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13 Great Ways to Organize With Recycled and Repurposed Finds

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Recycling can be a beautiful thing! These soup cans were decorated with scrap paper and screwed to the wall for this great look! And you don’t even need to take up space on your desk or table.

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Little Buttercup’s Studio repurposed an old tool drawer for her sewing supplies. I had one when I was in high school to hold my beads…lots of beads. I love the way this looks, don’t you?

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There are so many great uses for jars, and this is one of my favorites! Just screw the jar lid to the bottom of a shelf for this fabulous storage solution!

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Nest Full of Eggs has a ton of creative ideas for recycling jars! These are beautiful!

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Finding new uses for vintage items is a great way to organize your supplies while decorating with style. Did you see the post last week about vintage organizing?

Recycling and repurposing are two ways to save some green and be green at the same time. Ya gotta love that!

More storage container ideas:

  1. Jars, baby food jars, jelly jars, any kind of jars!
  2. Shoe boxes
  3. Egg cartons
  4. Plastic food containers {decorate them with paper or fabric}
  5. Coffee or soup cans
  6. Paper towel holders {wrap ribbon around them}
  7. Plastic bags {I even have some with zippers}
  8. Baby wipe containers
  9. Old tins and baskets
  10. film containers, perscription bottles {embellishments}
  11. old tackle boxes
  12. plastic ice cube trays
  13. Vintage finds

I know there have to be a million more ideas out there, so please share your ideas and links in the comments!

~Kim

other photos: bhg.com, goodhousekeeping.com

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1 Candy @ SoBella Creations January 25, 2010 at 2:09 pm

I love to see old jars filled with all sorts of craft goodies.

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2 Barbra January 25, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Votive candle jars- wonderful for buttons,sewing aids, etc. Big plastic pretzel ‘jars’…great for ribbon or fabric scraps. The containers from powdered drinks like Crystal Lite-pencils,scissors,etc. Cigar boxes for…well,anything!
I rarely buy anything new for storage.

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3 Karen January 25, 2010 at 10:54 pm

I collect pottery, and use the pottery to hold pens, scissors, rulers, etc. in my sewing area. I use a larger pottery pitcher to hold my kitchen utensils. It makes having the collection have a purpose.

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4 Debbie in Nashville January 25, 2010 at 11:22 pm

Love these ideas. I love finding new uses for things I already have around the house (or even better – things I find at my mother’s house!).

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5 Sheila of Halo Hill January 26, 2010 at 9:37 pm

I love it -all- especially the “paint bottle holder”! Genius!

Sheila

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6 Kelly January 31, 2010 at 1:14 pm

The Coke crate organizer is gorgeous.

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7 RainyPenguinVintage June 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

Great ideas and beautiful items! I really like that yellow tool drawer. What a great color!

Jeanne
RainyPenguinVintage
.-= RainyPenguinVintage´s last blog ..Vintage Green Vase – Hand Blown in France =-.

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8 Helen (hjrdDesign) June 24, 2010 at 6:14 pm

Great post!
I have some studio photos on Flickr, here’s a link to one of my salvaged storage pieces: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hjrddesign/4698130951/

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9 S November 15, 2010 at 11:15 pm

I have a large stoneware crock that hides my carousel of fancy edged scissors (like the ones used for scrapbooking).

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10 Samuel Shwuey December 15, 2010 at 3:29 am

Hi,
Im going 2 arrange a costume deaprtment soon.
There r full of costumes, raw material, accessories, etc.
Any good ideas?
tq~

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11 Shelley December 21, 2010 at 10:20 pm

I can’t believe I didn’t think of the jars screwed in and hanging from shelves before.. That would totally free up so much space! And I have plenty of jars because I have a five month old that eats jarred food. Can’t wait to see how my shelf turns out!

-Shelley
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