UNEXPECTED HOME DECOR IDEAS || OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DECOR || 2025

hi guys and welcome back to my channel if you are new welcome my name is Hannah and on this channel we talk all things home decor home Aesthetics mixing high and low with new and old and in today's video we are discussing some unexpected items to decorate for home decor so if this is something you are interested in watching just keep on watching all right if you are just clicking on this video Welcome in today's video I'm going to show you guys how I decorate with some unexpected items how I've taken items that maybe people would Overlook when in vintage or antique shops and how I Incorporated them in my home and how I style with them it's almost become this like really just obsessive game of mine of finding cool things when out shopping and trying to look at things through a different lens and how I can incorporate items that maybe aren't for their intended purpose in different ways I always push you guys to think outside that box when it comes to decorating your spaces because I feel like as we know things get very redundant here on social media platforms if you can tweak your way of thinking and try to think outside the box by taking maybe an item that is being used for one thing and incorporating it in your home in a different it's going to bring such a unique and very one-of-a-kind original element to your space so again in today's video I have a few items that I'm going to Showcase how I Incorporated them in my home and hopefully give you guys some inspiration again on looking through home decor through a different lens but without further Ado guys let's get into today's all right so the very first item is an ashtray now I'm not talking about the ashtrays that you guys see at like a restaurant or a bar there are some really cool ashtrays to be found on Etsy and really cool vintage and antique shops now the two ashtrays that I'm going to Showcase within my B- rolls today one of them is a checkerboard print and then the second one is a raw Onyx ashtray that I found on Etsy now I forgot to State this in my intro but I will do my best to link similar items Down Below in the description box a lot of these items are vintage they're all oneof a kind but I will do my best to link similar options if not very close down below in the description box but I use ashtrays for grounding my candles I love bringing together candle moments I love bringing together a story when it comes to showcasing my candles and the asay is just the perfect size for your candle I just kind of decided to bite the bowl one time the checkerboard print which if you are new to my channel I just really love checkerboard I figured bringing that to my home was a really cool way to just pop that little bit of pattern in and then I placed a candle on it and to my surprise it fit perfectly so think outside the box when looking at ashtrays I know they represent smoking and whatnot but there are some really cool ashtrays out there and if you don't want to use it for maybe a candle like I'm using it you can also use it as a little trinket dish this could be the perfect little size dish to put on the side of your nightstand to drop your rings and jewelry in and so just because it's labeled ashtray doesn't mean we have to use it for that intended purpose again think outside that box and see if you can utilize an ashtray in a different way all right the second item I have in my home is a cigar mold now I recently purchased these when I went on vacation in Franklin Tennessee with my family during the holidays and while I was there they had a really amazing antique store in town and when I was shopping I came across these cigar molds so what they are are two pieces of wood that connect together but when you unconnect them you can see exactly where the cigars would go in order to be molded and I just thought it was so cool so unique so you're getting two pieces and I have them just styled on my coffee table as a Decor element now I also have styled them just being on top of coffee table books or if you really want to step outside that box you could get multiple cigar molds and create some sort of like mural on your wall utilizing it as almost as if it's an art piece so I definitely think when you are shopping in antique stores or vintage shops to kind of keep an open mind when you come across items and how you can incorporate them in your home to have a really cool and unique look now if you have Cigar molds too I've also used them as a way for my kids to place their drinks on so it's almost like a big coaster there are just Endless Possibilities but I thought this was such a cool way to add not only the warmth Through the Wood color but it also brought a lot of texture to my space so the second item that I've Incorporated that is unexpected is a vintage cigar mold all right the next item is very similar in look to the cigar mold but that is my vintage washboards I picked these up a few years ago at the great junk hunt here in San Diego and I have become honestly obsessed obsessed with vintage washboards they add so much texture so much warmth they're just so interesting and I recently was kind of messing around with my Decor utilizing my washboard and decided to put it in my picture stand I wasn't quite sure if it was going to fit or if it was actually going to stay put but it did and I just absolutely love the way this looks it's bringing texture it's bringing your eyes up so it's doing a more vertical versus a horizontal if you were to use a picture and I just am so excited how this turned out now another way I've utilized these in my home is just placing them on my coffee table and you could do candles on them you could do a match close you could almost have it be a way to ground a space very similar to The Cigar molds but I think vintage washboards are something that people Overlook another way we can utilize them is layering them with cutting boards or one thing I do want to do with these I have to get a few more but I want to make some sort of artwork piece with them so stay tuned for that if I decide to you know pull the plug on that so having some creativity with those because they're very very cool and very unique so the next item is a vintage washboard all right the next item is Stone bowls now I have recently gotten really into stone just Raw Stone in general obviously if you have been with me for a while I love marble I love my Onyx but Stone like Raw Stone has become something that I've been almost obsessed with I recently got some new stone bowls I have one that is in my office that I use as a bowl to house you know my glasses for my computer my my pens my markers things for my office and then I also have one down here that I have to house all of my remotes so although I don't have like having my remotes on showcase it's also about being functional here in my home as well we do have two kids we watch television every single night so having that be a little just drop bowl for housing my remotes but also keeping it very functional and obviously aesthetic is also important to me so utilizing it for that I have stone bowls in my bathroom to house bath salts for my bathtub Stone bowls are so Universal they add texture they add different warmth Stone bowls can come in Grays Browns obviously your Earth your tones and they just bring some sort of new element to a space and another thing that I really love about these Stone bowls they're all different within this video you guys will notice these items are all going to vary there's not going to be one that is going to be the same from another and that's something that I really really love about finding unique pieces is that no one will be the same and so with stone bowls they're all cut differently they all have different color variations throughout them