Upcycling Coffee Cans Into Organization Containers

Megan Aubrey
by Megan Aubrey
I rescued a couple of empty coffee cans from the recycling bin, cleaned them up, then painted and papered them. Now I have beautiful organization containers for almost no money!
Rescue coffee cans from the recycling bin. Make sure you clean them out!
Remove the labels and clean them thoroughly to ready them to spray painting.
Spray paint the coffee cans teal. Use thin coats to get into all those ripples.
Grab some paper scraps to fancy these coffee cans up a bit!
Tape the scrap paper around the coffee cans. This hides the ripples a little bit and gives it a higher end container look. Now, store all your items inside for pretty storage!
Megan Aubrey
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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  • Kat Kat on Jan 15, 2017
    who's still using metal cans? all the ones I see are metal ring top and bottom but cardboard "body". I would soooo love to have all metal cans again! plus the cardboard isnt "tight" or sealed to put stuff in that shouldnt get air. Fantastic idea though...we go thru some coffee!!!
  • Sandee Soika Schreiber Sandee Soika Schreiber on Apr 08, 2017

    What kind of paper are you using? Gift wrapping paper?

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  • BikerBug BikerBug on Feb 20, 2017
    I use the fancy patterned duck tape....done in a jiffy and no dry time. I do let it set over night to let tape adhere good but you wouldn't have too.
  • Victoria Sourile Victoria Sourile on Aug 05, 2017

    Yes! I also use coffee cans to hold my metal lids (rinsed and instead of throwing in garbage). Then I throw can in the recycle bin when full.

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