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Floating Vases On The Wall

This week my little Dude Get On That Already project involves three floating vases (from CB2 four years ago, but they still sell them) that used to hang right outside our first house’s kitchen.

Vasedetail

Then, you guessed it, they got stashed in our playroom after we moved, never to be heard from again. Until now! Behold:

Vases1

Yup, I tapped three nails into the wall in the guest bathroom and they’re now officially three more things that are off the floor in the cluttered playroom. Three grocery store blooms work for now, but when they bite the big one, I’m sure they’ll get replaced with leafy branches and other stuff pillaged from the backyard.

Vases 2

This is one of the three bathrooms that we have yet to do much with, but we are nearing the end of our big kitchen project so odds are we’ll get there someday.

Vases 3

I think it’s official: tulips are my favorite flowers. Yes, I held out until I was almost 30 to declare that, but I said it so there’s no going back. Until I change my mind. Haha.

Vases Close Up

See that brown rectangle in the bottom right of this picture?

Vases Close Up2

That’s the giant mirror from the guest room that’s supposed to be above the dresser. Yeah, our house is still completely jostled – for lack of a better word – from book photoshoots. So random things are just sitting wherever. Someday they’ll find their way “home” I’m sure. And in the meantime, at least I’m chipping away at little items cluttering up the playroom… and taking an inordinate amount of photos of these vases in this miniscule room from every angle.

Vases Full Mirror

Look, here’s my impression of a mannequin.

Vases In Mirror

I even got artsy and laid on the floor. Perhaps in celebration that this week’s project wasn’t animal related? Or because so much of this room is rough on the eyes (so staring up at the ceiling is one of the easiest views).

Vases From Bottom

What small projects are you guys checking off the ol’ to do list? Do you have stacks of things you’re still waiting to hang? A bunch of untouched bathrooms that need some love? Or any favorite flower declarations that you’d like to get out there in the universe?

Psst- We announced this week’s big tile giveaway winner. Click here to see if it’s you.

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  1. Sophie says

    They are my faves too Sherry! Also took me ’til the big three oh to admit it, but they make me so happy. No shame in it – they are jolly nice! My partner often buys them for me (he is pretty awesome at remembering stuff like that).

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  2. Kris Lapota says

    Holy hell, Sherry. You look like you’re 12 in your mirror shot….clearly, you’re not working hard enough. Can’t wait to see your outdoor spring projects.

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  5. Marie says

    Very pretty! Just a FYI, be careful hanging stuff above light switches, there are sometimes wires there. Once had a friend who did the same & caused an electrical problem. Of course, her husband said only a woman would do that!! ;)

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Ooh that sounds gorgeous! We got no snow this year (well a few inches and then it melted) and now it’s 85 here! But snowy Iceland sounds magical!

      xo,
      s

  7. Allison says

    Oh I love tulips too! My local grocery store has great ones in a bunch of colors for $5.99 for 10 stems. I grab a bunch at each visit!

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  8. Katie C. says

    How cute! I love me some tulips, too. I might look into getting some of those vases for my kitchen. I wonder if they’d keep cut herbs fresh for a short time?

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    • Ruth says

      Depends on the herb, but yes, some of them you can stick in water and they will keep well, even perk up if they are a little dry. Some will even grow little roots, but that effort may make them lose their leaves after a few weeks – not ideal if you were going to cook with them. Best to use them fairly soon anyway.

      You will have better luck if you get them from a farmer’s market vs. grocery store, if you can. That way they will be fresh cut from that morning and are more likely to “take”.

  10. Laura @ DMHB says

    I have so many things on my to-do list this weekend! Ripping up carpet from stairs, removing junk from our basement, reorganizing our bathroom! So much stuff to do, so little time haha. Stopping by your blog always inspires me though, can’t wait to tackle it all! The vases look great in that bathroom :)

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Just updated the bottom of the post with that link! You can always just scroll back to the original post to see the winner (we just add the lucky lad or lady to the top of the page!). Hope it helps!

      xo,
      s

  13. Susn says

    I am also trying to whittle away at the clutter. With all you have been up to, I am not sure if I would remember where anything is, much less where to put it! Your kitchen is so pretty! Can’t wait to see what the future holds.

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  16. Rebecca @ the lil house that could says

    That mannequin picture is hysterical. Whenever I catch myself in the mirror holding the camera it is less than pretty….usually involves a contorted face.

    I think you guys should have a “dude get on that already” link party :) I think we all have playroom-esque rooms of stuff dying to be hung

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Ooh that could be fun! Of course feel free to link up in the comments if it takes a while to get that together (knowing how I put things off, it might…).

      xo,
      s

  17. Kari says

    Looks great! Do you plan to switch out the greenery every week or just when guests are on their way? Can’t remember if you use this room much.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Oh just when folks or coming- otherwise I can pop some dried things (like a branch of berries or wheat from the side yard) and that should keep for a few months or so!

      xo,
      s

  19. Meg@ Green Motherhood says

    Cute! I never would have thought to put them in the bathroom, but, I like it!
    Question: is the glass really light and thin or kind of thick. I guess I’m asking, are they sturdy? I like them (and want them!) but not sure if my clumsy family could keep them in one piece!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      I’d say they’re pretty sturdy. Not super heavy like they feel like they’ll fall off the wall (you’d want them to be light enough for a nail to hold them) but I’m pretty clutzy and have had them for years!

      xo,
      s

  21. Crystal says

    I’ve been saying for weeks that I’ve got to start working on the little stuff! And I will soon! We’re about done with our big desk/window seat build-from-scratch project and just finished painting a whole all with chalkboard paint (and the lower half has magnetic paint). I really need to focus on getting pictures/art on the walls.

