There’s never a bad time to decorate your home with flowers, but if there’s a particularly perfect moment, it’s summer. The most vibrant season of the year brings every excuse to fill your spaces with floral arrangements, and in 2025, a new trend is rising: creative alternative vases.
Forget the typical flower vase — it’s time to seek inspiration from two icons of style and sophistication: Meghan Markle and Martha Stewart.
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What connects Meghan and Martha is their elegant and original approach to displaying flowers in unexpected containers. Starting with Meghan Markle: the duchess recently shared a glimpse of her Montecito home, showing a rose arrangement placed in a cream ceramic urn. The object, traditionally reserved for larger compositions, was innovatively used as a decorative vase for delicate flowers — a sophisticated and unexpected touch.
Coincidentally, a few days later, celebrity style watchers highlighted a similar choice made by Martha Stewart, an icon of American decor. Martha is known for using footed compote bowls as a creative substitute for traditional flower vases. Although her videos date back decades, the aesthetic remains perfectly relevant — and now, more than ever, serves as inspiration for 2025 interior decor trends.
Even though Meghan and Martha’s vase alternatives gained attention in the same week, Martha’s approach has deep roots. She started using compotes with removable lids more than 30 years ago, turning everyday kitchenware into key elements of floral decor.
“This is a footed compote, ideal for candy or fruit, and you just remove the lid,” Martha explains in the video. “I have a pair of these and I love using them for table arrangements with fresh flowers. They stand out in the room and look beautiful.”
She also shares a valuable tip for anyone wanting to try the style without damaging their containers.
“Protect your containers with a bit of plastic. If it’s silver, frogs can scratch it, and if it’s glass, some rust might form at the bottom,” she warns. “I use this large spring-loaded frog, placed right on top of the plastic.”
With inspiration from two of the most influential women in aesthetics and good taste, one might wonder: will 2025 be the year of unconventional vases? With examples from Meghan Markle and Martha Stewart, perhaps this will be the summer when creative and elegant containers dominate floral compositions — and honestly, it’s hard to go back to the usual after this.
Source: Homes & Gardens
Images: Instagram @meghan | @martha_moments. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
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