We have a lamp in our living room with an empty glass jar base and initially I bought some rocks and fake plants from the Chelsea Flower district and made a quick little arrangement. I like it and it adds a little plant life to the room which I otherwise can't seem to have (due to our curious cat)...
I've often had different ideas of items I would like to display in the base and finally took an afternoon to experiment. Pottery Barn of course has their professionally photographed inspirations as well. Regarding the lemons, they are real. I love the look but would want even more lemons in there and, for longevity purposes, fake ones would work better. This was just for the sake of the photo. I'm off to the kitchen now to make lemonade, lemon tarts, lemon chicken, lemon sorbet....
What would you display in the base?
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sparkly glass beads
view Neely the Naughty's profile
hang your plant on the wall where they can't get to it. My cat is a digger, too.
You can buy them:
http://www.windowbox.com/s/p/202872/19096/Brackets %5B26%5D Other Container Accessories/Spanish Wall Ring - 6%5B22%5D Hunter Green.html
or hack it using some sort of pipe tightener from the store. I'm growing an herb garden on my wall. (with a stray orchid I got from my cousin's wedding).
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A terrarium would look nice. Then you would have a plant the cat couldn't get at. This makes me want to build an "ecocolumn" like in elementary school.
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Dont use water just to be safe!
I love natural elements for the lamps.
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The lemons and limes are nice, but seem like a pain. They will go bad eventually, unless you dump one out every time you need a lemon. Doesn't seem very green to me, to be honest.
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