Are you looking for the perfect bathroom set? Well here are some DIY farmhouse bathroom mason jars that add some country charm to any bathroom. The best part is that they can be made to match any color scheme!
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Cute DIY Farmhouse Style on a Budget
As a newlywed, I wanted to make everything in my house Pinterest perfect. Obviously that never happened. There were a lot of epic fails and one small fire. A few things did turn out super cute, such as these DIY farmhouse bathroom mason jars. I was heading into my first year of teaching. That paycheck wasn’t coming until late September, so my crafts and decor had to be budget friendly. I knew that I loved some country charm, but it couldn’t overwhelm my house in the city. It needed to be something a bit more subtle than my horsey soap dispenser from childhood.
In came the mason jars! I have a slight mason jar obsession. There are several boxes of them in the pantry, but we use them for everything around the house. Drinking glasses, food storage, soap pumps, craft supplies, body butter containers, etc, etc, ect. You get the idea. There are so many types of lids for them nowadays that it makes it super simple to use them all around the house. I turned one into a soap pump and another into a toothbrush holder for my little house in the city. They were adorable and painted to match perfectly with the shower curtain and towels.
This summer we moved across the state to a house on four acres and out of the city limits. I was super excited to have my country home to match my country style. I was tired of the turquoise from the old bathroom, but I still loved the mason jars. So I went crafting again.
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How to Paint the DIY Farmhouse Bathroom Mason Jars
This is the most time consuming part of the entire project. As they say, it’s like watching paint dry. I like to take a washcloth with me to the store when I go buy the paint. It is so much easier to make sure things match when I do. I look a little crazy, but that’s ok because I am.
- Make sure the jar is clean by rubbing it down with some alcohol.
- Using a small paint brush, put on your first coat of paint. I used Apple Barrel acrylic craft paint for my jars. I found matte antique white at Walmart.
- Now comes the hard part, let them completely dry. Then you can add a second coat.
- After the jars are totally dry, you can use some sandpaper to distress them. This looks best when done around the lettering on the jar with very light sanding on the smooth parts.
- To help with the durability of the jars, finish off with two layers of a clear coat. I like to use Krylon Crystal Clear Matte Finish spray paint. I aslo get it from Walmart.
A DIY Farmhouse Bathroom Mason Jar for Everyone
To make the pint jar into a soap dispenser you’ve got a few options. You can have a plastic pump, metal pump, or foaming pump. I like the metal pump personally. The foaming pumps are tricky unless you use castile soap. The soap is either too thick to pump or too runny to make foam. I never could get it right.
For a toothbrush holder you also have a few options. For my first set of jars I made my own lid with chicken wire. To do this, lay the lid ring down on the wire and trace it with Sharpie. Then use wire cutters to cut out the circle. Make sure you get at least one complete hexagon. It makes it easier to store toothbrushes that way. Another option would be a toothbrush lid for the jar, which is by far the simplest solution. A flower frog would also work and look more like the chicken wire that I first used.
The small four ounce jelly jars work great to hold cotton swabs, jewelry, nail clippers, or flossers. Wide mouth jars are good for cotton balls, hair ties, and bobby pins. Apothecary lids look cute on the jars of smaller items. Taller quart jars work for toothpaste, flowers, or hair brushes. The possibilities are endless.
The sky’s the limit with mason jars. Anyways, I’m off to make another set for the guest bath.
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