DECORATING WITH GINGER JARS: FABULOUS WAYS TO STYLE THEM!

I’m starting off today’s post with decorating with ginger jars on bookshelves, since this is one of my regular uses for my extensive collection.

I’ve been collecting ginger jars for about twenty years, all inspired by my childhood and my beautiful Mama’s love for blue and white.

She taught me everything I know about style and decorating. She will always be my biggest inspiration. From fashion to interiors to art – she just had that knowledge and flare like no one else.

My ginger jar collection is made up of unique finds from yard sales, vintage stores, one-off discounted pieces, HomeSense, Chinatown scores and gorgeous hand-made jars from Lo Home and Cailini Coastal.

My home office and living room both have builtin shelves that are quite dominate in each space, and they’re the perfect way to showcase my favorite jars.

Mixing up the accessories is key to decorating with ginger jars on on your shelves – use books, baskets, beautiful objects, frames, boxes – anything you truly love – to work into your display.

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Why not frame some ginger jar art? If you don’t have any ginger jars yet to decorate with (but trust me, you want some!), this is a great way to introduce them into your decor.

When you’re decorating with ginger jars, try and add some vibrant color to your bookshelves for a beautiful seasonal statement.

DECORATING WITH GINGER JARS USING SYMMETRY

A classic design element dating back centuries, symmetry is one of the most simple and eye-pleasing ways to decorate any space.

It gives visual balance and creates a sense of calm and order.

I always use symmetrical displays around our home, and I love to pair ginger jars with other pieces to do so.

Our kitchen’s open shelving (before our kitchen update – visit the update reveal post) often get’s a symmetrical display of ginger jars.

I love to use them with seasonal decor pieces along with my favorite kitchen decor pieces, like cake stands, trays, my white soup tureen and my Mama’s Royal Copenhagen blue and white platter.

You can use symmetry to decorate with ginger jars using platters, framed art (more ginger jars!), dishes and apothecary jars as well.

Anything your heart desires…I love to try different things to see what works.

Using symmetry and ginger jars is often a staple on our entryway console as well.

Use your ginger jars as a pair to flank a pretty arrangement, or use one in the center of your symmetrical vignette.

Try using a pair of ginger jars to flank your kitchen sink or stove, or style one large ginger jar on your stove and flank it with a beautiful floral arrangement on either side for a gorgeous look.

Whether styled on shelves, tables, flanking your sink or stove (another go-to for me), you can always set a classic scene decorating with ginger jars using a symmetrical display.

USING GINGER JARS TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECE

Indoors or out, using ginger jars as a centerpiece is always a showstopper, whether your jar plays the starring role, or a supporting role, I love to create a beautiful table setting with ginger jars.

Create a stunning look with colorful carnations in complimentary colors to a blue and white ginger jar, and style it with fresh fruit in the same color palette for something beautiful and unexpected!

In our dining room last fall, I created this beachy-chic tablescape using my oversized ginger jar with ivory-toned hydrangeas and peonies…so romantic!

Use ginger jars to flank a large lantern or a pretty, fresh-cut floral arrangement to welcome guests at your al fresco dining table.

Looking for outdoor inspiration? Head to our patio update or visit our new resort style pool post!

STYLING GINGER JARS ON A TRAY

Styling ginger jars on a tray never gets old, and it’s always one of my staples around our home.

I always love to corral my favorite home decor pieces together on a tray to tell a story.

A monochromatic vignette in blue and white using ginger jars, bowls, plates and other pretties certainly paints a beautiful picture here.

Read more on different ways to style a coffee table and get inspired!

I often use coral, decorative boxes, design books and pretty objects and curiosities that I love or that I’ve collected, to style alongside my ginger jars on our living room ottoman.

Below, I used a gorgeous green ginger jar for a bright, chic, summer look.

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ARRANGING GINGER JARS ON THE KITCHEN ISLAND

The kitchen island is the perfect blank canvas for a gorgeous display of beautiful things.

I typically style my ginger jars on ours, and the beauty is, you can create so many seasonal statements.

I love to use blue, white and gold for fall in our kitchen, it’s always a gorgeous and rich combination.

Always timeless, I love to style a ginger jar on our island in a grouping, with or without florals.

