Decorating with watering cans is a fantastic way to add garden style to your decor. Here are a few fun ways to turn this trusty tool into garden decor. By doing so, you’ll find creative ways to decorate with watering cans, enhancing your space.
Make Your Watering Can Double As Decor
When I purchased a new copper indoor watering pitcher, I loved its modern look and thin spout. Hiding it under the kitchen sink after watering the plants just seemed wrong. So, I parked it on my kitchen counter. Soon, I found it to be a perfect corral for my collection of funky wooden spoons.
Once I considered them as decor, it was easy to decorate with watering cans in unexpected places. Now, I love the look on my kitchen counter. And, when it’s time to water the houseplants, my pitcher is at the ready. In its downtime, it shines on.
Turn Your Watering Cans Into a Collection
Have you ever been to a garden shop and noticed the decorative watering cans standing at attention on the shelves? It’s an oddly satisfying scene that speaks to my innate need for order. It’s also a simple technique you can do at home. This is yet another charming way to decorate with watering cans.
If you have more than a few watering cans, gather them into a decorative collection. Spray paint them in complementary or uniform colors and add vibrant flowers or indoor plants – whatever palette works. I can see this technique for a casual garden wedding or event. Once the event is over, plant the flowers and reuse the water vessels.
This idea works well with indoor watering cans, too. I add greenery to the top of my dining room china hutch and drop in my small indoor watering cans. Be sure to place them at various heights and odd numbers to create balance. I assure you, your space will take on a nifty greenhouse or garden room vibe.
Antique shops and flea markets often have what you need to make decorating with vintage watering cans a breeze. If you come home with one, use it as a planter to turn a dull space into a nature vignette.
Use Your Indoor Watering Can As a Decorative Centerpiece
Today’s indoor and outdoor watering cans are a delightful mix of function and form. The market is awash in pieces that are not only handy hydrating tools, they’re also sculptural. A pretty indoor or outdoor watering can placed as a decorative accent makes it an instant art object.
Tall indoor watering cans are ideal as centerpieces, as their height gives them a vase-like feel. Capitalize on that by using one or a few to display cut flowers. Again, if you have more than one, create a vignette by pulling a few together with similar flowers. Line them up in the center of a large dining room table and you have an instant centerpiece.
Watering Cans Are Now Outdoor Decorations
If you’re not a green thumb, adding a watering can with lights to a porch or backyard instantly elevates your space. You can either make your own, or find a solar-lighted watering can online. With this, you can effectively decorate with watering cans.
The next time you come home with flowers and plants, remember that old watering can – it may just be the humble tool that changes your whole space.
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