How To Style A Cloche For Winter

Have you ever seen something fabulous in a magazine, a blog post, or on Pinterest and thought, "I wish I had that in my home" (like a beautiful glass cloche styled for winter) -- and then went on to convince yourself it was just too expensive? Yes, I've done that. But I've also done something else, something better. 

I keep a file of home decor ideas that I love, and I try to recreate them for a fraction of the cost. Today I'm sharing one example of how I did it, hoping to inspire you to do the same.

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I fell in love with this vignette as soon as I saw it, so I took a screen shot and printed it out. Yes, I keep a physical file of potential DIY home decor projects. This one was perfect because Christmas wasn't far off and I thought it would make a great Christmas decor display, as well as a lovely all-winter display after the Christmas holiday.

The advertisement was actually for the candle holders (antique hand-forged iron taper holder), yet that's not what caught my attention. It was the glass cloche filled with pine cones and fairy lights. I also loved the spiral taper candles.

Turns out I already had a glass cloche, some large sugar pine cones, fairy lights and spiral taper candles (links for similar products are provided at the end of this post for your convenience). So I got to work.

And voila! Christmas and winter magic! This view includes our gorgeous bird cage chandelier we installed during our dining room renovation.

I also like to put my own spin on these DIY copycat challenge projects. For example, while I didn't have an ornate riser to use as the cloche base, I did have a large basket tray with handles that I knew would add great texture to the vignette and ground the entire display.

I added spiral taper candles to either side of the vignette, placing them in vintage thrifted brass candlesticks wrapped in pink frayed velvet ribbon.

I placed the basket tray on a thrifted French side table under my gorgeous thrifted Windsor mirror and promptly fell in love. 

Boxwood wreaths are my favorite go-to's, all year long.

I tried stripping the yellow-ish paint and laminate top from this fabulous French farmhouse side table many years ago. However, it fought me every step of the way -- so I finally gave up and left it looking, well, quite rustic. And I actually love it this way.   

I laced a gold leaf garland through the lamb's ear garland for some holiday glam.

I was thrilled with how the glass cloche styled for winter turned out!

Winter Cloche Resource List

SPIRAL CANDLES

Beeswax Spiral Taper Candles Dripless

DEYBBY Natural Viral Twisted Beeswax Candles Dripless and Smokeless

CLOCHES

KM Wares Clear Glass Dome Display

PINE CONES

Rcanedny 30 Pieces Large Christmas Snow Pine Cones

WICKER TRAYS

Hipiwi Rattan Serving Tray With Handles

Hand Woven Rattan Rectangular Serving Tray

LAMBS EAR GARLAND

DuHouse 6 Foot Artificial Lambs Ear Garland

Well, that's it for today, friends! 

I hope you enjoyed reading about 

How To Style A Glass Cloche For Winter

 and that I've inspired you in some way. 

 

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