Looking for ideas for the different seasons? Read more on my fall kitchen post from a few years ago and my Red and Blue Christmas kitchen the year prior as well.

Create a vignette with multiple floral arrangements, pretty textiles and fruit, and arrange with varied ginger jars…notice all the ginger jars in the background from my spring kitchen a while back?

Create a simple, understated display with a large ginger jar and an elegant orchid, like I did in our spring kitchen. Ground them with beautiful marble trays for a chic and very elegant look.

I seriously can’t have enough. Give me all the ginger jars!

MAKE A CHIC STATEMENT WITH A LARGE GROUPING OF GINGER JARS

I think this is one of my absolute favorite ways decorating with ginger jars. Go bold and make a statement with a large grouping. Above is a throwback to how our home used to look when I started blogging!

Make your grouping monochromatic, add in color, or pair your ginger jars with other beautiful vases, vessels and objects…the sky’s the limit!

Do you wonder how to decorate with a large ginger jar? Do you love to mix patterns like I do?

A large grouping is the answer.

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Wondering how to decorate with a large ginger jar? Use your largest ginger jar somewhere in the center of your grouping, then stagger smaller jars and/or vases in varied heights and widths around it. The key here is achieving varying heights with your display. So simple and SO chic!

You’ll love how I styled my ginger jars in last year’s fall living room, and the fall beforehand also.

Using all neutral ginger jars and objects, they created a beautiful backdrop for our chic fall pillows.

Take it up a notch and throw in a pop of color! I added a bright blue ginger jar below to play up the blues here throughout our summer living room.

Our entryway has had many looks over the years, and I’ve styled a lot of ginger jars in this space!

Last summer’s entryway, I used more of a ‘split grouping’ – a small pairing, or vignette of ginger jars on one side of our console table, balanced with other jars on the other side.

Here are a couple more examples of ‘split groupings’ in our entryway.

You can read about three ways to style a console table to see more of the look above using objects and art, as well as in one console table, four looks, which is an oldie but such a goodie!

DECORATING WITH GINGER JARS USING FLORALS + STEMS

One guaranteed very chic way to decorate with ginger jars, is to create a beautiful floral display inside them.

I love to go for drama, with an oversized, statement-making display, like you see in the image above from our summer living room.

This simple yet elegant arrangement in our fall entryway stole my heart with it’s rich, warm colors. Also, notice the grouping on the bottom shelf as I was talking about earlier…such a gorgeous use of ginger jars.

Here’s another gorgeous and luxe statement-making arrangement in our fall living room – inspired by my favorite designer, Ralph Lauren.

Whether you use real or faux florals, either way you’ll get a very chic look in your home.

In our summer entryway, I went bold again with another large faux floral arrangement, to create a stunning and welcoming statement, grouped with smaller jars filled with faux light blue hydrangeas.

So pretty and so chic.

Above, I used a vibrant and inexpensive bouquet from the grocery store, to layer into our fall bedroom a few years back.

Cheap and chic, this really amped up the look!

Faux hydrangeas in a gorgeous saturated blue, stole the show in our home in our spring entryway and spring bedroom once upon a time.

MORE CHIC GINGER JAR DECORATING IDEAS

In the shot above, I created a casual, collected look on our living room ottoman, with stacks of books, beautiful objects and a large ginger jar.

If you love that curated look in your home, this is a great way to display your ginger jars.

Want to bring your decorating up a notch?

Style your laundry room with some favorite ginger jars the way I have above, in our laundry room makeover.

Lastly, ginger jar lamps are always a chic addition to any room, I’ve used them in a few different ways around our home – above in our spring entryway and below in my home office.

Here are a few other blogs you can visit that have fantastic inspiration on decorating with ginger jars: Home Edit | Randi Garrett Design | Flourishmentary | Casa Watkins Living

From classic blue and white chinoiserie ginger jars, to chic and modern solid or color block designs, or a beautiful ginger jar lamp, decorating with ginger jars in your home is a guaranteed way to bring unique style and your own personal touch to your home. There are so many styles of ginger jars, and so many ways to decorate with them…just be warned, if you haven’t started your collection yet, once you do, you can’t stop! xo

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