50+ Crafty & Clever Projects For Your Kitchen

Retro Kitchen Shadow Box:
What a charming retro kitchen display piece, and easy to make too!

DIY Magnetic Knife Rack:
The trick is to cover a knife rack with your choice of fabric to match your kitchen decor.

Gorgeous Glass Canisters Tutorial:
Turn ordinary glass canisters into something special with this crafty project.

Etched Glass Pantry Jars:
Store pantry staples in these nifty jars labeled with etching cream.

Hanging Kitchen Storage: Spray paint vintage tins, attach small chains and hang with an “S” hook for this handy storage project.

DIY Oil & Vinegar Bottles:
Rebottle and label cooking oils and vinegars for a charming kitchen display.

Mid-Century Clock Magnets:
Save those bottle caps for this crafty project, clock designs available via free pdf download.

KitchenAid Makeover: Banged up KitchenAid hiding in the corner? Try this creative project for making it lovely again.

Dish Mat Tutorial (pdf):
Tired of looking at that rubber or plastic dish drainer? This is the project for you!

Kitchen Canister Decals:
Retro-style decals via free pdf download…tutorial available for applying them to canisters.

Kitchen Tea Wreath:
Here’s a colorful way to organize & display your favorite teas.

BBQ Menu Board:
Paint a wood board with chalkboard paint, modge podge some scrapbook paper and you have a fun menu board.

Coffee Bag Basket Liner: One 28 x 44-inch coffee bag will make two liners.

Coffee Bag Rug: With a bit of clever cutting, thread pulling and finishing off the edges (with a serger), the bag is transformed into a lovely kitchen rug.

DIY Mason Jar Soap Dispenser: Take an ordinary mason jar & add a pump dispenser to make this charmer.

Vintage Bottle Soap Dispenser: Fit an olive oil dispenser into a pretty vintage bottle & fill with liquid dish soap.

Quilted Cannister Sleeves: Use pretty fabric scraps to make the sleeves, labels are made using your printer and printable fabric.

Reversible Toaster Covers: With a pretty print on the outside and flannel on the inside, your toaster will be nice ‘n cozy on the counter.

DIY Knife Block:
Either make or buy a wood box, stuff it full with bamboo skewers and voila! a handy knife holder.

Tea Towel Kitchen Rug:
Turn a pretty tea towel into a lovely kitchen mat.

Cookbook Holder Tutorial: Transform a cheap wooden card holder with decorative paper and mod podge to make this handy cookbook holder.

Recipe Card Holder: Made with a jumbo paper clip, wooden nickel, candlestick and base.

Kitchen Utensil Holder: Made with rolled magazine pages, a metal or cardboard can, wooden balls and a bit of paint.

Vintage Fork Napkin Rings: You’ll need old forks, a metal stamp set, a vise, a piece of galvanized pipe and vise grips for this project.

Colorful Knife Block: Paint and sand a plain wooden block, add a monogram to personalize.

Retro Soap Bottle Apron: Anyone remember these cuties? Can be made for both large or small soap bottles. Free pdf pattern download.

Pretty Fabric Bread Basket: Easy project made with pretty fabric prints, fusible batting and crochet lace.

Little Acorns Recipe Book Page Holder: Acorns top wooden candle cups and wooden clothespins then decorated with fabric, ribbon and lace.

Dinner Roll Holder: Made with two pieces of cotton fabric, small snaps or ribbon and coordinating thread. Tutorial available via free pdf download.

Bread Buddy: Make a fabric bread bag for toting home loaves of bread (smoosh-free) from the grocery store.

DIY Dry Erase Placecards/Table Signs: Made by cutting doily shapes from black vinyl then attaching to pieces of counter tile edging. Names/labels written with dry erase marker.

Recipe Stand & Cards: A clever folder and stand that is made with chipboard covered with decorative scrapbook papers, includes templates for recipe cards.

Plinth Block Towel Hooks: Old silver plate forks and spoons are mounted on salvaged pine plinth blocks.

Redneck Wine Glasses: Ha! These are made with mason jars attached to glass candlesticks with epoxy glue.

The Book Apron: Protect cookbook pages with this project made with clear plastic, ribbon and rick rack.

Embellish A Cookbook: Add a pencil holder, ribbon bookmark and an envelope on the inside cover.

Waffle Dish Cloths: Cut waffle cloth into squares then trim with pretty fabric prints.

Easy Bread Basket: A large fabric napkin or dish towel is folded and stitched to make this cozy little holder for buns & rolls.

Diva Rubber Gloves: Basic instructions for adding a pretty fabric ruffle along the edge of rubber gloves.

Cloth Bread Bag: A simple drawstring bag is sewn (using two kitchen towels) then “Bread” is painted on top (pdf template provided).

Faux-Enamel Handle Wooden Utensils: Oh I like these! All you need is some craft paint and a high gloss food safe shellac to make them.

Cross-Stitch Basket Cloth: A fun summer design with watermelon slices around the border, made with 14-count cloth. Free pattern and color key download.

Cafetiere Cover: Sew a cozy for a french press or press pot using a pretty fabric print and lined with cotton fabric (buttons & loops for wrapping).

Wooden Cutting Board Transfers: Make a nice decorative piece for your kitchen using a design of choice, wax paper, a credit card and your printer.

How To Make A Wood Cutting Board: Made with Ipe or hard maple, includes a template or make it in whatever character/shape you like.

Chair Toppers: Protect walls from wooden chair backs with these simple to make covers.

DIY Confetti Tumblers: An Anthropoligies knockoff made with thrift store glasses and acrylic paint.

Salt & Pepper Shakers: Learn how easy it is to recycle cute jam jars into salt & pepper shakers.

Wet Bag: Ideal for storing the daily used cloth napkins, towels and dishcloths until they can be laundered or tossed in the hamper, this hangs from the oven door handle.

Bread Cloth: A cloth ideal for using to cover dough while it’s rising, it’s weighted in corners with a coin.

Wood Burned Spoons: Nice and easy bridal shower gift idea, you’ll need a wood burning tool to make these.

Bowl Covers: Made with oilcloth and can be used to replace plastic wrap or to keep dust out of mixing bowls.

Utensil Tin Can Cover: Make a cute linen cover for a tin can (utensil holder), includes free needlework designs to download (pdf).

Utensil Organizers: Cheap Dollar Store plastic bins are spray painted white and trimmed with strips of fabric (held in place with hot glue).

Drink Coaster Tray: Here’s a neat way to keep track of everyone’s drinking glasses for the day.

Hand Woven Tea Cups: (scroll down page for directions) How sweet would these be for holding packets of tea and specialty coffees!

Washi Tape Knife Block: Jazz up a boring wooden knife block with a few strips of washi tape in complementary colors.

Ruffled Dish Drainer Quilt (pdf): Recommends using low-loft batting so glasses won’t tip over. From maryjanesfarm.org.

Favorite Recipe Utensil Crock:
You’ll need a smooth crock in a solid color for this to work best, a little paint and a steady hand.

Casserole Tray: Nice job! Supplies needed are 1×4″ furring strips, wood glue, finish nails, wood stain and handles.