Use A Dollar Tree Kitchen Essential To Brighten Up Any Room In Your House

Keeping fresh flowers in your home year round has been proven to lower anxiety and depression and is also an easy way to brighten up a space. All of these benefits are reason enough to keep colorful blooms in as many rooms as you can! While purchasing bouquets and floral arrangements can be fun, finding enough vessels to keep them displayed can sometimes feel like a challenge, especially if you don't have a large collection of vases around the house. Dollar Tree seems to have an answer for almost any home-related need, and once again the budget-friendly shop has come through with a solution for keeping your freshly-cut florals on show. This space-saving hack will also keep your surfaces from being dominated by large containers that take up valuable space. All you need are a few salt and pepper shakers from your local Dollar Tree, and you have a variety of bud vases to pop your favorite florals into.

You read it correctly: turning spice or salt and pepper shakers into flower displays will save you money and space anywhere you like to keep your bouquets. To begin filling your home with happiness-inducing bundles, head over to Dollar Tree and pick up either their Mini Glass Shaker Jars with Handles or their Salt and Pepper Clear Glass Shakers. It might be worth purchasing several sets so you can have a small vase whenever you need it. You can even grab a few extra shakers and use them for plant propagation.

The Dollar Tree salt and pepper shakers measure around 3 inches in height and width, with some variation between the different styles. This means that smaller blooms might be the best thing to display inside them, as they will ensure the vessels don't topple over. Find flowers that measure no more than 2 inches for the majority of your picks, like ranunculus or small garden roses. If you're shopping at a grocery store or similar shop, the selection should range from spray roses to daisies and carnations and even tulips, depending on the season. 

These will all work within your Dollar Tree shakers, but some may require trimming to fit nicely. To keep your cut flowers fresh longer, it's ideal to trim the stems at an angle. Most blooms can last between 7 and 10 days, and because you're splitting up your bouquets to fit into multiple jars, you will be saving money weekly on floral arrangements. Without the need for multiple full bouquets, you will find your allotted funds go a lot further. You could also decide to use faux flowers, which you could purchase from the Dollar Tree, if you don't want to have to replace your florals often. To make your arrangements, simply remove the lids from the salt and pepper shakers and place the stems inside. 

You can upgrade these shakers if you want to by investing in paint or decoupage to decorate the outside for a simple upcycle. If you want to paint your shakers, use paint like DecoArt Glass Paint, available on Amazon for about $20, which sticks to glass and will create a solid finish that looks professional. To create a distressed or rustic appearance, try using some sandpaper to lightly sand off some of the paint as well.

If you prefer to use prints or patterns on your shakers, you can also purchase scrapbook pages with your preferred themes and some Mod Podge. Rip or cut the paper into strips or squares that will fit on the shakers exterior, then apply the Mod Podge to keep it in place. Because you're working with such a small area, it might help to apply the paper in sections and see what you need as you go. Tie off the neck of the shaker with burlap, rope, or ribbon to disguise the edges of paper that might be too awkward to cover the ridges where the lid usually screws onto. Finally, if you want to create a larger display with these small containers, try putting multiple next to one another in the center of a table or countertop, perhaps on a rectangular tray.