DIY Mason Jar Rack {Tutorial}

We live in a two story town house and call me lazy, but I have toothbrushes for all of us in our half bath down stairs. I HATE going up and down our stairs!

 

I had them in a Christmas can from two years ago! Time for something NEW:)

 

I have a ton of Mason Jars and wood, so I put this together. I have a small vertical wall space next to the sink and I made our toothbrush holder from a piece of.....what else PALLET wood!

 

 

I laid it all out to see how it would look and work.

 

 

I picked up those great little clamps around the Mason Jar at Home Depot in the plumbing isle (size 2").

 



I had to pry open one of the slits to make it wide enough for a screw. I used a VERY unsafe tool for that and went right into my finger!

 



Screw your jars in and it's ready to hang!

 

 

 

 

Making over the half bath is on my list TO DO! This will be the starting point:)

 

I love this though! I want a couple more for my kitchen to fill with herbs.

 

 

 

 

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I have been collecting mason jars and other types of glass for some time now. I actually received 3 really beautiful blue glass vases off of freecycle two years ago and think that's what started my obsession with glass jars.

From: HABITUALLY CHIC

I'm SOOO in love with these BIG blue bottles.

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Hanging Inspiration

This would be so nice on the back porch. From WEDDING BEE

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Now for my jar collection......well some of my collection :)

I'm working on painting some bottles and jars with Vitrea Transparent Glass Color in turquoise. I did a mason jar and wine bottle today; I'm VERY happy with the way they turned out.

One advantage to working in a restaurant, is I get to take the pretty bottles home without having to drink all that liquor.

two used Patron bottles (the square ones)....I love the shape of these.

the shape of this one is cool too...I have my plant cuttings taking root in it for now. I haven't pulled the label off yet.

And I've been collecting the wine corks

The trees & house on the Belvedere bottle look really nice lit up at night. I'm not to sure what I'm going to do with them yet.

If I could figure out how to do this, I would give it a try.

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Any how, back to coloring bottles

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After

And a Mason Jar

I have this big jug that was from Sangria, that I will be dying tomorrow.

(the one on the right)

the inside was still wet...i was cleaning it out

How I did it

I gave the bottle of paint a good shake, wait a minute then open the bottle of paint. There will be paint in the cap, add some water to the cap, swirl it and pour it into your bottle. I had to pour the water back into the cap and give it a swirl about 3 times to get all the paint out of the cap.

Then I did A LOT of this: about ever 15-30 min or when I saw the bottle sitting on the counter..lol

Swirling the paint around inside of your bottle. Spin and flip at the same time.
~ ~ After your bottle has dried for 24 hours, you will bake it at 325 for 40 min...the directions are on the paint bottle. ~ ~
 It will then be safe for flowers...no drinks or food though :)

The glass dying was being done while painting the inside of our new toy box!

I should have the box done by tomorrow & will post more pictures, but for now here is one picture. Made from pallets!

~ Desiree ~
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