Man Uses An Angle Grinder To Turn Stones Into Artistic Flower Vases With A DIY

If you love to use artistic pieces in your home decor but most of what you find appealing is way out of your price range, it helps to see what clever ideas others have. It's even better if those ideas use things that you may be able to find around your yard to follow the natural home decor trend that's increasing in popularity. For a little inspiration, you may like to take a look at what TikTok creator @benuyeda has done with stunning smooth rocks, an angle grinder, and a hammer drill. He's turned them into the most beautiful single-stem vases that are then used as gorgeous decor pieces in his hotel to hold dried floral and seed stems from the garden.

While the DIY itself is fairly simple and straightforward, the biggest challenge you may have if you want to replicate this yourself is sourcing the river stones, which are a common type of rock used in landscaping. If you don't happen to have any of these large stones in your yard, you may be able to forage them along riverbanks near your home. You just have to make sure that you contact the local municipality office to make sure that it's legal for you to take a few pieces home. In general, according to the Bureau of Land Management, it is fine to collect a few rocks on public lands managed by the BLM for a noncommercial purpose. However, there are certain areas where this is prohibited, and you could face a fine, so it's best to check first. You may also be able to find a few suitable pieces if there's a quarry nearby or at a landscape supply yard that specializes in rocks, stones, and boulders.

Once you get started, you may be surprised to discover that each one of these will probably only take around 15 minutes to make. Before you do any work with your angle grinder, make sure you have good eye protection. You may benefit from a full face shield or just a pair of goggles and a dust mask or respirator that prevents you from breathing in the dust. A pair of work gloves would also be useful. Place your chosen stone on the workbench, and use whatever clamps you have on hand to hold it securely. Have the part that you want to flatten for the base facing upwards. Fit your angle grinder with a diamond blade, and grind the top of the stone until you end up with a smooth, flat base.

Turn the stone over so that it's standing on its newly created base. Take your hammer drill, and make a ¼-inch hole in the top of the stone that goes around 4 inches deep into the rock. Switch your drill bit for one that's ⅜ of an inch, and enlarge the hole that you've just made. Once that's done, your new vase is ready for you to display in your home. This works best with single dry stems of flowers or seed heads or any other interesting pieces of dry foliage you can find around the garden. Of course, if you're really ambitious, you could keep increasing the size of the hole to allow you to display a small bunch of dried flowers. You can even pair these beautiful pieces with stone or travertine bowls that you may be lucky enough to find for cheap at the thrift store.