From functional to fashion: How vases became big business and must-have decor in homes

Collection of vases at soapstone Interiors.

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For years, flower vases were the kind of thing you only saw in glossy magazines or in the living rooms of Kenya’s wealthy elite, placed on marble tables in hallways or on dinner tables.

But of late, vases are almost in all modern homes, and a number of interior décor entrepreneurs are cashing in on the rising demand. Kenyans are buying from vintage vases sold in antique stores, to those made locally or imported and sold online.

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