Storage Star ~ Pot lid holder to mail sorter

by Laura on April 8, 2008

in Storage Star

I’ve got another great re-purposed item for you today. This just never gets old for me and I especially get tickled when I get comments saying “I have one of these in my garage and now I know what to do with it”. LOVE it, so cool! Amber from Bringing Good Home is such an inspiration. She has been on a mission to get her home organized and is even a previous winner of the 30 Day Organizational Challenge. You can see that winning post here.

The other day when I was looking at Amber’s Monthly Round-up Dining Room entry I noticed on her wall a great mail sorter so I emailed her to ask what it was (because I’m a freak like that LOL).

Turns out it’s a pot lid holder that Amber purchased at the Dollar Store. She uses it as part of her Command Center in her kitchen/dining room area as a mail sorter. Awesome! Amber recently tackled this area which you can find here.

Way to go Amber, enjoy your Storage Star!!

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Janet in Toronto April 9, 2008 at 3:41 am

We’ve used pot-lid holders in the kids rooms, beside their beds, to hold magazines and books. This keeps them off the floor and from sliding off their nightstands.

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Sheila Gregoire April 9, 2008 at 4:10 am

That’s awesome!

And I love those pot lid holders for holding pot lids, too. Before we moved and I had no pot drawers in my old kitchen they were invaluable on the wall! Otherwise I could never find anything.

But I like this for sorting the mail, too.

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Charity April 9, 2008 at 4:34 am

I saw this on Amber’s blog once when she posted about it and I remember thinking, I need one of those for my pot lids!

I am still looking for one. (I have a mail sorter already.)

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Susanne April 9, 2008 at 5:33 am

What a great idea!

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Lisa April 9, 2008 at 6:06 am

I have a rack that sits in a big roasting pan that, ironically, I have “repurposed” as a lid rack!!

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Reese April 9, 2008 at 7:04 am

Interesting. Good thinking.

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Dawn April 9, 2008 at 8:11 am

What a great idea! I love finding new uses for things, too. It’s much better than throwing something away because you don’t use it for what it was intended.

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Christi April 9, 2008 at 8:19 am

What an awesome idea! I’m going to pick one up the next time I’m at the dollar store! :)

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Amber (Proverbs31) April 9, 2008 at 8:33 am

Thanks, Laura!

Dawn – that’s actually what happened. I bought it for my pot lids, and then moved the pots and pans to a new spot where I couldn’t use the lid holder.

Later, when looking for way to organize incoming mail, and browsing my home for unused or infrequently used items that might work, I spied the pot rack and thought, “that’ll work!” :P

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Amanda April 9, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Love it! It reminded me of a re-use I just came up with last week, as we’re reorganizing our kitchen: I have a beautiful napkin holder that my brother made, but we rarely use paper napkins, so I put my oven mitts in it, and they look adorable. And they’re still out of the way and accessible without me having to install hooks.

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