Displaying flowers around your home is one of the best ways to decorate your home for many reasons. Take your floral arrangement skills to the next level with these creative flower arrangement ideas!
I love having fresh flowers in our house. When anyone asks me what decorating tool I recommend for any space, the answer is always flower arrangement displays. They bring beauty and freshness to a room in a unique and timeless way!
Throughout the last four years, I’ve experimented with a LOT of floral displays. Of course, there’s always the option of putting flowers in a classic vase.
But why stop there when there are so many other fun vessels and flower arranging ideas to try?
Unique Flower Arrangement Ideas You’ll Love
The cool thing about arranging flowers is that you can arrange roses, tulips, or any other blooms you enjoy in many different containers that you probably already have.
You likely don’t even need to go to the store to buy anything to create a beautiful floral arrangement.
Whether you want to create a striking centerpiece or a fun arrangement for another room in your home, you’ll find inspiration in these simple but creative flower arrangement ideas!
With flower arrangements like these, who needs a professional florist?
1. Use Flower Pots
Sure, flower pots are actually made for planting flowers with dirt and such. But, there’s no reason you can’t put fresh cut (or faux) flowers in a flowerpot, too!
This white pot from Ikea is one of my favorites. Depending on the season, I use it for everything from flowers to pens, utensils, and more!
Note: Just make sure your pot doesn’t have a draining hole. Otherwise, it won’t act like a vase because your water will leak out all over the place.
You can learn how to create a display like the ones below with this DIY Floral Arrangement tutorial.
2. Paired Ginger Jars
In ancient times, people used ginger jars to display and transport ginger (the reason for the name) and other spices. Nowadays, they’re popular for many different uses and offer several different options.
I like them best when used in pairs to show off some beautiful flowers, like this mantle from Shabbyfufu shows.
I also love how flowers are laid across the mantle. Fresh blooms are so pretty, you can literally just about set them anywhere.
3. Mason Jars
Mason jars really can do it all! You can make jam in them, drink from them, make salads (and other food) in them, and hold flowers in them like a vase. They’re probably the most versatile item on this list.
If you want, you could also turn them into pretty DIY vases by decorating your mason jars before adding your bouquet.
4. Hanging Basket Flower Arrangement Ideas
Few things are as eye-catching as a hanging basket filled with pretty flowers when it comes to floral design. I love the texture and fun color that baskets bring to any arrangement!
My front door usually has one to welcome guests to our home with a lovely pop of color. I think it’s such a bright and easy way to say “hello!”
TIP: If you use a basket, make sure you have a container that will fit inside it so you can give your flowers water (or use dried flowers)!
5. Votive Candle Holders
So, technically these are meant to have candles in them. But I often trade out the candles in favor of small floral blooms and fresh greenery in votive candle holders like these.
As you can see in the photos below, I tend to start with a small, simple flower arrangement, and if the table seems to need more, I’ll create multiples.
I prefer doing this rather than one large arrangement for the dining table because it gives a more significant visual impression while also making it easier to see each other while you eat and talk.
6. Floating Flower Arrangements
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I tried to create a beautiful floating flower arrangement only to be disappointed because the blooms would sink into the water or sit on the water and look funny.
I resigned myself to sticking to using a vase for a while when I wanted to display flowers.
Well, I’m happy to say that after learning this easy trick to do with the stems from A Beautiful Mess, my frustration has been eliminated!
I now enjoy bouquet after bouquet of floating flower arrangements in glass bowls each spring and summer (usually in every room!).
7. Tea Cup Floral Arrangement Idea
When I want a chic arrangement option that stands out, teacups are my go-to for flower arrangement ideas!
Craftberry Bush shows the beautiful and elegant touch that a flower arrangement in a teacup adds to your décor.
Plus, you can use colorful pink, purple, green, and white teacups or keep it more simple with all white cups.
Either way, using teacups is an easy way to add sophistication to any room!
8. Serving Bowls
Using a jar or vase to display fresh flowers may be your go-to, but it’s fun to play around with different color and shape options to create a distinct look when you want to display a flower arrangement.
How about using a bowl?
Chances are you have a bowl (or 50) in your home. I’ve used all kinds of bowls to display small, round arrangements.
This set of footed bowls is probably my favorite, though. I have tried using them both separately and stacked them together. I find that using them stacked allows me to keep the stems on my flowers longer and play around with how I want to arrange them.
Check out a similar bowl here!
