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.

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?

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!

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

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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