Small items organizer with old water bottles

In this instructable I will explain how to make a small items organizer.

These organizers are a great alternative to buying organizers from a store and also they are good for the environment because you are reusing the bottles

This organizer uses drawers to organize the items. The way it works is that two bottles are used for each of the drawers. On of the bottles is made into the part that holds the items and the other bottle goes on the outside of the bottle that holds the items or "drawer". So with that the "drawer" can slide open and close.

An even number of bottles need to be used because it takes 2 bottles per drawer thing

You will need-
8-14 water bottles of the same kind
paint
tape
scissors
hot glue
marker

Step 1 Making the outside bottle

1- Poke a hole in the bottle below the part where it starts to come to a point (pic 1)

2- Cut the top part off (pics 2 and 3)

Comments

[solanna]

If you dont paint them, you can see whats in them, like screws, or bolts etc.

[TitanTechRobotics]

Now that I think about it I should have not painted them, because they don't slide very well. I don't really use these much, because they can't store anything big. Right now they only have junk in them. It would probabl y work better with 2 liter bottles, because they are bigger. Thanks for your suggestion! AI

[szasama]

I really like the drawer idea. I have an organizer made of square shape milk jugs, but didn't think of making drawers in them. I'm curious if square shaped jugs would make good drawers. Would they fit into each other? I must try it to find out. Thanks for the inspiration.

[chaitanyak]

nice! have voted!

[Chicken2209]

I could see this working quite well just mount about 15 on a wall in the workshop