9. Hanging Chandelier Flower Arrangement
How lovely is this idea from The Sweetest Occasion? It was inspired by floating flower shops on Amsterdam’s canals.
You can create your own upside-down flower arrangement! Then hang it to display flowers or greenery over the dining table, your bed, in your entryway, or in any room where you want to add a fresh pop of color!
10. Vintage Jar Floral Arrangement Ideas
As a variation of the mason jar vase idea, I picked these old bottles up at a flea market for $2 each, and they have quickly become some of my favorite décor pieces.
Believe it or not, using an interestingly-shaped old jar or vintage bottle is a great way to dress up the table and different areas in your house!
You can often find them in different glass color options such as brown, pink, or blue, which adds its own pretty touch to your flower arrangement (and your décor!).
11. Tropical Pineapple Flower Arrangement
Have you ever thought of turning a hollowed-out pineapple into a flower vase? Well, The Fresh Mommy Blog did, and the result is incredible.
A pineapple shell is the perfect shape and size, holds water without leaking, and is visually interesting.
And if that’s all not enough, the bouquet stems will soak up the citric acid, which will keep the blooms fresh longer. Genius, right?
12. Lantern Flower Arrangement Ideas
Did you ever think of using a lantern to hold your flowers? Although they may technically be made for holding candles and such, there’s no reason why you can’t also use them to keep your flower arrangement!
This DIY vase will create a unique look when you use it to display beautiful bunches of flowers.
13. Tulips Inside A Tall Vase
Pretty DIY Home used a fun twist on a tall vase with this tulip arrangement! Instead of keeping the stems inside the vase and letting the flowers spill out of the top, she kept the entire floral arrangement of tulips inside the vase.
I love this idea!
14. DIY Wine Bottle Wall Vase
How creative! Make something totally unique by building wall-mounted vases using glass wine bottles.
It stays in place all the time, and you change out the flower arrangements with spring and summer blooms from your garden.
I love this simple design from Thyme For Cocktails, which brings together several cute and rustic elements for a fun DIY farmhouse-style look.
And they look like they were meant to hold cut roses or single rose stems!
15. Various Glass Jars and Bottles
Vintage bottles and wine bottles are definitely my favorites. However, if I encounter an unusually shaped bottle somewhere, I will probably toss it into my cart.
I enjoy making flower arrangements with a variety of glass vases and jars to create an interesting and balanced display.
Maison de Cinq has a great example of what I mean by arranging different types of jars and bottles together on the mantle!
16. Dried Flower Arrangement Ideas
Because I like fresh flowers so much, most of these ideas center around making DIY centerpieces and other DIYs to show off your fresh flowers.
However, flower arrangments can also include dried flowers!
The great thing about dried flowers is that you don’t have to constantly change them out when they die. They look great all the time!
Studio DIY shows how to dry your flowers so that you can use them in a variety of bouquet options and other displays.
17. Champagne Buckets
Did I save the best for last? Maybe…just maybe.
I used to think there wasn’t anything that could look better in a champagne bucket than champagne. But, after placing these beautiful purple spring blooms in here, I’m not certain that’s the case! 🙂
One Final Alternative Flower Arrangement Idea
I didn’t include this idea for holding flowers in the list since it involves using both pots and a larger container (or greenhouse).
However, if you’re working with succulents or small flowers, you could make a lovely floral arrangement inside of a mini greenhouse!
Check out my mini-greenhouse Ikea hack!
FAQs
When arranging flowers in the vessel of your choice, it’s important to keep a few quick things in mind.
First, I like to start with the tallest stems and then add the shorter ones. Then, I also try to balance out color and texture.
For example, I probably wouldn’t pair pink roses with pink tulips. However, I would pair pink roses with white baby’s breath.
The combination of the different colors and textures makes a beautiful arrangement.
Bouquet is the term used for arranging cut flowers together into a bunch that you either hold or put into vases.
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I’ve never seen the serving bowl idea – that is beautiful. Love to have some drapey looking greenery in that – make a really dramatic table statement.
I love all of these! I never thought to put an arrangement in a three tier dish like that!
How fun! This is such a great idea! 🙂
Great idea, I love the stacked up bowls, I would never have thought of that.
These are beautiful! I love having fresh flowers in my home and I have so many growing in my garden you’d think I’d have arranging them down, but I don’t. They tend to always look a little sad. These are all great ideas! THANKS for sharing 😀
That is just lovely, I noticed you didn’t explained new very popular technique with layered colored sand in glass vase. Those layered sand vases look fascinating. Thanks for new idea.