A tall vase is an essential and versatile home decor item to achieve several different beach style looks 

You can never have too many glass vases in beach style decorating.  

Glass vases are a "must" have when creating a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.  An essential ingredient for either using for 

Displaying fresh flowers (like my favourite White Oriental Lillies)

Showing off fresh palm fronds and tropical leaves from the garden

The basis of many a shell collection... group shells in vases by type or colour in different sized glass vases

Use as a hurricane lantern by filling the base with either sand, river stones or compact sea shells like our bubble shells or baby shells.  

We would use either a plain white pillar candle that is appropriate size for the vase or tealight candles.  Make sure the candle you choose is not touching the glass.  

There should be at least an inch diameter around the candle and the glass so it won't overheat. 

I will place my vases in numerous places...

Bathroom bench

Desk

Kitchen Bench

Outside on table tops (a tall vase is wonderful if you have a windy spot and the candle keeps blowing out!) Looks great to put a collection of different vases around your table and then scatter a bunch of large and small shells around your outdoor centrepiece.

 If its very windy, bring them inside when not in use and they will look fabulous on your coffee table or side tables! Shells looks absolutely stunning when they are glowing in candlelight.

If your having a beach wedding or special event, why not consider a fabulous vase centrepiece for each table, the head table or gift tables?

You could do all kinds of displays around your vases from fresh flowers to tropical leaves, shell mounds, driftwood and more!