Wall Mounted Oil Tin Spice Rack

Turn your spent oil tin into a spice rack or junk box!

Okay, I love olive oil. A lot. I bought a three liter tin, and consumed it in a few weeks. Woo. Time to reuse. Surprisingly, removing 10 spice jars from my cabinet freed up a lot of space. And now my frequently used spices are readily at hand. What's not to love?

Step 1 Materials and Supplies

For this project, you will need:

1 Spent oil tin of desirable size. My tin contained 3 liters of olive oil and was obtained at Whole Foods Market.
Hammer
Awl
Wire Cutters / utility knife / strong scissors / tin snips / something that will cut tin
Pliers (needle nose proved useful but not necessary)
Marker
Drill

Comments

[Spice rack]

A spice rack that can fill with lots and lots of spices is one of the best spice rack you've ever got. Cooking a wide variety of spices makes you feel confident on what you are cooking. nice post!

[suezq]

I just saw this and want to first commend you for your frugality, and second to thank you for giving me a great idea for an instructable! I am going to use your idea and expand on it a bit. Thank you again for submitting this!

[FRG]

nice work!

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

thanks!

[picklegarden]

Good job on the uses of an old tin. I love the creativity.

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

Thanks. You know, I had a dream last night that someone threw away all of my reused containers, and I was so MAD. haha

[sunli0n]

Very cute!

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

thanks (:

[Doctor What]

Great re-use of materials! I personally would paint mine. Give it a nice coat of, ummm...., blue?

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

Gosh, if I had some paint. ;) Actually, I loved the original red and green colors of mine, but if I hadn't, I'd surely agree. On another note, I will probably be forming another shelf or two above this from old license plates. (:

[Doctor What]

I'd like to see the license plate one!

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

I'll keep you posted. (: