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Get Organized With Jars!

By Manuela Williams

Have a bunch of extra jars lying around? Organize your home with those jars! Jars are not only functional but look pretty. They’re also affordable (especially if you re-purpose jars you already have like food ones or ones that have held candles). You can also pick up mason jars or plastic storage jars really inexpensively at thrift stores and garage sales.  Check out the following 10 ways to upcycle those jars into useful (and pretty) containers for organizing your home!

10 Ways To Organize Your Home With Jars - Organize your home with jars! Jars are not only functional but look pretty. They're also affordable (especially if you re-purpose jars you already have or pick them up at thrift stores/garage sales). Check out these 10 creative ways to organize your home with jars! home organization, organizing ideas, kitchen organization, home storage ideas, frugal organizing ideas

10 Creative Ways to Organize with Jars

1. Organize Your Desk

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Organizing with jars - organize your desk with jars

All it takes is some extra jars and a hot glue gun to make this great desk organizer system from It’s Overflowing!  This could also be used for long craft supplies, like paintbrushes or art markers.

2.  Organize Your Pantry Pretty

Organizing with jars - organize your pantry with large jars for bulk food purchases

Take bulk foods like flour, rice, or nuts out of their containers and put them into matching glass jars  (which can be found at Target and Wal-Mart) via The Farm Chicks. Make it even easier to use them by adding a small measuring scoop to each jar. And if you’re worried you may forget what’s what, you could add some pretty labels to them!

3. Corral Your Craft Supplies

Organizing with jars - small jam jars organize craft supplies

If you have jars of different sizes you can organize your small, medium, and large craft supplies  like above via Yesterday On Tuesday (who put her jars on a pretty space saving tiered tray).  Jars that are see through are good to use since they allow you to see what stored inside (otherwise label the fronts).

4. Make a Cute General Purpose Organizer

Get Organized With Jars - like this DIY All-Purpose Mason Jar Organizer from DIY Playbook

The DIY Playbook’s wall mounted DIY mason jar organizer could be used for a variety of purposes. It can hold makeup supplies, craft supplies, kitchen supplies, really anything at all!

5. De-clutter Your Garage

Organizing With Jars - organize your garage with jars

This idea from Chez Larsson is a great for organizing small items in a garage! This is a great way to re-purpose any little plastic jars you may have lying around. With this, you can easily find your nails, screws, thumbtacks, etc. Because the tops are screwed into the bottom of a shelf, you can just unscrew the jar bottoms and take them to your work area without worrying about losing the tops.

6. Organize Your Silverware With Jars

Organize your silverware in jars! Jars are not only functional but look pretty. They're also affordable (especially if you re-purpose jars you already have or pick them up at thrift stores/garage sales). Check out these 10 creative ways to organize your home with jars! Home organizing ideas, organization, storage, kitchen storage, craft storage

Organize your silverware  for every day use (or a party). Great idea for people that don’t have lots of drawer space. Make it pretty by displaying your jars filled with silverware on a cake stand like this by My Sweet Savannah.

7. All-in-one Sewing Kits

Organizing with jars - organize sewing supplies in jars

Use a mason jar to create this great sewing kit organizer with a pincushion top from Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. These are great because they make it easy to carry around your sewing essentials. They’d make great gifts, too!

8. Magnetic Jar Organizers

Great collections of ideas for organizing with jars

Sugar Bee Crafts shows another way to wall mount mason jars- with magnets on a small magnetic board. This not only looks cute, but is really handy because you can take the jars off and on. This would be great for craft rooms or garages!

9. Organize Your Vitamins

Organizing with jars

Bet you never thought about  organizing your vitamins! Transfer your vitamins from their not so nice containers into more uniform pretty jars (in this case re-purposed spice jars)! This idea from Homework is a great for people who leave their vitamins out, plus jars all the same size fit better in cupboards

10. Hang Your Food

Organize with jars- under cabinet storage of food in jars

This idea from HGTV makes great use of the space under your cabinets! It’s also a handy way to keep foods that you often use easily accessible, without taking up counter space.

These jar upcycle ideas will make organizing with jars in your home simple, frugal, and fun!

