It was fashionable in large homes to put big displays of flowers in nearly every public room. Nonetheless, most were arranged in huge silver or crystal bowls or urns, not modern size vases.

If only there were a way to create a gorgeous personalized flower vase on a whim based on the blooms ... there's an easier way to whip up an ornamental urn with minimal time or money.

Vases hold more than flowers and water ... including vases shaped like gourds, turnips and urns. The sleek, crystal Nek bottle vase comes in several colors, including deep cherry, and sizes ...

Michael Murtaugh/NYT Wirecutter The Tranquility arrangement from Costco in a Jamali Garden Vienna Glass Urn in ... damaged flowers. Opening the cardboard box revealed the glass vase and bouquet ...

46 x 68½ in. (116.8 x 174 cm.) ...

For a while, I found cool-looking pitchers from thrift stores to keep them in, but then I started becoming truly obsessed with flower vases. A vase can really transform even the smallest of spaces.