There are a lot of used things needing and deserving to be reused, and refurnished, redecorated or revived. A great variety of used canisters, papers, boards, ribbons and boxes may be redecorated for a lot of other useful things that we may use everyday. For example, a clean, used board may be used as a tack board in just a few artistic strokes. The only key to making them as useful, is to let your imagination soar, so you will be able to conceptualize new idea of making a simple box into an artistic surprise that you will find functional in the long run.

Used bottles and jars are one of those little things that may be taken out from your storage and given some creative treatment. And since they come in many sizes, shapes and thicknesses, a lot of ideas can be used to make them into pretty house decors or valuable containers. So if you have some used bottles in your storage at the moment, why don't you get them and give them a life out of the dark storage room.

PEN HOLDERS

Funky pen holders can be pretty additions to a desk, study table or shelf. Jars that have the same width from top to bottom, of about almost 4-5” in length, like peanut butter jars, are perfect for this kind of project. There are a lot of things that we can do to a used little jar to make it a new funky pen holder. And we can use things such as water-based paints, broken colored tiles or thin colorful-ropes to decorate it.

- If you like to paint, or at least, you can draw pretty objects using water-based paints, you may add funk to a used jar by painting figures on it, such as flowers, dots or any other random pattern. All you need is a brush and some fresh paints in different colors.

- The broken tiles in many different colors that you have kept in the garage can be a great material to create a new personalized pen holder. All you need is some strong glue and the broken tiles. The goal of this project is to create a random mosaic on the jar, using your colorful tiles. And as this can be a challenging creative undertaking, you must have the patience to glue pieces that will fit together. You can also use ropes as an alternative. Thin little ropes that come in various colors may be used to be rolled around the jar, in patterns that you wish.

PERSONALIZED FLOWER VASES

Bottles and jars of various heights and shapes may be used as decorative flower vases. Infact, sometimes you don't even have to add too much artistic concepts to it. But if you do want to personalize them, there are some great ideas to do just that.

Using various colored tissue papers, or any other thin, soft papers, and glue, you may be able to make your newest jar-turned-vase by pasting them onto each other and in the various parts of the bottle until complete coverage has been made. Remember to brush paste outside the tissue paper, and afterwards let them dry. Use various colors for a pretty finish.

There are many things that we can do with just our imagination. All we need is some jars or bottles, some artsy materials, and a flair for art.