Lately I’ve been trying to learn how to cook more at home. What I’ve come to discover is that proper application of herbs and spices can make all the difference in a good meal!
As my cooking skill grows, my spice drawer has also grown exponentially. It’s so full that when I went to buy some oregano, I didn’t have anywhere to put it!
A crafty and creative storage solution was needed!
I have been lusting after those adorable spice containers with magnets on the bottoms that stick to your fridge. This weekend I grabbed a few on clearance and went nuts stocking up on essential spices from the bulk food store.
But what about the spices I already had?
I had several of those little orange tins of spice from Club House. Seeing the magnetic tins from the store got me thinking…why couldn’t I get the orange tins to stick to the fridge, as well?
How to make your existing spices magnetic:
If you’ve got a bunch of the little spice tins like I do, or something similar you can give this a shot!
You will need the following items:
- spice tin
- scissors
- magnetic tape with sticky backing
Cut two strips of magnetic tape to the width of your spice tin.
Adhere to the tin, like so:
Plonk it on the fridge and PRESTO CHANGE-O you have a cute new way to display your spices!
This method worked out great for me because the side of my fridge is part of my kitchen workspace. The spices are now easily within reach when I’m prepping and I can quickly see how much is left of my commonly-used spices.
Plus, making my existing tins magnetic cost loads less than buying those little tins from the store! This cost me about $6 for the magnetic tape, and 10 minutes of time to assemble. I’m rather proud of myself! LOL
Do you have any other crafty kitchen hacks to share?
9 responses to “DIY: Magnetic “spice rack” for the fridge”
Where did you get the silver ones from! I’ve been looking all over in toronto.
thanks!
I found them at Kitchen Stuff Plus, believe it or not! I think Ikea carries them too 🙂
Good luck!
My recent post With Heart Holiday Update
How cute and thrifty too. 🙂
I have tried exactly this with my fridge, except I opted for rare earth magnets because you can buy them in bulk and they will hang on to a semi going 80 mph. I still ended up getting the jars like you have in the top row – they were on sale at World Market, and they had them in red. I like red. So I caved, and have a happily loaded spice rack on my kitchen now.
Nice!
I'm not sure what rare earth magnets are (are they available in Canada?) but they sound great! All I could find at Walmart was the tape stuff…I hope it's sturdy enough!
If not I guess I'll hit up a hardware store and see if they have any stronger magnets.
Thanks for sharing!
They are…check at Lee Valley. http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?=32065…
[…] tins look great, but they can be a little pricey. And what do you do with the orange boxes? Ginger Corsair came up with a quick way to turn them into magnets, too! You can space them out with your shiny […]
WOW!! I never thought to do that!! That is awesome!!
[…] DIY Magnetic spice rack for the fridge Ginger Wont Snap source […]