What ways have you used jars for organizing?

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You may also be interested in: DIY Painted Bathroom Mason Jar Organizers

10 Ways To Organize Your Home With Jars - Jars are not only functional but look pretty. They're also affordable (especially if you re-purpose jars you already have or pick them up at thrift stores/garage sales). Check out these 10 creative ways to organize your home with jars! home organization, organizing ideas, kitchen organization, home storage ideas, frugal organizing ideas

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Comments

  1. Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalow says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:38 am

    All very good ideas and attractive too! 🙂 Happy New Year to you 🙂

  2. Theresa H. Roach says

    January 1, 2015 at 8:29 am

    Great ideas and I have lots of jars to use:) Enjoy your first day of 2015 dear friend, HUGS!

  3. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    January 1, 2015 at 10:39 am

    They look so pretty, too, Manuela! My husband has been saving jars (jam, olive, etc.) for his screws and such out in the garage. I have to make sure I ask him if he wants one before I put it into the recycling. I love that pantry look.

    Happy New Year!

  4. Carol says

    January 1, 2015 at 11:57 am

    Lots of fun ideas for jars!

  5. Melanie says

    January 1, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    I store all my grains, pastas, and dried beans in jars and have them all in my main food cupboards. I love using glass jars for storage. You shared some great ideas – thanks!

  6. Brenda Kula says

    January 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    So many great ideas with our beloved jars!
    Brenda

  7. Patricia says

    January 1, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    I love using jars for organizing. I’ve used some for craft items- pantry staples, sugar, cornstarch,etc. I’m beginning to save plastic jars for freezing chopped onions, peppers , etc.
    So many uses!

  8. Tracey says

    January 2, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Happy New Year to you Manuela! I’ve just been spending time catching up on your (always) inspiring blog! You never fail to leave me motivated and brimming with new ideas. Hope all is well with you and our family! Sending love and good thoughts to you my kind friend…for a blessed, abundant, joyful 2015!
    Warmly,
    Tracey

  9. Terri Oliver Steffes says

    January 2, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    Jars are fun! I have seen the gingham lidded jars at Walmart during the summer months. I use jars for making Christmas gifts. I have filled them with cookie mix, soup mix, emergency sewing kits, and to hold my buttons!

  10. Malia says

    January 3, 2015 at 9:23 am

    What a great round-up, I’m thrilled to be included! Thank you and Happy New Year!

  11. Natasha says

    January 5, 2015 at 8:39 am

    So many great ideas! I love to organize with glass jars. they make everything pretty and are so easy to work with.

  12. Aimee, The Crazy Craft Lady says

    January 5, 2015 at 10:46 am

    What a great collection of ideas! Thanks for sharing! I think I’m going to have to make one of those sewing kits with the pincushion on top of the jar.

  13. Kate says

    January 7, 2015 at 7:05 pm

    A lot of these I grew up with at home. they’re great organizing ideas! Thanks for sharing on the WUW link party!

  14. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    January 11, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    Thank you for posting to Motivation Monday!

  15. Denise says

    January 12, 2015 at 6:53 am

    Love these ideas. And thanks for linking up at Sunday Features. We are featuring this at this weeks party. Thanks again.

  16. Lou Lou Girls says

    January 12, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    Oh my! Awesome ideas. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you so much for being a part of our party. We really appreciate you! I hope to see you on tonight at 7 pm. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls

  17. Theresa @DearCreatives says

    January 12, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    Nice Round Up! Adding/ pinning to my organization board.

    • Manuela Williams says

      January 12, 2015 at 11:07 pm

      Thanks Theresa!

  18. Cathy says

    January 13, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    Great ideas – pinning and sharing on Facebook. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy

  19. Nicole Neverman says

    January 14, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    Thank you so much for attending week 16 of #PureBlogLove and linking your fantastic blog post, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for our next party, Thursday 8 PM EST- Sundays at midnight. Your post has been added to the #PureBlogLove Pinterest board for all to see 🙂 Have a great day!
    Nicole

  20. Gail says

    November 5, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    Fun vitamin labels

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