Decorating With Blue Bottles

One easy way to add a splash of blue to your white room is with bottles. There are hundreds of ways to do this on the cheap. My husband actually brought home 6 small blue medicine bottles he found on a job site and they look amazing grouped together on a white shelf in my bathroom.

White furniture makes a beautiful back drop for anything blue and these blue bottles are no exception.

Add flowers and ribbon, wood, or babies breath (my go to for making simple table displays).

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It so amazes me how just a few simple blue bottles in a white themed room can create such a striking display. 

Old vintage bottles pair well with anything brown. Marianne from Songbird chose green bottles against a white nightstand and added branches and pine cones.

For the beach house, just add driftwood.

Don't just think bottles....These blue glass jars and vases from the Tara Dennis Watermark collection create a stunning center on a white table. Note the dishware in the background. This woman has created a stunning seaside collection of homewares all inspired by the coast.

When decorating with bottles, anything goes. It's easy. It's inexpensive. It's breathtaking.

DIY Distressed Blue Furniture

I decided to write my first post about painting old furniture finds distressed blue along with some not so distressed. I just love, love, love all painted furniture and I find blues to be most striking. 

Done right, just one piece of sea blue furniture can create a dramatic effect in any room of your house. You can transform any piece of furniture you own or get to a yard sale this weekend and pick up the cheapest piece you can find. Here is some inspiration from around the web.

From I'm Busy Procrastinating, above, a wood stained night stand was painted turquoise and knobs were switched out for glass knobs and pulls. Simply gorgeous!

Carrie, of Lovely Etc. picked up this ugly old cabinet at a yard sale for five bucks! She chose aqua for the color, primed and painted it, then heavily distressed it. You can see how striking this color blue can be. This piece would look stunning in a bedroom with all white bedding and curtains.

I love this little distressed blue desk shown below from beachbumlivin.com. An old desk was picked up from a yard sale, sanded down and glazed. Glaze is basically a watered down paint that stays wet longer allowing you to get an antique washed look. The desk turned out amazing and you can do this yourself by following her videos.

Meagan of Row House Nest made over a free dresser by white washing it so it looks distressed. Everyone has an ugly old brown stained dresser kicking around the house. Once again think sea blue against an all white bedroom.

Love this old Pier 1 dresser from Sweet Chaos Home turned beachy. I would have never thought to attempt such project myself but I think it turned out beautiful! 

Here is the before pic. Hope this inspires you.