and other stuff pillaged from the backyard.
This is one of the three bathrooms that we have yet to do much with, but we are nearing the end of our big kitchen project so odds are we’ll get there someday.
I think it’s official: tulips are my favorite flowers. Yes, I held out until I was almost 30 to declare that, but I said it so there’s no going back. Until I change my mind. Haha.
See that brown rectangle in the bottom right of this picture?
That’s the giant mirror from the guest room that’s supposed to be above the dresser. Yeah, our house is still completely jostled – for lack of a better word – from book photoshoots. So random things are just sitting wherever. Someday they’ll find their way “home” I’m sure. And in the meantime, at least I’m chipping away at little items cluttering up the playroom… and taking an inordinate amount of photos of these vases in this miniscule room from every angle.
Look, here’s my impression of a mannequin.
I even got artsy and laid on the floor. Perhaps in celebration that this week’s project wasn’t animal related? Or because so much of this room is rough on the eyes (so staring up at the ceiling is one of the easiest views).
What small projects are you guys checking off the ol’ to do list? Do you have stacks of things you’re still waiting to hang? A bunch of untouched bathrooms that need some love? Or any favorite flower declarations that you’d like to get out there in the universe?
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Caitlin says
The title of this blog post should have been…”Oh, ho, ho…It’s magic, you know”
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah!
xo
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Amandine says
Hi!! it’s great! how it works?
I want to do the same (i haven’t find anywhere these, i’m in france).
thanks.
YoungHouseLove says
They just are vases with small holes in the back that you can hang on a nail on the wall so they appear to float. A company named CB2 makes them here in the US. Hope it helps!
xo
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Amandine says
it’s helpfull! i will search again or try to make it myself. I hope your book will be one day publishe(d?) and translate in french (in Canada or France^^)
Until that day, i will have to read all articles.
(hope no mistake :S)
Norma says
Love this. Just can’t figure out if containers are plastic or glass. I am assuming they are plastic since you said you put nails in the walls. Just don’t know where to find cute clear containers like yours.
YoungHouseLove says
They’re actually glass but they have holes on the back so you can hang them on a nail. They’re from cb2.com and I think they still sell them :)
xo,
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Jenalee says
So I know this post is vintage ;) but I purchased those vases as well, and I was wondering: How do/did you guys clean the inside of these vases? I’m having a hard time fidnign a tool that will efficitently clean the old plant mildew that can get left behind, and we don’t have a dishwasher so I haven;t been able to test out that theory
YoungHouseLove says
I fill them with soapy water and just try to soak them, but I think something like one of those “bottle brushes” (you know, for cleaning baby bottles?) could work if you can find one small enough!
xo
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Heather says
Love! What length are your flowers? How far apart did you space the vases?
YoungHouseLove says
So sorry, we no longer live here to measure/share that info, but maybe it’s back in the comments if you scroll back through them? Hope it helps!
xo
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