ketchup bottle soap dispenser and other new uses for old things

So I was on lunch break the other day at a notoriously dirty (looking) bar in my work neighborhood and came across this quaint use of a ketchup bottle in their ladies room:


It is so simple, but seriously how cute is that?

In college I used classic yellow and red ketchup & mustard bottles for shampoo and conditioner but I never thought to translate that idea into a clean and modern look. In that dingy, sharpie-plastered bathroom I had a moment of organizational dorkiness and imagined my dream minimalist kitchen sink with big clear ketchup bottle for dish soap, and a smaller one for my seasonal change of hand soap scents.

I got curious and browsed google images to see if anyone else had a better image of said ketchup bottle use, and then I found this super cute real simple article from 2009:

repurposed heinz 57 bottle makes the perfect pancake batter dispenser

That article is worth a read--50 unusual uses for everyday objects! Even if you are only impressed with 10% of the content you still have 5 great new organizing tools to put into action, go for it!