There's nothing like a glass dome to elevate even the most prosaic objects. The minute you put anything under one, it attracts attention. To introduce a dash of color to my neutral living room, I packed a mix of vintage and new shatterproof Christmas balls in silver, fuchsia, red, and cobalt into a cloche. I repeated the shades with the pillows on the sofa to pick up the palette.

Tools and Materials

• Glass cloche
• Cushioned packaging material (optional)
• Plastic bin (optional)
• Round ornaments, hooks taken off

Ornament-Filled Cloche How-To

Balance cloche upside down between your knees. Or, create a nest of packaging material in bin to stabilize cloche, and place cloche upside down inside bin. Put balls in cloche one by one, varying the colors and sizes; use the smallest balls to fill in open spaces. Fill to the top. Place the base on the cloche, and carefully flip the whole thing over.

Glass dome with base (similar to shown), 10 inches by 20 inches, finehomedisplays.com. Shatter-resistant ornaments, by Martha Stewart Living, from homedepot.com. Glass ornaments, by Martha Stewart Collection, from macys.com.

For the Pillows: Duchess satin, in Purple, Cerise, and Red, wolfhome-ny.com. Plaid silk shantung, bandjfabrics.com.