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DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases + Glass Jars

Earlier this week, I excitedly announced that I recently partnered with Apartments.com to share simple solutions for small space living.  Specifically, I will be showcasing tips and strategic ideas for overcoming the obstacles and hurdles of apartment life to create an inviting, stylish, and most of all, functional space.  Additionally, each month I will be creating a DIY project that is perfectly fit for an apartment and/or small space.  Like this…

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Do-It-Yourself + Apartment Life isn’t always an easy combo.  In my book a DIY project/craft best suited for an apartment has to be the following:

-> Easy to create using simple supplies (no major power tools here)

-> Easily moveable – something that can be repositioned and/or moved to another room.  In a small space, a few accessory moves will make the entire place feel fresh and new.

-> Unique, interesting, one-of-a-kind (of course)

For my first DIY project, Apartments.com put me to the challenge of creating something for the Summer.  Not to tricky.  To me, Summer brings to mind words like beach, sand, sun, sea, nautical, light, bright, airy…

For the project, I wanted to create something using the word nautical, which then in turn rope material came to mind, thus the creation of rope wrapped vases.  Knowing that I already had a plethora of glass vases and glass jars around the house, I started out by shopping my home.  How much better does it get not to have to spend a dime?!

TIP: In a small space, storing extra of anything, especially home decor accessories, isn’t easy.  My suggestion would be to have one shelf, one box, or one ‘spot’ where you can keep extra accessories or home type elements to rotate with what you currently have throughout your home.  When I shop, I usually purchase items because I love them and they have meaning, versus buying something just to buy.  But that means when I get it home, I might not use it right away.  Having a small place to store items like vases, baskets, extra candles, etc. will allow you to always have the ability to freshen up your space in no time without the need to go out and search/buy for something meaningless.  The box or shelf you choice is perfect because it will allow you to stay within the designated area.  Small spaces surely don’t allow for excess.

Vases and used glass jars (sauce or salsa jars are my favorites) or mason jars are always keepers for my accessory shelf.  At the moment they might not be of use, but I know they will always come in handy in the future.  For this project, I went right to the shelf and found a collection of 5 glass jars of varying heights and sizes.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Instead of wrapping all the vases/glass jars in the same rope, I decided to use rope, twine, and jute of different sizes and colors.

These 3 styles I got at Lowes >

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Using my hot glue gun, I dabbed a bit of the hot glue at the point where I wanted to start and then attached the end of the twine.

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Then I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped around the glass jar.  Every so often I added another dab of hot glue to be sure that the twine / jute / rope was secure.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

The large rope was my favorite because it gave the glass vase some great texture.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Each jar / vase is a different height and size, so I made each one even more unique with the color and/or application of the rope.  Some got fully covered in rope where others only a portion of the ‘body’ got covered.  It adds an interesting, one-of-a-kind quality.

For the largest vase of all, I fully covered it in rope and then added a little color (white to be specific – some say it’s not technically a color) with a splash of spray paint. To do this, I decided the area that I wanted to spray paint and covered the rest.  I used painters tape along with a piece of paper (a staples bag to be exact, lol – it was the perfect size), flipped over the vase so the top was on the ground, and started to spray.  A few coats later, it was done.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

The result >

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

And the entire collection >

On the mantel.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

On the dining table.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Outdoors.

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving

Simple vases and glass jars changed into creative decor for little money and little time = a perfect DIY for an apartment dweller. No matter where you live, creative do it yourself projects can be tackled.  It might take a little more planning, but a fun and successful result can be accomplished!

As I mentioned the other day, I’ve recently been working with a NYC E-Design client on a bedroom makeover.  She shared some great insight with a brief Q & A into Life in an Apartment, and also tackled the same project I did.  I thought it would be fun and interesting to see how my rope wrapped vase collection looked in a home, and hers in an apartment.  She used differing glass vases with the same rope.  Take a look…

DIY: Rope Wrapped Vases perfect for creating & displaying in an apartment and/or small space #apartment #diy #apartmentliving