{"id":122,"date":"2026-09-19T16:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maisonjmhome.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T18:27:38","slug":"6-things-you-can-do-with-a-vintage-ashtray-if-you-dont-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maisonjmhome.com\/fr_CA\/6-things-you-can-do-with-a-vintage-ashtray-if-you-dont-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"6 choses \u00e0 faire avec un cendrier vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most overlooked vintage objects deserves another life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavy crystal, colored glass, sculptural shapes. Some ashtrays are simply too beautiful to leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who says they still have to be ashtrays?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are six ways to give them a new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Create a Ritual or Smudging Tray<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Palo Santo, sage and incense all need somewhere to live, and a beautiful vintage ashtray can make the whole little ritual feel more intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something I especially love about the contrast between natural wood, dried sage or incense and heavy crystal, colored glass or silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can sit on a coffee table, bathroom counter or wherever you usually take a quiet moment for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Create a Mini Perfume Display<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I will put miniature perfume bottles in almost anything beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vintage ashtray is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly, something practical becomes a little collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Fill It With Little Memories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not everything we keep needs to be hidden away in a box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polaroids, old postcards, photo booth strips, handwritten notes and ticket stubs. The little pieces of paper we collect over time can be some of the most personal things in our homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the idea of loosely gathering a few of them in a beautiful vintage ashtray on a coffee table or dresser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can change them as you collect new memories, leave a favorite photograph peeking out, or layer old postcards together so they become part of the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Make It a Jewelry Catch-All<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This might be one of the easiest ways to repurpose a vintage ashtray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place one beside your bed, on your dresser or next to the bathroom sink and use it for the jewelry you remove at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rings, earrings and delicate chains look especially beautiful against thick crystal or sculptural glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I love the contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something that feels heavy and substantial holding something tiny and delicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Give Your Candle Lighter a Home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you always have candles burning, you probably also have a lighter that never seems to have a proper place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of hiding it in a drawer, keep a beautiful lighter or a box of matches in a vintage ashtray beside your candles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes something completely ordinary feel intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I especially love this on a coffee table. A candle, a sculptural vintage ashtray and a beautiful lighter become their own little arrangement rather than a collection of random objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Use It as an Everyday Catch-All<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Keys. Coins. Hair clips. Lip balm. That random little thing you keep putting down and then losing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the best use for a beautiful object is simply giving all of your not-so-beautiful objects somewhere to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put a vintage ashtray near the entrance for your keys, on your desk for little odds and ends or on a coffee table for whatever tends to accumulate there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t need a complicated purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It just needs to be useful to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I see an old ashtray, I\u2019m rarely thinking about cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m looking at the weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way the light moves through the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it would look beautiful sitting on a table with absolutely nothing in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original purpose of a vintage object is part of its history, but it doesn\u2019t have to dictate its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the next time you find a beautiful old ashtray at an antique shop, flea market or estate sale, don\u2019t immediately think, I don\u2019t smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pick it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might be looking at a place for your Palo Santo, miniature perfumes, little memories, jewelry, candle lighter, or simply a beautiful object you didn\u2019t know your home needed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six fa\u00e7ons belles et pratiques de r\u00e9inventer un cendrier vintage, des rituels et parfums aux souvenirs, bijoux et essentiels du quotidien.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t