On Display {Apothecary Jars}

What is it about apothecary jars? Is it that they are glass and you can see what's inside? Is it the variety of shapes and sizes? Is it the items inside ~ the colors, the shapes? I'm not really sure what the appeal is, but apothecary jars are all over in home decor!

They can be used to hold anything from candy to soap, and who knew detergent could look so good!

Hampton Design

Pleasures of Home Making blog

I have found mine at Home Goods and Michaels, but there are so many stores that have them ~ Pottery Barn, JC Penney, Target, and Walmart to name a few.

My Desert Cottage blog

Amazon.com

Romantic Homes

Just when I thought I was done with this post, I found these:

Dining Delight blog

Sarah at Thrifty Decor Chick

I use them when decorating in clients' homes, home staging and in my own home. Here are a few I have on display at the moment. This one below is in my master bathroom. I used everything except the plastic holder that came with a package of egg soaps ~ right down to the ribbon fastened around the apothecary's lid.

Here's another set waiting for a similar jar to the one above {just a tad bit smaller} that I just washed out. If you are interested they are available from The Feathered Nest here.

Here's the niche by my tub where they will both be placed.

This is my "when life hands you lemons make lemonade" apothecary jar, with the faux lemon bushes I bought from Michaels and then proceeded to take apart {the bushes were less expensive than individual or the bag of larger loose lemons they had}. I threw the leaves and everything in there.

And this is probably the smallest one I have. I bought a bag of Fall filler, put what I could fit in there and used the raffia that was tied around the bag opening on the lid. The few that didn't fit I just put around the base.

This picture gives you an idea of the size of it.

I'm linking this post up to Julia's last Hooked on Fridays feature over at Hooked on Houses. Thanks for hosting, Julia! I only started joining in the past few weeks, but I have enjoyed it!

Today is the last day of our Paintings in Progress Giveaway of Julie Beck's "Skeleton Keys"!