This page gives some examples of how to use floats in decorating and landscaping.
If you have some unique and interesting ways you've decorated with glass floats, and would like to share your ideas, let me know. If you already have it on your computer, send it to me in an email.
Robin Fowler sent in this lamp made from a large glass float.
This photo is from my sister-in-law Janine's yard.
Even if the theme isn't the beach, glass floats add a lot of color and light to planters and on ground cover. Small floats work well in planters, while larger floats look good sitting on open landscaping amongst low growing plants.
Often where you find floats, you also find agates, fossils, or shells. Integrating these into landscaping adds interest.
When used with traditional Oriental yard decorations, glass floats can enhance upon this theme. Glass floats with nets give a robust appearance with a moderate amount of light while un-netted floats give a delicate almost fragile look with a significant play of light. As the angle of the sun, the seasons, and weather conditions change, the glass floats will take on slightly different appearances and colors. That is the beauty of these large glass spheres.
Glass floats add a nice touch to a pond or fountain. They will often migrate from one side to another as the wind changes adding variation, color, and the beauty of blown glass to a water feature.
If you have space above cabinets, armoires, or the like, it's a great place to place large floats.
Here's another example:
Glass floats are commonly displayed in a basket on a table, shelf, or on the floor:
In the living room placing a nice float like this one filled with water can look good:
Here's a shot from another angle:
