Hi everyone!! Today's Thrifty Thursday is a quick fix for a broken pump on my soap dispenser in the master bathroom. It's not a super duper, ground breaking idea, but it did save me $12.00.
This is our soap pump dispenser. The base is glass and still in great shape, but the pump has seen better days and now it doesn't pump any more.
Our first thought...buy a new one, but in the Walmart and Target they cost $12-$20. Even in my favorite TJ Maxx it was $10. I kept looking and looking, but putting it off. I just didn't want to spend money on a soap dispenser.
Then I came home from work last night to this. Hubby did a Thrifty Thursday and didn't even know it.
Here's a shot of the old silver one and the pump from a disposable soap pump from another sink in the house.
The disposable pump fit the glass dispenser. It didn't screw on all the way, but good enough for me!!!
I guess he was tired of tipping the jar upside down to get the soap out to wash his hands. "Necessity is the mother of invention."
We buy the big gallon size container of liquid hand soap to refill all the pumps, so I'm glad I still get to keep my glass dispenser.
Have a great Thursday,
~Karen~
This is our soap pump dispenser. The base is glass and still in great shape, but the pump has seen better days and now it doesn't pump any more.
Our first thought...buy a new one, but in the Walmart and Target they cost $12-$20. Even in my favorite TJ Maxx it was $10. I kept looking and looking, but putting it off. I just didn't want to spend money on a soap dispenser.
Here's a shot of the old silver one and the pump from a disposable soap pump from another sink in the house.
The disposable pump fit the glass dispenser. It didn't screw on all the way, but good enough for me!!!
I guess he was tired of tipping the jar upside down to get the soap out to wash his hands. "Necessity is the mother of invention."
We buy the big gallon size container of liquid hand soap to refill all the pumps, so I'm glad I still get to keep my glass dispenser.
Have a great Thursday,
~Karen~
LOL I just did the same thing for a pump in the kids bathroom. I was so happy to find another pump that worked to get the soap out. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like it. Simple things that help, that we might not think about.
ReplyDeleteSmart thinking!
ReplyDeleteKaren,
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius! I love ideas that are simple, thrifty and utilize things we already have in the home.
Was just in RI for my daughter's orientation, it went well. Beautiful area and perfect (though HOT) weather.
Linda
mysewwhatblog.blogspot.com
Phooey! I threw out my pretty soap dispenser because it had the same problem! I'm now just putting the store brand on the sink (looks tacky...but, oh well). Guess I'm not as inventive as your dear hubby! Maybe I will save a pump from the store brand soap, clean it up and take it with me to the thrift store to see if I can find a new dispenser, knowing I have a replacement pump for the future!
ReplyDeletePretty smart hubby you have there :O)
ReplyDeleteI would have done the same thing. In keeping with Thrifty Thursday our family checks out our really cool 2nd hand stores for things we need. Recently I was looking for a simple wooden stool for my kitchen and local stores were asking upward to $55. I stopped by a small 2nd hand store that is huge and has many rooms and found the stool I was looking for and it came with a removable cute padded seat cover. Cost out the door with tax? $16.21. We are raising 3 grands and since December have lost over $750 a month in income, every penny counts!
ReplyDeleteHe seems to well trained in his thinking...
ReplyDeleteThe silver colored put was so pretty with the glass. Wonder if you could use the spray paint intended for plastic to get a prettier color. Don't know if they have silver.
ReplyDeleteSorry - silver colored pump.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen,
ReplyDeleteI've made many mason jar with pump soap thingies for the house but eventually they all give out. We remodeled our kitchen last winter and I didn't want the doap dispenser installed in the sink so we used the whole dispenser unit (except the plastic container) in a quart mason jar. The entire unit is brushed steel and will last forever. Everthing fit right inside the mason lid. To refill it, just lift the pump out and squeeze in the soap. You might try HD's clearance or Habitat For Humanity stores. I hate paying such high prices for these items.
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteI've gone so far as to switch the little straws around on those pumps, to keep the original lid.
Sometimes it actually fits! Val
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteI've gone so far as to switch the little straws around on those pumps, to keep the original lid.
Sometimes it actually fits! Val
Neccessity, the mother, but in this case father of invention.
ReplyDeleteThat's just awesome! Love it when things like that just fall into place.
ReplyDeleteIve been known to buy up dispensers at goodwill...usually pay between 39 and 99 cents just to get the pumps to use as replacements!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh when I seen this b/c I did the very same thing with a pump off of a bottle from bath and body works. And what made me think of it is I have the same bottle in the kitchen that has been there for over 3 yrs. TFS
ReplyDeleteMine stopped pumping and I couldn't figure out why. Turns out it was clogged with dry soap - dry to the point of being rock-hard! I soaked the whole arrangement overnight in vinegar and it did the trick. (I then when on to re-use the vinegar to soak drawer handles and an assortment of other household items that needed de-gunking.)
ReplyDeleteThis seemed so obvious when I saw this but yet I have a broken pump on my soap dispenser at preschool and it has been this way for over a year!! I am a preschool teacher and had found the cutest and very cheap soap dispenser for my classroom but the kids broke the pump after just a couple of weeks. I haven't been able to find another soap dispenser like it and didn't want to spend the money. What I really liked about my soap dispenser was it had a wide base so it was easier for the 3 year olds to pump it with out the bottom slipping out from under them and the dispenser tipping over. Glad I didn't throw it out like my assistant has been encouraging me to do!! Now I can fix it for free!!! YAY!!!
ReplyDeleteI just bought a white carved porcelain dispenser at ZARA HOME for only 3€ & use it for the dish soap!!
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