I have seen alternate uses for Pyrex other than cooking. I know I use one in the laundry room tho hold clothes pins and one on the Baker's rack to hold coffee filters. But here are some unique ones I saw online. Some I like; some not so much. This first one is cute to use a divided vegetable dish as a catch-all for keys and change. But the way I toss my keys around, I would probably crack or chip it. So this isn't a good idea for me.
If I were to find a cheap bowl that was really stained and I knew I wouldn't be able to cook, mix or serve with it, I would probably be tempted to do this.
This little candle in a bowl is cute. If I could find a Christmas bowl, I would put a big candle in it and surround it with ornaments or pine cones. I am seriously going to try to do this.
I know this is not out of the normal, but I love it anyway. I would probably want to get artificial fruit though so I could keep it looking the same all year. Or maybe fill one of the autumn looking patterns with little pumpkins and gourds during the fall.
I love this. It is just too adorable. I have been looking for this bowl for awhile. Finally found one and it had a hairline fracture inside and was $18 so I didn't get it.
I'm not so sure about this one. A Pyres lamp? Would worry that the weight would eventually pull it out of the ceiling.
I have some cute Pyrex coffee cups and mugs. This would be adorable to do some little plants in.
And last, I am definitely not sure about this one. I love animals and even had a cat for 17 years. But as much as I loved K.C. I can never in my wildest dreams imagine letting her use my Pyrex divided dishes for food and water. But I have seen a lot of Pyrex-ers that do use them for pet food. To each their own.
Here are some other items I use for purposes other than what they were made for. I love this cute little coffee cup and since my bathroom is a beach theme, it was perfect to use in there.
I also found this little candy dish that had a shell scalloped pattern in it. It was perfect as a soap dish to be used in my corner garden tub in the beach bathroom.
As you can see my beach bathroom has several pieces you normally don't see in a bathroom. I just had to have this cup that I found at a yard sale for .25 cents. It was perfect to hold shells.
In my spare bathroom, I have a lot of floral and garden theme. I found this tea for one set at a yard sale for just $1.00. I took the lid off and stuck Q-tips in it for easy reach. It made a cute container for them. I use them to take my eye make-up off. I used to use cotton balls but the cotton would come lose and sometimes get in my eye because of the liquid make-up remover.
But the neat thing is that a tea for one has the cup on the bottom. So if you lift the tea pot off, you will find cotton balls. As much as I change nail polish, I go through a lot of cotton balls and polish remover. This was a perfect way to store two items I like to have in easy reach.
What unique uses do you find for items around your house?
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