Genie in a bottle
You don't need to be a handyman or have a lot of tools to reuse old glass bottles and containers. And with our DIY tips you'll have plenty of ideas for multiple uses in your home.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song (a great song) that the British band The Police composed in 1979. The song tells the story of a castaway on an island who sends a message in a bottle in the hope that his prayers will reach someone. Someone never comes, and in the end, the prayers wither for lack of use... Until one day hundreds of bottles with prayers in them wash up on his shore. Well," the shipwrecked man must have thought, "What am I going to do with so many bottles?
Alas, if the castaway had asked us, we would have told him that there are plenty of ideas on the web for making use of old bottles and many other types of containers. That you don't need to be a handyman or have a lot of tools to do it, and that even on a desert island you could decorate your simple hut with old bottles...
There are plenty of ideas on the web for making use of old bottles and you don't need to be a handyman or have a lot of tools to do it.
How? Take a look at these beautiful ceiling lampsin this very cool star-shaped lamp or in these handmade candelabra.
See also how you can use bottles as vases for flowers whether in your small living room or in gardens and terraces.
And if you cut them (this video explains how), you can turn them into everyday utensils, whether they be glasses, ladles, shots o hangers. All very useful, beautiful, cheap and ecological.
After an intense night out with your friends or a house party where you're left with a bunch of empty bottles, you can overcome your hangover by turning them into soap dishes (don't say it's not an original way...).
And if you want to create, if you have an artistic streak, you can also decorate your surroundings. with glass containers. And in keeping with the idea that nothing is thrown away at home, keep it to yourself. plates and plugsI'm sure you can think of something to do with them.
After all, creating and inventing new and extraordinary things is what geniuses do, isn't it, dear castaway?
