Magnetic Spice Storage: Weekend Project

Today we wanted to share a cute idea for organizing your kitchen spices. With every new recipe we end up collecting a new spice or two. Having all these options available is perfect for adventurous cooking but it can leave your kitchen cabinets looking cluttered! We decided to make our new spice storage magnetic so it could adhere to the side of a refrigerator, and we found these cute clear containers so you can easily see how much of each spice you have on hand. 

Here's a before + after comparison. They're easier to store and easier on the eyes!

Step 1: Trace your container (we got ours here) onto a sheet of magnetic paper. Step 2-3. Cut out the shapes and adhere them to the back of your spice container. Step 4. Cut a piece of label paper in a strip longer than your container. I also added hand drawn lines to my strips, just for fun! Step 5. Use the container to measure how wide your strip should be. Make a crease with your finger to mark the spot and then cut it out. Step 6. Pour each spice in and label it with a large, easy to read hand written font!  

There you have it! This is the perfect weekend project. It's pretty and functional! Have fun sprucing up your kitchen! XO. emma + elsie

Comments

[Margherita]

This is brilliant!

[jessica ann]

So cute! I hate how the spice I need is always in the back of the pantry!

Fondly,
Jess

[Shannon]

What a great idea!!!

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[Fashionista Era]

great ideas love it!!

[Kate @ Songs Kate Sang]

Oh, seriously! I love this!

[ashley baker]

This is really fun. My spices are are thrown in a cabinet so this would be a fun project for me.

ashley
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[Beth]

These are at ikea..they look exactly like the ones at ikea actually

[steffy]

I have the magnetic spice containers from World Market (I did a big project set on my flickr here). The issue I have is that I live in St. Louis (so I'm sure we have similar climates) and the humidity has simply destroyed the containers, causing the lids to rust and get stuck on and some of the spices to get yucky. I would love to hear in the future (especially after the summer!) if this happens to your containers. Because I need to do something different!!

[Clare]

Such s fantastic idea! We've been collecting lots of little pretty jars and that's where our spices live.

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[steffy]

Oh dear, that link didn't work...

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[Sm!Le]

ooh.. this is such a good idea!! great post!!
=)

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[Heather Jean]

I love this idea! I saw something similar on apartment therapy awhile back, but you make it way more cute!

[Rachael]

Great idea. I have about 50 spices so it would be lovely (if you had the room) to make a feature wall with this idea. R x

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[Rose]

I like the idea but I can't let go of the convenience of having holes for shaking! I've thought about buying loose powder makeup containers for my spices and putting magnets on those!

[Ida May Bueno]

Great idea!!! I like the idea that everything is visible. You know which ones you are running out of. :-)

xoxo
Ida

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[Noor]

I love this idea I have soooooooo many spices though but I may just do this with some. By the way I love your handwriting <3

[Joy]

SO SMART!

[Celeste]

We just bought some like that from Ikea. I love them. I store whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and bay leaves in mine because I love the look of big, chunky ingredients.

[Lindsey]

I absolutely adore this! Such a must-do for anyone who cooks!

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[Heather]

I've seen a lot of these on etsy, but never as a DIY! Really cool! Thanks for sharing :)

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