4 Clever Repurposed Pot Lid Projects

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Feature closeup of a vintage enamel white pot lid with a red but rusty handle in the center getting a makeover with beautiful red strawberries with green leafy tops and strawberry leaf vines and greenery around on a work surface. These are permanent vinyl transfers cut on a Cricut. This closeup has a welcoming spring/summer vibe for creating.

This collection of repurposed pot lid projects offers simple ideas for giving new life to lids without a matching pot. Vintage enamel lids, often chipped or worn, add color and character that works beautifully in upcycled projects.

1. Strawberry Kitchen Decor

If you find a white, chippy enamel lid, give it new life as kitchen decor. I cut this colorful strawberry art, my own digital design, out of permanent vinyl on my Cricut Maker. I love how it came out, and my teaspoons will always be within reach when baking.

White enamel lid with red strawberries, green leave and vines and small pink blossom flowers pattern around the wide part of the lid. The vintage, chippy enamel white lid that has a rusty c handle in the middle with a touch of it's original red paint. Hanging from a hook on the center handle is a set of vintage aluminum measuring spoons. This cheerful strawberry pot lid hangs on the side of my white kitchen cabinet in the kitchen window with measuring spoons at the ready for baking!

To hang it, I used a generous amount of Silicone caulk to glue a piece of scrap wood to the back with a screw-eye in the center. Another option would be to glue twine to the back.

Process photo showing a scrap wood bar glued to the back of a pot lid with a screw eye to hang it. This is one way to hang an enamel pot lid for decor purposes without drilling into the lid.

2. Pot Lid Flag Holder

I snagged these enamel pot lids at the flea market to make this nostalgic flag holder. This was an easy upcycle. First, I drilled holes into the top and bottom pans. Then, I spray-painted the top lid blue (it was a worn-out beige) and decorated the bottom one with permanent vinyl lettering cut on my Cricut before attaching them with screws to a wood board.

Photo of two vintage pan lids, blue on top, white with red trim on the bottom. U.S. Flag inserted into the two handles. Pan Lids repurposed to make a flag holder which is shown hanging on a porch post with blue sky in the background.

3. Glass Lid Turned Plant Holder

A glass pan lid is repurposed into a hanging plant holder using a simple chain from the dollar store.

Old glass skillet lid turned upside down and hung on a porch by three chains with a yellow pot of flowers sitting on it. This upcycled flower pot holder also features a humming bird bell accent hanging from the upside down handle.

4. Potting Shed Decor

You’ll never lose your garden shears with these cute pot lid holders. These two lids are heading to my antique store booth for my spring reset.

Bloom and Grow feature photo with greenery in the background set on a rustic fir wood wall. Each has a pair of pruning scissors and the art on an arch says 'BLOOM' and the other 'GROW' with tiny flowers. They type and flowers were cut out of olive green cricut permanent vinyl to matched the rim and hand color of the vintage enamel pot lids. The main color of the lids is a warm ivory.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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A closeup photo of a wooden wall curio showing just the painted drawers in a weathered aqua near a set of aqua sun faded book with a terracotta pot with a plant on it. On the shelf above the drawers is two tiny mugs in deep blue and red berry with tiny succulents.
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Two vintage red handle kitchen mashers used as bookends with blue, red and light blue books in between on a shelf.
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Tomatoes painted on the inside of old glass and metal canning jar lids. In the center is a ceramic tomato red heirloom tomato. One of the tomatoes is painted on a blue glass canning jar lid. Two others on the white glass.
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  1. Shonda j Dukes May 25, 2026 Reply

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    Thank you

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