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Decorating Tables with Glass Cylinder Vases

Clear glass cylinder vases are an inexpensive way to display decorations, collectibles, snacks and flowers. Their contents can be changed seasonally to create a cohesive display theme throughout your house. Buy clear glass vases at discount home décor or hobby shops in various heights and widths to lend your displays variety and the ability to contain objects of different sizes and shapes.

Things You'll Need

  • Glass vases
  • Lemons
  • Limes
  • Marshmallows
  • Collectible items
  • Wrapped candies
  • Decorative soaps
  • Bathroom accessories
  • Candy corn
  • Flowers
  • Holiday ornaments
  • Herb plants
  • Soil
  • Gravel
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place three cylindrical glass vases in the middle of a kitchen table and fill them with colorful fruits or vegetables. Use lemons, limes or marshmallows, depending on the lunch gathering event.

    • 2

      Line a foyer table with a cluster of cylindrical vases of various heights. Fill them with collectible elements, such as seashells, driftwood, small cast-iron toys and old skeleton keys. Place vintage postcards in short cylindrical vases to display a collection.

    • 3

      Divide an office conference table with a line of short cylindrical vases. Fill them with shiny-wrappered candies to energize a late afternoon department meeting.

    • 4

      Top a small vanity table in a bathroom with five or six small to medium cylindrical vases and fill them with bathroom accessories. Place decorative soaps, cotton swabs and beaded jewelry in vases to display.

    • 5

      Cluster tall glass cylinder vases in the middle of a dining room table and fill them with dinner-party specific decorations. Color-coordinate items with seasonal themes or holiday-related elements in your vase display. Fill them with candy corn or orange-and-yellow flowers for an autumn party and vintage Christmas tree ornaments for a holiday party.

    • 6

      Decorate tables at a baby shower with pacifier-filled vases or candies in blue or pink.

    • 7

      Top wedding reception tables with short cylindrical vases filled with champagne corks and votive candles.

    • 8

      Go green in a kitchen by planting herbs in cylindrical vases. Use gravel in the bottom of the containers to provide drainage for basil, oregano and thyme.