The USVI doesn’t recycle because it is cost prohibitive, so most garbage goes into our landfill.  We’re passionate about doing our part to reduce waste and keep our island clean.

We are so lucky to work with equally passionate St Croix restaurants and bars who share our passion and commitment to build a better community.

With two rum factories on the island and being a prime vacation spot, St Croix produces a lot of discarded bottles!

We travel the island and collect bottles from our partner establishments on a weekly basis (sometimes more!) and hand-craft them into functional glasses, giving them a new life.

Here’s a glimpse into our process:

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Living on an island with two rum factories (Cruzan Rum and Captain Morgan) our focus is on using reclaimed rum bottles to create beautiful, upcycled drinking glasses.  We also create glasses from Grey Goose, Absolut, Skyy, and other assorted liquor bottles.

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We will experiment with wine and beer bottles in the near future, so come back and visit often to see how we have expanded our inventory.  And when you’re finished browsing our site, plan a trip to St. Croix so you can purchase these beauties in person!

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Frank Hirons is the Bottles surgeon and Lori Hirons is the Glass Gal that lead the effort behind Bottles Regimagined. Began in 2015 as a way to creatively repurpose used liquor bottles, restaurants and other businesses had no use for them.  When asked what they did with them?

The answer was always the same:
“we throw them away.”

The US Virgin Islands doesn’t recycle because it is cost prohibitive, so most garbage goes into our landfill.

St. Croix is home to two rum factories: Cruzan Rum and Captain Morgan – so locals and visitors alike consume and discard an untold number of liquor bottles each year.

After some experimentation, they decided there was a viable business opportunity in taking these bottles and creating beautiful, upcycled drinking glasses and more from them.  Bottles Reimagined was born.

Frank and I began having conversations with Judi and Jeff in November of 2016 and saw parallels in our business skills and personalities and thought this would be a good fit for us. So, in January of 2017, we bought the business from them.

 We are going to continue the same quality standards that they have set and while the focus is on using the Cruzan Rum bottles, we are also creating glasses from Grey Goose, Skyy, and other assorted liquor bottles.  We will constantly be reviewing the line to make sure that we are bringing you the best we can create and that includes new and different scents for our candles as well as adding color!

So, take a look at what we have to offer and when you’re finished browsing our site, plan a trip to St. Croix so you can purchase these unique collectibles in person!

Lori and Frank