If you’re ending up with glass jars and don’t know what to do with them, check out these Amazing Ways to Organize with Glass Jars, all around your home!

It’s Plastic Free July, and most of us are making efforts to eliminate plastic as much as possible from our lives and our homes. Towards this end, we often prefer buying things that come in glass jars instead of plastic containers. That leaves us with lots of glass containers in different shapes and sizes!

Glass jars are amazing – they’re strong, heat resistant, easy to maintain and see through. What’s more, they don’t leach toxins into your food or whatever you put into it. But you know what the best part is? They can help you organize all kinds of stuff!

So today, we’ve got here 30 amazing ways to organize with glass jars, in pretty much every room of your home! Be sure the jar is not cracked or chipped and that the lids fit well. Clean them and dry them well and you’re all set!

30 Amazing Ways to Organize with Glass Jars

1. Pantry Storage

The most common use of glass jars is probably this! We’re already doing using glass jars to store sundry pantry items as well as staples, but Refresh Living takes it to the next level with some very professional looking labels. Now that’s how you make recycling look good!

2. Utensil Organizer

If you’ve chosen the farmhouse style for your decor, these organizers from Crafting My Home are going to be right up your alley! Feel free to distress them a bit if you want more of a rustic look.

3. Pencil Holder

Kootut Murut gives ordinary glass jars a truly gorgeous makeover that works well in a pastel home office or study. Check out the tutorial to swirl the paint inside the glass jar – it’s quite clever!

4. Button Storage

Got so many buttons you don’t know how to keep them from getting mixed up? Simple, follow The Quilted Turtle‘s idea to use a bunch of glass jars, a wine bottle organizer and some colored stickers – that’s it!

5. Party Supplies Storage Caddy

You may not be partying just now, but you can still prepare for the time we can all get together and enjoy! And when you do, be sure to have this caddy by Girl Just DIY handy to hold all your party essentials like cutlery and straws.

6. Thread Spool Storage

What I love about this organizing idea from Rural Sprout is that there isn’t any order – you just toss in all your spools, but together, they still create a beautiful mess!

7. Makeup Brush Organizer

Taking off your makeup at the end of the day can seem like a chore, but now you can make it more fun with colorful organizers like these ones from A Magical Mess!

8. Hanging Bathroom Organizer

If you lack counter space in your bathroom, it can be a challenge to store all your bathroom essentials. I love what The DIY Playbook has done by mounting glass jars using clamps – it even has space to hold your specs while you wash your face!

9. Liquid Soap Dispensers

Yes, you can use the plastic bottles that the liquid soap comes in, but what’s the fun in that? Instead, try to save plastic by buying large refill packs and refilling a pretty dispenser like this one from Love Grows Wild.

10. Compact Sewing Supplies Kit

Every home needs basic sewing supplies even if you’re not a sewing fanatic, and a glass jar is the perfect way to store all this, especially when you can be assured of not losing your needles thanks to the pin cushion! Get more instructions over at Smashed Peas and Carrots.

11. Wall Mounted Shelf Storage

Instructables has an idea that’s perfect for homes with limited counter or table space to store things. With this hack, you aren’t just making use of the space on top of the shelf, you’re also using the space under it!

12. Cotton Buds and Swabs Storage

Cotton buds and cotton swabs are such mundane everyday items, but they’re still essential. Give them some more respect with their own custom containers like these upcycled glass jars from Mommy Suite.

13. Twine Holder

If you’ve got a large collection of twine or colored strings, this idea from A’Casarella is perfect to keep them organized while also having a way to dispense them easily without getting tangled.

14. Ribbon Storage

Make your gift wrapping and crafting projects easier by keeping your ribbons organized and easy to access with a glass jar, as shown in Yesterday on Tuesday. You can store quite a few rolls of ribbon in one glass jar!

15. Toothbrush Holder

Toothbrush holders are easily available, but in them, brushes often end up touching each other. If you find that gross and are looking for a cost effective solution, check out this hack from Fireflies and Mudpies.

16. Picnic Caddy

Whenever we’re going on a picnic next, I’m surely going to try this hack. You can easily fit a few mason jars in a basket, and they’ll fit in snugly so they don’t rattle against each other. Check out Clean and Scentsible for more instructions on how to make this.

17. Spice Organization

Many of us have been shifting our spices from plastic containers to glass containers, and we’re scared to store on high shelves for fear of breaking. In that case, place them in a drawer and label the lids, like they’ve done over at Darice.

18. Desk Organizer

It appears you can make a desk organizer out of pretty much anything – cereal boxes, cardboard tubes, tin cans, plastic bottles – anything at all! This one from Yesterday on Tuesday uses glass jars, with a lovely beach glass effect.

19. Fresh Herb Storage

Storing fresh herbs can be tricky – if you’re not careful, you’ll soon end up with a bunch of yellowing, wilted leaves. Instead, do what The Pioneer Woman has done, and use mason jars and zip lock bags to keep them fresh for longer.

20. Fabric Scraps Storage

If you like sewing, you probably find yourself with lots of fabric scraps and bits. You can use them later for other projects, but you need to store them for now, and this idea from All People Quilt is perfect for it!

21. Cupcake Liner Storage

This hack from One Good Thing is something I do myself – my cupcake liners are all in a large see through jar! They’re safe in there, and I can easily get whatever I want when it’s time to bake.

22. Office Supplies Organizer

A messy workspace reduces productivity – it’s scientifically proven! Stay productive by organizing your workspace with this idea from Little House of Four – of using glass jars wrapped in patterned paper to store the tiny thingamajigs.

23. Candy Storage

Ooh, candy! Those are some bright colors and interesting shapes you don’t want to hide in an opaque box. Instead, display them proudly in a large glass jar. Make it more fun with animal lids as shown in Oh So Lovely Blog!

24. Bathroom Organizer

If my bathroom looked like this, I would probably spend all day in there! These glass jars from Tori Jayne may look expensive, but they’re just regular glass jars upcycled with painted lids.

25. Tissue Dispenser

Why keep large, bulky boxes of tissues on your dresser or table when you can keep them in a gorgeously rustic glass jar from Mixed Kreations? You can also paint the glass jar to match your decor.

26. Herb Garden Planters

The pandemic got many of us growing our own fruits and veggies, or at the very least our own herbs. Your herb garden needn’t be only useful, it can also be a pretty display, as shown in Sincerely Sara D!

27. Salt and Pepper Shakers

Ditch the ugly plastic shakers and store your salt and pepper in these gorgeous glass jar shakers from Landeelu! You may need to make some adjustments to the lids to use them as shakers, but it’s worth the effort!

28. Organizer Cubbies

It’s amazing how things become more interesting simply by placing them on their side, isn’t it? That’s exactly why these cubbies from It’s Overflowing are so much fun – while also being incredibly useful!

29. Kitchen Canisters

I absolutely love the simplicity and elegance of these canisters from It All Started with Paint. They can be used in any way as shown here, for food products or for kitchen utensils.

30. Toothpick Dispenser

Toothpicks are among those things that go mysteriously missing every time you need them! But the next time something is lodged in your teeth, you don’t have to worry – if you’ve made yourself this glass jar toothpick dispenser from Domestically Blissful!

You can check out other posts in the Recycling Series here.

This post is a part of the Blogchatter Half Marathon.