24 Ways to Upcycle Bottles into Decorations with a Coastal Beach Vibe | DIY Glass Bottle Crafts

23 Ways to transform ordinary glass bottles into pretty beach bottles.

How to Recycle Bottles for Coastal Beach Decor
These pretty decorative bottle crafts show that recycling or upcycling glass bottles is a sea-worthy undertaking. All kinds of bottles are used for these bottle crafts, from antique vintage bottles to ordinary wine bottles, to interesting liquor bottles. You can upcycle any pretty bottle into a coastal beach accent! The most popular beach bottle crafts and upcycling ideas seem to involve wine bottles and vintage bottles. 

So here are 23 ways how to use wine bottles, vintage bottles, and other interesting bottles as home decorations with a coastal beach vibe.


Bottle Decor Idea with Blue Organic Ocean Vodka Bottle
Liquor bottles can be adorable, like this Organic Ocean Vodka (Target) that comes in a tilted round blue glass bottle that says ocean on it. Now that is a pretty decorative beachy glass bottle! 



Reuse Upcycle Wine for beach house decor

To create a perfectly beachy bottle, be it a wine bottle or any other kind of bottle, fill bottom of your glass bottle with some beach sand, then add small shells. Fill the bottle 1/3 or 2/3 or all the way to the top to create a balanced and attractive display. Top off the Bottle with a Shell, or a cork (or both). For a Beach Keepsake bottle, add a tag with the beach location and the date. Add any additional decorations to your bottle as you please, such as netting, rope wrap, or a shell tie.


Fill Decorative Bottles with Beach Sand and display the bottles in a grouping on a floating shelf, for example, as seen at Bellini


Recycling old Bottles for Coastal Decor
Make Old Bottles Look Glamorous by creating a display with a lot of bling. These recycled old bottles are Filled with Sand, little shells, and Photos.

Frosted Bottles, Medicine Bottles, Whiskey Bottles & More





You could make something like this with florals from the craft store that resemble sea fans, similar to these DIY Faux Coral Species -you wont't believe that they are not real!    


Net Jute Bottles DIY
Bottles with Rope Net by Cameo Cottage Designs. Beautifully netted bottles enhanced with some bling.


vintage beach bottles
DIY Vintage Beach Bottles by Sharlotte's Reflections. Bondo, a two part mixture that repairs the body of a car, was used to hold the shells. Apparently that stuff dries fast and solid like a rock. You can hold the shells in place for the drying time.



Recycled blue Bottle with Starfish
A Blue Sapphire Gin bottle recycled into a cute beachy bottle topped with a Starfish. Via Pinterest.



DIY seaglass bottles
Painting Old Clear Bottles in seaglass colors.


Spray Paint Sea Glass Wine Bottle
Easier even. Spray Paint Bottles with Krylon Sea Glass, available in blue, green and white. What a gorgeous Oceanic Vase this bottle makes. Original source unknown.


ways to upcycle wine bottles with paint
Wine bottles upcyled with spray paint, twine and burlap ribbon by TBM.


Message in a Bottle Decor Idea
And should you be so lucky to have a huge seaglass collection, fill a clear glass bottle with it! Via Pinterest.  Original source unknown.


message in a bottle table centerpiece
Create your own message in a bottle. In this case multiple clear bottles with messages inside were used as Table Decor. Via 100 Layered Cake.


Decorative Wine bottle Decor Idea
Next time you go wine shopping, look for a few decorative bottles. Then, after you enjoyed the wine, use the bottles to create a beachy vignette. To learn more, head over to the Songbird Blog.


Coastal Bottle Decor Idea with Mosaic
Transform a wine bottle into an art piece with a coastal mosaic by Running With Sisters. This bottle decor idea comes with a video tutorial. 


Decoupage Old Bottle
Decoupage an Old Bottle with paper napkins that have a coastal motif on them.


Paint Champagne Bottle
The decoupage paper napkins method can result in a fabulous painted bottle look as it does for this champagne bottle! Makes a great gift! Find the tutorial at The Sea Loft.

 
Beach Bottle Table Centerpiece
A bright beachy approach for a Bottle Table Centerpiece, using resin starfish and shells as bottle toppers.


shell bottle
My Painted Mini Wine Bottles, one topped with a scallop shell, the other with a large piece of seaglass.


Coastal Beach Wine Bottle Candle Holder

A hand painted wine bottle is upcycled into a candle holder by Margits Fine Art on Etsy USA.


Decorative Wine Bottles with String Lights and Shell Toppers
Decorative wine bottles with string lights inside, topped with seashells. I used one single string and just pushed parts of it into each bottle. Each shell is lit up too.


Decorative Coastal Wine Bottles
Decorative wine bottle idea from Home Depot. These decorative coastal bottles are lit with battery operated lights. They fit well into bottles since they are tiny.


Christmas Light Bottle
And a creative Seaglass Wine Bottle with Lights. Another great idea is to take a wine bottle with a pretty label such as the Seaglass wine and turn it into coastal decor. The bottles is filled with Seaglass, plus lights.


Bottle Lamp Idea
Turning a Bottle into a Lamp is pretty easy, using a lamp kit. Fill the bottles with beach sand, seaglass or tiny shells, perhaps rope or anything else you can think of.



Turn Wine Bottle into Tiki Torch Oil Lamp
Or turn up the heat and convert your Wine Bottles into Tiki Torch Oil Lamps.


Incorporating pretty bottles with a coastal beach theme into your decor is an easy and affordable way to bring the beauty of the beach into your home. Whether used as centerpieces, keepsakes, or shelf displays, these little touches can instantly transform any space with coastal charm.

And to sum it all up.

How to Use Glass Bottles as Coastal Home Decorations:

Fill bottles with beach sand and/or shells topped off with a cork, shell, or both.
Make beach sand bottle keepsakes.
Glam up beachy glass bottles with beads and jewels.
Insert beach photos into bottles.
Create rope/twine netting around bottles.
Spray paint glass bottles with seaglass spray paint.
Create a message in a bottle.
Fill glass bottle with sea glass pieces.
Craft coastal mosaic bottles.
Decoupage bottles with a coastal design.
Paint glass bottles with a coastal theme.
Use beachy bottles as candle holders. 
Push string lights into bottles and top with shells.
Transform beach bottles into lamps with lampshade kit.
Turn beach bottles into torch lights.
 
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