Colorful pebbles and shells collected by yourself during long walks on the beach are one of the most beautiful souvenirs you can bring back from a seaside holiday! They can be easily used to create eye-pleasing decorations that will adorn your home, as well as your terrace or garden! How to create beautiful shell decorations for your home using seaside treasures and glass vessels?
A Memory of Summer
Just a short walk on the beach is enough to collect many beautiful, small, and slightly larger marine treasures. Shells, which are the remnants of mollusks, are distinguished by their pleasant, subdued colors and elegant forms. The common cockle is particularly distinctive in the Baltic Sea, but you can also find the Baltic macoma or the sand gaper. They enchant with their colors and regular shapes.
Seaside treasures can often be bought in florists or online in many shades and sizes. It's also worth stocking up on white or yellow sand and very fine pebbles, which can easily be found in garden and pet stores. By combining them in crystalline, glass vessels, you can create wonderful shell decorations for your home and garden. All those presented below have in common that the entire process can be reversed very simply, recovering both marine treasures and elegant vessels.
Decorations for the Living Room and Bathroom
To create charming DIY shell decorations, you will need a glass vessel with a unique shape. KROSNO offers several such options. You might choose, for example, the ROMANCE glass bowl decorated with twisted optics or the geometric, SIGNUM style one. Then, pour a few-centimeter layer of sand into the chosen vessel, a narrow layer of small pebbles, and scatter shells on top. You can also place a candle inside, which will give the whole thing a unique character in the evening.
An interesting effect can also be achieved when children co-create shell decorations for the bathroom or room. Slightly larger white and beige marine treasures can be painted with markers or paints. For the decoration to be elegant, just stick to one dominant color, e.g., navy blue, or two or three colors that complement each other beautifully. Once the paintings are dry, they can be tightly arranged in the ILLUSION bowl with a lid and placed in the desired spot.
Table Decorations
A shell decoration for the table should not take up much space, so it is worth opting for a vessel that is tall and narrow. A shapely decanter or a vase with a wide opening will work perfectly here. Besides shells, battery-powered LED fairy lights on a wire will also be useful. Gradually, as you put the seaside treasures into the vessel, you should also insert the lights and wrap them around the sides. This type of lantern will work perfectly not only as a table decoration in the apartment but also on the terrace.
When preparing a themed party or focusing on food and drink characteristic of one type of cuisine, especially Mediterranean or Balkan, it is also worth opting for elegant DIY shell decorations. They will quickly introduce guests to the atmosphere of holiday relaxation. All you need for this is a HARMONY wine glass or any red wine glass with a tall stem. Filled with yellow sand with shells embedded in it, they will resemble micro-beaches. The larger the surface, the more additions you can choose, e.g., a cocktail umbrella stuck in the sand, a small green leaf imitating a shading tree, etc. You can also make some blue or green jelly in the vessel beforehand, so that it sets "diagonally" – just lean the glass edge against another vessel while it is setting. The empty space is then filled with sand, on which shells are placed. In this way, you can create a truly creative decoration for a themed party!
On the Terrace and in the Garden
Sea shell decorations will also work fantastically in the garden and on the balcony or terrace, regardless of the season. When the evenings are still warm, you can, for example, use a divided bowl, pouring shells into one compartment, pebbles into another, and sea-smoothed fragments of colorful glass into another. A tealight can be placed on top of each. If there are not enough beach treasures, simply arrange them at the bottom and pour water over them, placing floating candles on the surface.
A shell decoration on a balcony or terrace table can also be very impressive. A glass fruit platter, for example, can be useful for its creation. By placing a few very large, exotic specimens in it, such as conches, you can obtain an exquisite and admirable decoration. Additionally, each element – when held to the ear – transports you to a seaside beach in a few seconds!