Broken glasses: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of glass fragments. Bring a new object to life using broken glass. Here are some brilliant ideas.
How many times has it happened that a glass has slipped into your hands, inexorably ending its life on the floor? What a pity if it was part of the service inherited from grandmother or mother. But with the creative recycling of broken glasses it is possible to create new functional (and above all very cheap) objects for your home.
Who would have thought that the new location of those shards of glass could it be equally valid? So, if you have glasses at home (but this also applies to ceramic cups and mugs), don’t throw them away: there are many original ways to recycle them at home and have a probable family memory with you forever.
It is clear that we must be careful when handling glass fragments and, if you have children, it is best not to let them near: wear gloves and, as always when it comes to recycling, a lot of creativity.
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Here are 10 original ideas for using pieces of glass.
Candle holder
Making gods candle holder with broken glass fragments is a fantastic idea to give the room a subdued brightness. Place the fragments in glass jars, place the colored bulbs well and you will have given a new function to a broken object.
Garden mosaic
Putting it together various fragments of broken and colored glasses you can to achieve a mosaic decorative for the garden and in an instant you will feel like you are in a holiday home, under a lemon grove. Or, starting from a wooden or cardboard base on which to glue the pieces, you could create some squares to hang on the walls, a decidedly effective look for the living area.
Vases or planters
As with mosaics, the garden can also be a good place for objects to be given a new luster. What do you think about this jar? Covered of small pieces of glass colorful has definitely acquired another verve; then if you have sandpaper, indulge yourself with the shapes you prefer, your garden will thank you.
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Dream catcher
The dream catcher they have something special about them, they are almost poetic. You can make your very own with shards of glass, so a sweet melody will resound with every breath of wind. Hang it on the terrace, in the garden or even in your room: it will keep bad thoughts and… dreams away. Obviously, remember to smooth the edges.
Tray
Thanks to the glass fragments you can really create works of art. What about this tray? Beautiful, to show off with your guests. Just cover an old tray with the pieces of glass and arrange them in a pleasing manner to the eye.
Bowl
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By bringing together the various glass fragments, you can make one bowl. A real design object to use as glove box or, why not, as a salad bowl. Help yourself, for the shape, with a bowl you already have, cover it with plastic wrap and glue the pieces together. Wait the necessary time for drying and remove the film and bowl. Your person, a work of art, will be ready to be placed in the environment that best suits you!
Frame
Another idea to use the broken glass of a glass is to cover the frame of a photo. There are two ways: either cover one frame you already have or create one from scratch with a thick cardboard base. The effect will be priceless, especially if it is a gift to give to your favorite person.
Coffee table to love
If you have a little mastery in working with glass, you can sand the glass fragments to your liking to decorate a outdoor table. Also use ceramic pieces, pebbles found at the sea, place them according to the logic that suits your tastes: the result will be a piece with a design that recalls the summer season, a coffee table to love.
Pendants and jewelry
Glass fragments (especially colored ones) can also be used to create pendants originals. Ready to make gods diy jewelry unique?
Christmas decorations
It is never too early to think about that magical time of Christmas! During the year you could keep all the pieces of broken glass aside, but also collect them on the beach, to create wonderful Christmas tree balls. It will be Christmas decorations most beautiful you have ever had, certainly one of a kind!
Say yes to glass recycling
As we have seen, the fragments of glass obtained from glasses (but why not also from bottles) can be truly graceful, captivating and elegant decorations that give a new light to objects in your home that are a little off. If you have ended up here, it means that you don’t like waste and you are a fan of creative recycling. With the ideas we have reported to you, we will not only help our planet by disposing of materials correctly by “recycling” but we will also carry out an action reuse and of revaluation of other objects that, modified, will be useful again to man.
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