Dish Soap Bottle
Do you re-purpose things in your house? Do you search out for things that would work well as other items? Well, something I have been doing a lot of over the last several years is re-purposing things. We started doing it mainly because we didn’t have a lot of disposable funds & I still wanted to be crafty & make things. I had to make due with the things I had on hand, so I started looking at things with a fresh set of eyes. Before anything goes in the trash I take a look at it & try to think of another way it can find a new life first.
Do you remember when the olive oil style (tall skinny bottles) soap dispensers became really popular It was so many years ago & they wanted what seemed like a ridiculous amount of money for them. So at the time I decided to take an old liquor bottle & liquor dispenser spout & create my own. It worked well for a while but I started noticing that for one- the tall bottle wasn’t very sturdy & would get knocked over quite a bit. On granite counters, that can be all bad. I also started noticing that the soap would start taking the finish off of my chrome spout. It didn’t look good & it was always goupy anyhow.
That is when I decided that I didn’t need to have the things that were super trendy at the time- I needed something that was more functional for me. I started taking notice of all the bottles we were bringing in the house & when I found that the olive oil bottles not only were less likely to knock over but also had their own pour restrictor built in-well YAY! It was a no brainer for me to re-purpose olive oil bottles & turn them into dish soap dispensers. The flow is perfect every time, they are easily cleanable & I don’t’ have to feel bad about tossing a glass bottle.
Dish soap bottle made out of an old olive oil container makes me happy!
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Kim Reardon Cunningham says
Great idea! There are some really unique olive oil bottles on the market.
Tamar says
What a great idea! I love repurposing things. Right now I buy dish soap at Costco in bulk and put it in an old sap bottle. But this is so much cooler! I may have to use a bottle, next time I empty one!
alicia says
Clever idea! I love repurposing items. And I read through Tish’s post. It was very well done. I’d love to try that one too. Thanks so much for linking up over at Project Alicia. I’ve missed you!
Stacy Uncorked says
Very clever ideas! 🙂
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Laurie @ Pride in Photos says
Your a genius…Adoraing the color of the soap!
Tish says
Thanks for the shout out about my blog post! That is very kind!
And what a great idea for dish soap. i had a favorite dispenser for years and it recently broke. i’ve been on the hunt for a new one, but this may just do the trick! Thanks!
posh says
Very cool idea!
Jaymi says
Thanks for featuring my marmalade! And I love the repurposing idea!
Kristi {at} Live & Love Out Loud says
What a great idea! I’m going to check out some of these other links as well. 🙂
Kimberly says
This is such a great idea! My olive oil is almost empty, so I’ll have to remember to do this! 🙂
MG Atwood says
quite the clever gal!
Serendipity is Sweet says
Great idea! And it’s so cute too.
Tiffany says
Great idea Gina, love it!
Tiffany