Finding new uses for stuff you don’t use - Pt. 2

Here’s a fun, whimsical idea along the same lines of yesterday’s post. Now please don’t do this to your grandmother’s beautiful heirloom china, but how many of us have hit up the garage and estate sales and purchased those retro 50s and 60s tea cups. I HAVE, and I still drink tea and coffee out of my big Crate & Barrel mugs. Saw these today on Apartment Therapy and wanted to share it because I just thought they were so darn cute!

I am more of a clean and contemporary decor style person, but I don’t like my place to feel cold or austere. I like to throw in ethnic and natural elements to soften a modern look. I could see these used in a modern kitchen as pendant lights over an island or bar to throw a little personality into the design yet they are simple enough to blend well with modern design.

Tea light pendants created by domestic-construction.com.