{"id":84,"date":"2012-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:51:10","slug":"genie-in-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/el-genio-en-una-botella","title":{"rendered":"Genie in a bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Genie in a bottle<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>4 April 2012 by <a href='https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart'>Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\"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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-diy-hogar_0.jpg?itok=OLgCxFyv\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, if the castaway had asked us, we would have told him that there are plenty of ideas on the web for <strong>making use of old bottles<\/strong> 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...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>How? Take a look at these beautiful <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hookedonhouses.net\/2009\/10\/07\/hooked-or-hate-it-recycled-beer-bottle-chandeliers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ceiling lamps<\/a><\/strong>in this very cool <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/208784132695189263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">star-shaped lamp<\/a><\/strong> or in these <strong>handmade candelabra<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-lamparas-jarrones-diy-hogar.jpg?itok=IitFR-mr\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See also how you can use bottles as<strong> vases for flowers<\/strong> whether in your small living room or in gardens and terraces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-jarrones-diy-hogar.jpg?itok=7Q6RSeSn\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you cut them (this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=yHWYjMlYH50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> explains how), you can turn them into everyday utensils, whether they be <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacol.coop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">glasses<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/208784132695059679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ladles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/363806476118278908\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shots<\/a> o <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/208784132695557125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hangers<\/a><\/strong>. All very useful, beautiful, cheap and ecological.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-vasos-diy-hogar.jpg?itok=OAIJ4AOy\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-colgador-diy-hogar_0.jpg?itok=bBlYQGMr\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/249386898087009043\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">soap dishes<\/a><\/strong> (don't say it's not an original way...).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-jabonera-diy-hogar_0.jpg?itok=hJea373a\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you want to create, if you have an artistic streak, you can also decorate your surroundings. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/208784132696920652\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with glass containers<\/a><\/strong>. And in keeping with the idea that nothing is thrown away at home, keep it to yourself. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/alannaokun\/22-diy-ways-to-reuse-empty-booze-bottles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plates and plugs<\/a><\/strong>I'm sure you can think of something to do with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/botellas-tapones-diy-hogar.jpg?itok=1StJszxo\" alt=\"Genie in a bottle | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, creating and inventing new and extraordinary things is what geniuses do, isn't it, dear castaway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don't need to be a handyman or have a lot of tools to reuse old glass bottles and containers. 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