I have always wanted a big spice rack. Like, a really big one, not one of those 16 or 24 pre-filled kinds you can get at Walmart, but one that could hold 40 or even 50 different spices. Anything that large online is upwards of $100+, so I knew this dream would only be fulfilled as a DIY project. The problem was I had no cute spice jars, or any idea how to make a good rack for them.
I got lucky in Ikea one day when I happened upon a pallet of spice jars that were on sale for 50 cents/each (I think they were being discontinued). Since I wasn't exactly sure how many I would need, and I figured that my growing collection of spices would probably only increase over the years I thought 50 was a good number to get. But to err on the side of caution (you've got to factor in a few extra for ones that might get broken by children or whatnot) my husband and I decided that 100 would probably be a safe bet (remember these were being discontinued so if was going in on these I was going in all the way, I'm not about to repurchase a ton of new spice jars down the road just because I failed to get enough the first time around and I hate being mismatched).
So I happily went home and transferred all my spices from their store purchased hodgepodge of glass and plastic jars, and bulk bags I was so pleased to finally have matching jars. I even made pretty labels for each jar with some frosted clear Avery labels. And then they sat in my cupboard pretty though unseen for quite awhile.
Then fortune struck again and I saw a post on Ikea Hackers for a model train display case and I knew it was the perfect thing for my spices (of course with deeper shelves).
So I used one Komplement shelf (on sale for $20 at the time, unfortunately the style I used is no longer available) and then got a piece of wood cut at Lowe's for the shelves in between. It ended up being the perfect height between each shelf for 4 rows of jars.
Look at all the pretty jars lined up!
In my last apartment it fit perfectly above the sink,and there was even room for a few extra spices in each row for the future, Right now it's got about 52 spices.
