10 Kitchen Buys You Can Use All Over Your Home

Maybe you have a six-bottle wine rack that you outgrew? Or cute containers that don’t really match your kitchen anymore? Or extra ice cube trays? Don’t be so fast to put these things in the “garage sale” pile. Get a little creative and you’ll be able repurpose nearly any kitchen item in another room of your house. In a useful way, at that!

Here are 10 of our best ideas.

You might think to fill these pretty containers with sugar, tea, or spices, but they’re also a suitable place to stow cotton swabs, bath salts, or your makeup brushes. If you have storage containers that would be useful in the bathroom (or match the decor better!), go ahead and move them!

No, storage bags aren’t just for your ham and cheese sandwich. Use these to hold your makeup or organize your purse. Also, the size and transparency of these bags make them very TSA-friendly, so you can use them for the liquids in your carry-on.

You say wine rack, we say towel rack. You can give your bathroom a spa-like flair by rolling your towels and putting them in each bottle compartment.

An ice cube tray will come in handy when it’s arts and crafts time at your house. Use it as a painter’s palette or to organize little bits and bobbles. You can also put one in your desk drawer to hold paperclips, thumbtacks, and other small pieces.

Give a bamboo drawer organizer a few coats of paint and you have an instant valet to put by your front door. Everyone in your house can use it as a hub for their keys, important papers (looking at you, permission slips that need to be signed!), outgoing mail, and so on.

Have you crushed too many pairs of valuable sunglasses? Keep them in a sturdy lunch box whenever you’re not wearing them and they should make it through the summer.

Put a silicone cupcake liner in every cupholder in your car. They’ll catch messes and crumbs and can actually be pulled out for cleaning,

Use a turkey baster to water your plants mess-free. No more spilling water all over your floor every time your succulents need a drink!

Get your tools (scissors, wrenches, screw drivers, etc.) up and out of the way in the garage. Mount a magnetic knife holder on the wall and, as long as the tool is magnetic, it’ll stick.

Have little kids in the house? Hang a fruit basket over the tub and store their bath toys in there so they can dry between washes. No kids? You can load it up with your loofa and all those mini bottles of shampoo you’ve collected from your various hotel travels. This cutie is copper, so it’s sure to look good in your bathroom.