this makes me want a tea shelf even though I prefer coffee! Maybe I can adapt it a bit :)

Awesome! Thanks for this post. My grandpop used to organize his shelves in his workshop like this. All sizes and kinds of screw, nails and other doodads in little baby food or other glass jars with the lids attached to the shelf. Aaahh, nostalgia!

great project and very good looking. however, you should research storing different types of tea. most varieties shouldn’t be exposed to light.

I love this! I’ve been wanting something creative to do with tea, my husband works at starbucks and he brings home a box of tea every week, and they are really starting to pile up in my pantry! Thanks for all the great projects!

My Grandparents DID have thesa and I always wondered how he made them! And my Grandpa had everything that Sloeginfizz listed above, too.

so cute!

That is really cute! It would be a pain if you cross threaded a jar though!

This is a grand idea – I especially love the hanging jars!

Penelope is right; maybe you could paint or paper the jars and add a cute label?

What a wonderful idea! But I have to caution one thing… teas should be kept in a dark and airtight container, otherwise they go “bad.” Hard to believe, I know, but take it from someone who has a “tea problem,” you learn the mistake early…

I love this shelf idea, I want to put one together tonight!

this is awesome! my grandfather did the exact same thing with baby food jars mounted to a wheel and placed underneath one of this shelves so it could spin. simplistic geniousity!

Really neat! With regards to penelope’s concern, I wonder if putting certain teas in dark bottles would fix that?

Great idea! I bet it would work nicely for spices also…perhaps one could put a large label over the jars to take care of the light exposure issue.

My Grampy did this jar thing as well! I love the idea pf bringing it to the kitchen!

Love this, but we have so much tea, I could use a tea cabinet! Any ideas for that?

This is so cute!

My dad has nails and bolts and screws stored in jars like this. Love using the idea for a kitchen.

Love it! Such a great idea.

OOOOHHHH I love it! I need more decorative storage in my kitchen. I’m going to do one for tea and one for spices like Jenn P. suggested. Some super cute wallpapered labels and colorful lids to easily spot what you need/have on hand!

lovely idea!
Just wondering, wont the jars spin when you try to open them if you just use one screw on the lid?

I adore this. I have to figure out a way to put it in my kitchen. Great idea.

ugh! i’m kicking myself right now for recycling all of my daughters baby food jars! she’s one now and rarely eats food from a jar. but i’m totally going to do this in my kitchen. and maybe my shed too!

I would like to do this for the gazillion of beads and beading supply in my daughter’s room. She could use the hooks to hang up her scissors.

I also really like the idea of a spice rack for the kitchen.

My youngest is still consuming tons of applesauce out of baby food jars. I just used about 50 with candles for a party in our garden.

I love this idea. I built one this weekend using a bamboo shelf I got at Target for $10. I love the way it looks, plus it’s great having all my tea supplies in one spot. No more searching for tea balls just as my water is starting to boil.

I’ll post pics in a follow up post!

This idea is ingenious!!

my grandpa had this in his garage, too. :) filled with rubberbands, screws, bolts…

That is REALLY cute. You could probably also magnetize the jars…

Love this! Very cute and functional.
Wish I had a bigger kitchen, so I could put up a shelf like this.

I’m totally making this! I was trying to solve the keeping tea in a dark place problem while keeping the look of the jars and I have two ideas. 1) line the inside of the jars with dark tissue paper for appearance and wax paper or parchment paper to hold the tea. 2) (my favorite) paint the outside of the jars with chalkboard paint so that you can write what is inside and erase it when you change out the tea.

This is a great idea! I have a tiny kitchenette in my apartment, and I’ve been in desperate need of more storage space. This is perfect!

Hi great idea I created something similar as a spice rack using Schwartz refill jars, looks great in the kitchen, only thing might be worth putting two screws offset slightly from centre in the lids??? as after a while of tightening jars the lids will spin round a single central screw. Still great though

So simple and original! Great idea!

This is perfect for our new house!

I finally made one! Love it love it love it! It’s up on my website. To address what Chris(UK) said, I agree – either use 2 screws or use some heavy duty glue around the lids – construction glue that can fill in gaps. That has worked so far.

argh! this is a marvelous idea. i must i must i must try this tonight :-)

I love it! Where did you get the mugs and jars?

And cup hooks?

I made one yesterday & LOVE it! Thanks for the idea. :-)