You know how to make a seat from your old magazines, but there’s also that other niggly problem: what to do when a candle burns right to the end. A candle worth having in your home is often one that comes in a little jar that’s as nice to look at as the candle is to smell. Diptyque candles are one brand that you’ll find scattered throughout many a fashionable home; so here’s one little solution to putting those jars to continued use.

candle jar potplant

Use it as a potplant. It’s not as outside-the-box as the magazine seat, by any means, but it’s a reminder that if something’s too good to throw away, you should probably find a way to keep it.

candle jar recycling

This is just one idea for a candle jar of many: what do you use them for?

All photos and the clever orchid idea are from Luxirare, which you can visit to see some more visuals.

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Some people's wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic - Tania Braukamper isn't such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she's sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world's more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it's a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication's Editor.