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Upcycled Bathroom Storage Containers

By Justin Weinger 7 Comments

How to Make Upcycled Bathroom Storage Containers

I decided to use some jars and candlesticks to make some new upcycled bathroom storage containers. I wanted to add a little sparkle and bling to may bathroom and by purchasing some $1 bags of glass stones from Wal-Mart and re-purposing other items I was able to do it for very little money.

You may even recognize these candlesticks from my Creative Halloween Crafts on the Cheap post from last October. I had used them there and repainted them to re-use another way.

Upcycled Bathroom Storage Containers To start off with I used an old sheet to protect the ground I was spray painting on and continued to try to use up a leftover can of spray paint. Be sure to also check out my post Bathroom Update with Spray Paint, where I first started using this leftover can. It’s like the never ending can of spray paint because , as you can see the start of when I was making the Coffee Can Star Light.

This was a fairly simple project to create and what took the most time was gluing on each individual glass stone with a hot glue glue. The colored beads were actually leftover from a fairy house project, so I only bought the clear beads. The Hot and Cold handles were from a bathroom soap dish that I had removed from early on because they didn’t stay in to place, but now looked perfect hot glued on the lid of my jars. For my jars, I just used a pickle jar and a large salsa jar.

Upcycled Bathroom Storage Containers

If you still have leftover spray paint after you finish with this project, consider some of these other ways to use spray paint featured on Northern Cheapskate:

Frugal Decorating Ideas for your Home

How to Paint a Ceiling Fan

Magnetic Bulletin Board Using Recycled Baking Sheets

 

Upcycled Bathroom Storage Containers

If you are looking for other re-purposed storage ideas, check out these other posts on Northern Cheapskate:

Simple Storage Crafts You “Can” Do

Storage Made Easy Thanks to Recycling

Organizing on a Budget

 

Transforming your bathroom on a budget can be easily done with a little creativity, time and re-purposed supplies. Trying upcycling some items you might normally have discarded and you could possibly come up with something really great that you may have spent money on.

Filed Under: DIY Projects, Repurposing

Comments

  1. Michele says

    September 8, 2014 at 8:41 am

    What a great idea! I am all for re-using or as you call it re-purposing items instead of throwing them out. I have never tried to spray paint anything–living in an apartment it is not so easy to just go outside.

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  2. Karen Dawkins says

    September 8, 2014 at 9:18 am

    What a fun project. These would be great containers for a diva tween bedroom too!

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  3. Rebel Sweetheart says

    September 8, 2014 at 10:00 am

    I like the idea of star lights. Looks quite easy to do. :)

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  4. Christy Maurer says

    September 8, 2014 at 11:25 am

    Those are so cute! I remember when I was a little girl, my grandma had those really old fashioned (like 50’s or 60’s style) glass jars in her bathroom with Calgon in them lol. These are a great project!

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  5. Leelo R says

    September 8, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    This is fabulous idea and the result look great! I have to try it!

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  6. Touristmeetstraveler says

    September 8, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Wow these look so amazing! I’ve never seen anything like it.

    Reply
  7. rocky says

    September 10, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    awesome idea! thanks for sharing

    Reply

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