which makes them that much more special so next time you see a stone Bowl there's so many ways we can incorporate them within our home just even on top of a coffee table book as a Decor element as well so don't overlook your stone Robble So speaking of stone the next item that has become a quick Obsession of mine are Stone mortars now similar to the Bowl the stone mortar is going to be a little bit more of a bowl whereas the stone bowls are more of a dish so they're lower in Prof file they can't hold as much but the mortars are really cool because they have that deep pocket so you can utilize them as a fruit bowl you can utilize them as a way to house a candle you guys will notice in my B- rules I showcase them two different ways I have the white marble Stone mortars that those are from Europe they are very cool very interesting they're all handcarved and they have these little notches on the exterior which makes them so cool and so unique I have those currently next to my stove with some fruit as well as cloves I did get a question on why I had cloves in those I do simmer pots all the time here in my home and I just love incorporating cloves for that natural fragrance now the other Stone mortars those are just plain those are almost like a granite they're usually come at a gray earthier tone color I love these for housing candles I did this last year for the first time just again kind of messing with things and and thinking how I can utilize just a stone Bowl in a different way and I am putting candle pillars in there and they just have been such a hit here in my home I've seen a lot of people replicate this look and it's such a cool way to just house a candle now if you don't want to use it for a candle you can use it as a way to have some little bit of crystals in there or you can do the sand candles I don't know if you guys have seen those where you pour the sand wax into a vessel of your choice and then put the wick use it as a burning candle I've also seen people use the stone mors as a candle itself so maybe taking a cheap candle from TJ Maxx or HomeGoods and then pouring that candle within that that mortar and creating your own candle I think Jenna did that on her YouTube channel I'm not quite sure but there are so many ways to incorporate Stone elements including mortars in your home but those are just a few items that I have Incorporated them in M all right the next item is a spice holder now I found spice holders in my trip to Arizona last summer at one of my favorite places called The Potato Barn if you are in the Arizona area Phoenix area there is store called The Potato Barn is one of my favorite places they had a whole bin of these spice racks that have a really cool almost diamond shape and they're all handcarved now they're used for spice so one compartment is for salt and one compartment is for pepper but I decided to use mine personally as a way to hold my matches so again I love creating candle moments so I have my candle my Wick trimmers and then I've used that spice holder as a way to hold my matches and you can put a striker on the bottom so it's obviously functional as well now if you don't want to use them as a you know match holder I've also done it where I use it as a candle holder so I have another spice holder that I've used to put a little candle in there I've also done like palosanto and Sage sticks in there just as a way to bring this like natural element and another layer to say a Decor you know Decor element or Decor vignette on your coffee table I think the more interesting elements we can add to a space the better and these types of items I get questions on all the time because they just aren't used to being seen they're not used to being showcased the way that I like to Showcase them and so again thinking outside that box and how we can take something that is labeled something like a spice holder and how we can incorporate it in our home in a different light so that is the next all right this next item I am obsessed with as well I'm sure you guys are so over when influencers or content creators say like oh I'm totally obsessed with this item but if you have been with me for while you know just how much my love for these next items go I came across a vintage fabric stamp while I was antiquing in Valley Center a few years ago I then came across a huge container of them at the great junk hunt here in San Diego a few years back and I stocked up on a bunch of them these are just so cool for decorating I love them as a way to have them on my coffee table books I have a few of them in different shapes and different sizes to create a really cool like coffee table book topper now I've also in the recent weeks have gotten super creative on how I show them I've not only showcased them just on coffee table books but I recently started putting them in a bowl Al together and then my most recent way of styling these fabric stamps I recently put felt on the bottom of a few of them that were really really flat and I made them into a coaster I actually showcased this on my Instagram where I just made one of my fabric stamps into a coaster to place a drink on it is such a cool look it is so simple so easy there are a variety of different sellers on Etsy that sell them and one thing again that's super cool about these fabric stamps they're all different and I just love the way they look they're so unique in their own way and again so you can use them as a bll filler you can use them as a coaster you can use them as a coffee book topper and then you can also showcase them as a way of art I've also had them in my picture stands before just showcasing my larger ones and they make for really cool elements so that is the next all right and this last item is an item that I have showcased in my home for many years if you have been with me since my mom with muscle days geod crystals quartz crystals that I have just enjoyed a lot in my home and I think they bring not only this natural beauty to them they come in all different shapes size colors and there's so many ways to incorporate them within your home so you guys will see in my B- rules I have a few of my really large shode crystals and quartz crystals showcased on the sideboard in my office I have one on my media console I've also done big selenate Wands on coffee table books I've showed case little geod Crystal like shards of geod crystals in a jewelry box and then my most recent find I came across a selenite slab so it's just a really thin layer of selite at HomeGoods and I decided let's use it as a way to house my candles or my match clo for just another layer to those type of elements and it brings such a cool unique look I get questioned all the time on where I find stuff like this and it just makes your space stand out a little bit more it brings something different and unique the whole point of this video is to really look through a different lens when it comes to decorating your home how you can think outside that box and take an item that is meant for one thing and maybe utilizing it in your home in a different way and I'm telling you when you do that you start kind of pushing the boundaries on what you can do and how you can decorate with different items really makes for a really cool and unique one-of-a-kind look and that is exactly what I want you guys to strive for this year is to not go to Big Box brand stores and buy everything that everybody else is buying but to try to think outside the box shop small shop vintage shop Goodwills there are so many really cool elements that we can incorporate in our homes and just utilize them in different ways than their intended purpose so I hopefully you guys enjoyed today's video and got some ideas on how I have done that within my home but until the next video I love you guys so much thank you for being here and we'll see you guys soon peace [Music]