I’ve lived in some TINY places. At times I thought I COULD move to New York as I’ve found ways to make EVERYTHING fit and still have access to it. Funny thing is, some of the tricks I’ve learned over the years have become second nature and normal to me so they don’t seem that unusual.  But when I was visiting with a friend the other day, she told me I needed to share me “jar storage” with you all…and honestly, I’ve been using them for so long, I wasn’t even sure I knew what she was talking about!!

I’m sure you’ve seen these jars before.

Williams Sonoma and Crate and Barrell have both sold them over the years.

Mine came from Target and I think were about $6-$10/each.

(The link I’m giving is for a collection, but I know in the store I was able to buy just the sizes I needed.)

Great thing about these jars is they can be used for anything.  I’ve used them for the typical..

sugar and flour on the kitchen counter…

then they were in my pantry with tea bags and gum packages…

in the craft room with pens, tools, rubber stamps.

But for the past few years they have held entertaining accessories.

(napkin rings, cheese & appetizer knives, shot glasses, espresso cups…)

(Do me a favor and overlook the dust on that bottom shelf – WOW!
shows you how many dinner parties I’ve thrown in the past few months!)

I love to use the espresso cups to serve “soup shots” for parties.

Or the shot glasses are great for a late night surprise of fresh baked cookies and a shot of cold milk.

I keep them in 2 black Ikea cabinets in our entry way.

The cabinets too have been used in all sorts of locations,

They were about $350/each and with a little dressing up, actually fit in quite well!

They both have TOT locks on them so the girls can’t get into any of it,

but we can when we need to.

[singlepic id=184 w=320 h=150 float=center]

Hope this is helpful to you!  Now get out there and pick up those last minute gifts, wrap the few straggler presents (or have a glass of wine if you happen to be 1 of the lucky few that is DONE!)  Be sure to enter the Zee Studio Website Design Giveaway, today is the last day to enter!!!  Winner will be announced on Christmas Day (remember the girls can’t stay awake until 9PM on Wed when it closes…).

Happy Day before Christmas Eve!