2013 Trend #5: The Glass Cloche

"When it doubt, put a cloche on it!"
With what I am seeing out there you can use that motto whenever you are unsure or want to accent something in your home. The cloche is popular because of it's amazing ability to put something that would normally be out of context into one. Just like it's original "functional" purpose, you can put just about anything inside and shield it from it's surroundings. Put anything from a creepy doll head to a stapler inside a cloche and voilà! It works with your decor!

Many versions of the cloche are available and I've never see them more popular than then are right now. Particularly, with the emergence of another trend (next post) that is a natural for the cloche. In fact, this surge in cloche use may be a direct result of that but still, the cloche deserves respect on it's own.

HGTV Magazine

A recent HGTV Magazine issue showed a clear glass jar with cute little note cards inside. In addition to being a fun holiday activity it also demonstrates the influence the cloche is having in other ways. Clear glass containers, terrariums and cloches are all part of the same family doing essentially the same thing in different ways. Taking objects or items and giving them some visual context. If you wanted to utilize this in a more home & hearth type decor you could do clear glass mason jars filled with something interesting for instance.

Go ahead and experiment with this in your home and in your art work. Play with the elements of it too like the clear glass. So many of these things are interconnected it's very easy to make your own interpretation and still be on trend.

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