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  26. Erin says

    Tulips were the only flower we had in our wedding! My bridesmaids wore black, and everyone had white tulips, white tulips were all over the place, then I carried three dozen brightly colored tulips. I loved it. Nine years later, and I wouldn’t change a thing. :)

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  28. Sarah says

    Such a fabulous idea!! I have a small apartment with not much space and this would be so fun to brighten it up!

    My only question is, did you permanently attach them to the wall? If so, how do you plan on changing the water?

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  30. Emily says

    I have the test-tube style hanging in our bright green guest bathroom and I put silk sunflowers in them.

    Where did the light figure come from? LOVE it!!

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  31. Loren says

    It’s funny what takes you a long time to do. I had a couple pieces of art that have waiting around a couple months to be hung and I finally got around to tapping in a couple nails last night. It makes you feel so accomplished so quickly I should find more things to hang up quickly.

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  32. Rachel McCoy says

    Cute! How do you get the water in and out, though?

    On a side note, if you have time to answer this: I notice on your pinterest pins you are linking back to the source. Is this a wise thing to do in order to avoid potential conflict from peeps being upset about source credit, etc.? There are a couple of articles out there on the internet about the potential dangers of pinterest and their terms of service. As an avid pinterest user and blogger, I wondered your thoughts/solution to that whole thing. Thanks!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Oh yes I always try to give the originator credit just out of courtesy (we would be sad to see our projects pinned with the credit going to someone else). In general we try to pin from sites with a “pin it” button which indicates the site owner is cool with their things being pinned. Hope it helps!

      xo,
      s

    • KathyG says

      I’m still learning Pinterest, so do you chase it back to the originator if the OP (other pinner) didn’t credit it?

    • YoungHouseLove says

      Yes I do my best to do that whenever I can (for example something on Apartment Therapy is easy enough to click the original credit link and pin it from the original site).

      xo,
      s

    • Kristy says

      Yes, this is a good topic. I am an artist/art teacher and Pinterest has been really useful to me. I don’t ever just straight-up copy an idea, but have definitely been inspired by many. I have been worried about the articles I have been reading too. This would be a nice discussion to have on your blog. Not that I would expect you guys to tackle all of the legal issues, but at least the ethical issues of intellectual/artistic property.

    • YoungHouseLove says

      We had a great discussion on this post (the first page of comments). I learned a lot and hear things are still changing when it comes to their terms of service, so it’ll be interesting to see where they end up! For now I stick to trying to pin things on sites that have a “Pin It” button since it indicates that the owner loves when things get pinned (like we do). Hope it helps!

      xo,
      s

  34. Natalia says

    These vases are really cute. Now I’m thinking of ordering them too since 1. they’re priced well and 2. we have some wall space to fill up all over our house…I’m thinking living room or dining room.

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  35. stef says

    I love the tulips! Ours are just starting to pop up here in Michigan. I still don’t understand how winter is already over when it never even really came.

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  36. Elizabeth says

    I LOVE the tulips and the vases look perfect there. Wow – how exciting to have a room full of fun stuff that you ‘have’ to find a place for. :) Seriously beautiful.

    We just checked a mini project off our list too and it feels great. We had some small area rugs sitting around waiting for us to put together into a stair runner and…dude, we finally got on it! Thanks for the motivation.

    http://cavens.blogspot.com/2012/03/winning-runner-revealed.html

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  37. Brenda says

    I can’t lay claim to a favorite, but I get positively giddy when the tulips bloom every spring. It’s probably a hazard for me to be driving then because I just want to gaze at the flowers!

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  38. Brandi @ His Shabby Her Chic says

    I love those bud vases! I’ve spent many an hour eyeing them up on the website but I’ve never taken the plunge and made the purchase (I don’t really have anywhere to hang them).

    I change my favorite flower constantly. Right now it’s Gerbera Daisies.

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  39. Erika says

    I have these in my guest bath too! I filled mine with Bamboo from ikea. Its perfect they have been going strong for two years now.

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  42. April says

    I love those things- ya’ll actually inspired me to buy three of my own! My favorite thing to put in them is peacock feathers since they’ll never die!

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  43. Melanie says

    Love the vases! And I just realized, I think we have the same bathroom tile! Only I have an unfortunate pink boarder tile around mine! (Seriously, I think boarder is an incredibly stupid word all of a sudden and it looks totally wrong..?!)

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  46. Samantha says

    The vases look great there guys! And Sherry, don’t feel too silly about getting on the floor – now you have a “Clara Point of View Shot!” It’s always important to understand how decor will look to all family members ;).

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  48. KC says

    I’ve never seen vases like that–so cool. The tulips scream Spring…so fresh and pretty just like Sherry! (You’ll have show proof of those “wrinkles” you say you have….I don’t believe ya!) :)

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  50. Amelia says

    I love those vases. So cheap at CB2 too!

    Will you show us an updated progress of your bonus room? Since you began the ‘DGOTA’ project?

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