13 Brilliant Ways To Repurpose A Lazy Susan Around The House

Bringing convenience to dinner tables for centuries, a lazy Susan is one of those household items that can easily play double duty for a slew of other purposes. Known as a turntable for food and spices, lazy Susans help maximize space and streamline your home, making daily chores that much easier. From the pantry to the bathroom and every room in between, we're showing you the untapped potential your lazy Susan possesses. 

The basic design of lazy Susans has been reimagined into cool storage solutions, like a turning shoe tower for cluttered closets, a rotating shelf inside a corner kitchen cabinet, or a three-tier spinning organizer that holds just about anything. Lazy Susans are no doubt having a moment. Besides the inventive ways its twirling design has been incorporated into other products, there are lots of creative ways to use a traditional lazy Susan around your home that will help you declutter while bringing efficiency into your aesthetic. For parents, a lazy Susan can become a toy or craft organizer for kids to easily find markers, crayons, or small toys without creating a mess — or can offer a way of showing off your baby. In a home office, use a lazy Susan to organize supplies like pens, sticky notes, and paper clips. You can even give your basic lazy Susan a chic upgrade and add it to your home decor. The repurposing possibilities are endless, making lazy Susans an organizing powerhouse for every room in your home. 

Transform a lazy Susan into a cute display for your home decor. You can keep your revolving tray as is, or for those who love an easy DIY, add some colorful decoupage and trim molding to give it a bit more oomph. The great thing about decoupage is that it opens up a range of possibilities with so many materials and patterns to pick from. If you love how your DIY turns out, there are even more creative ways to use decoupage in your home.

Sure, a lazy Susan is convenient for holding condiments at the dinner table when everyone is grabbing what they need. So, why not bring that same logic to the fridge? Using it for your favorite condiments and opened jars makes it less likely they'll become lost in the black hole that is the back of your fridge. Plus, you can move it back and forth between the fridge and the table — inside and outside — quickly.

When it's your turn to host game night, grab your lazy Susan to boost the gameplay experience. This clever way of setting up any type of game makes it easier for players to play. They won't have to reach across the table to make a strategic move, knocking over their Monopoly game piece in the process. From Scrabble to Dungeons and Dragons to Yahtzee, your home will be everyone's favorite spot to get their gaming on. 

When placed next to your oven, a lazy Susan makes cooking anything quicker and easier, thanks to the rotating turntable. It keeps your frequently used kitchen essentials neatly organized and within reach, making your countertop look less cluttered. Since they come in a variety of sizes and designs, find a lazy Susan that blends in with your kitchen unless you want it to get attention. You could even use it as a coffee station for holding coffee pods, sugar, spoons, or mugs.

When your cupboards are overtaken by tumblers, bring an organized look to your pantry with a lazy Susan — and tame your collection. It gives you 360-degree access to all your on-the-go tumblers without moving your entire setup. But nothing says you have to stop there. Grab a few lazy Susans and organize all your other drinkware, like wine glasses, baby bottles, or coffee mugs, to name a few. Just make sure you add some type of non-slip texture to the top.

Take your lazy Susan from the dining room to the living room and turn it into a stylish, functional rotating platform on top of your coffee table to display and organize your favorite coffee table books or magazines. With a simple spin, you or your book-lover guests can effortlessly browse your stack of reads. You can also combine the display with candles, plants, or decorative accents for an eye-catching, organized tabletop addition.

Take a lazy Susan and turn it into an orderly display on your bathroom countertop for skincare products you use daily. Instead of digging through those crowded shelves, a quick spin of the rotating base helps you find what you're looking for in a blink. If you have the space, you can also put a lazy Susan in the shower for your shampoo, conditioner, razor, shaving cream, and body wash. Just make sure it can handle getting wet.

Did you know a lazy Susan can double as a high-end table dupe? This genius DIY hack takes any size lazy Susan, a planter, a wood slat armrest tray, wood glue, and spray paint to create an adorable end table. While the lazy Susan's turntable becomes obsolete, its top makes the perfect statement for your decor, making it look like it was purchased from a luxury store that charged way too much.

No room gets more disorganized and cluttered than a laundry room. Toss a lazy Susan in there, and your detergents, spot removers, and fabric softeners will suddenly have a designated place. Plus, it eliminates having to dig through cabinets or shuffle bottles around. With a quick spin, you can find exactly what you're looking for without missing a beat. You can also add a tray for the things that come out in the wash, like hair ties, money, lip balms, and other small items.

Whether you have deep pantry shelves you can hardly reach, a mini-sized pantry, or a walk-in storage closet, a lazy Susan (or two) can bring an organized aesthetic to this chaotic area. Use a separate lazy Susan to create different designated areas. For example, establish a snack area filled with granola bars, gummy bears, snack-sized chip bags, or a coffee and tea corner with pods, tea bags, and sugar. 

This brilliant lazy Susan office hack gives you control to view your computer monitor from virtually any angle in the room without moving your entire setup. The rotating platform swivels smoothly, making it effortless to adjust your screen for better ergonomics or collaboration. Whether gaming with friends, working on a team project, or just switching positions while watching a movie, a lazy Susan makes sure your monitor can be viewed from multiple perspectives without straining your neck or constantly shifting your chair.

We're not sure why we haven't been using a lazy Susan underneath the sink all along, but now that we are, it's a game changer. Not only does it keep your cleaning products organized, but it takes up less room than having them scattered everywhere. You'll likely have to work around some pipes and maybe a garbage disposal, but it makes that pesky area of the kitchen not so overwhelming. 

When your baby likes to be the center of attention, put them in the middle of the dinner table on top of your lazy Susan. They'll be perfectly pacified since they can see everything that's going on around them, and friends and family can watch your wee one from every angle. Unfortunately, you can only do this for a few months until they're big enough to run around. If only we'd been clever enough to think of this when our kids were little!