One of a designer’s biggest challenges is to decorate a home on a small budget. As Apartment Therapy points out, however, most of us have an infinite supply of small storage containers that are waiting to be re-appropriated in our kitchens.

From egg cups to Jell-O molds, wine carafes and specialty cake pans, most kitchens have a repository of gadgets that aren’t used every day. In the spirit of reuse and recycling, these items can work double duty as storage containers between uses.