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| Lemon Balm |
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| First, Pick all the herbs you want to dry out |
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| Sometimes there are some bad leaves in the bunch |
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| Just set all those aside in a pile. We don't want to use bad leaves for tea/cooking |
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| Wash all your herbs. |
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| I used mini clothespins, that I already had, to hang the herbs on a ribbon to dry. You can also look online at different ways to dry out herbs. I wanted the most natural, instead of using a dehydrator or oven. (You lose a lot of the oils in the leaves when using those methods.) |
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| Voila! Let them dry out for a few days. They will feel dried out and crunch when they are ready to be put into an airtight container! |
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| Make sure your container to keep your herbs is clean and completely dry. You can get these small jar's that have a rubber seal for $1 at a craft store like Joanns. |
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| Start taking down your herbs and pull off the leaves from the stem. |
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| Place inside your container :) |
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| Lemon Balm Herb |
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| I inherited this little glass serving dish from the woman who lived here before us :) Lemon Balm is sitting next to my Organic Cinnamon Sugar |
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| Boiled some water in my kettle |
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| Poured hot water in cup |
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| Added just 3 leaves |
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| Let it steep for 3-5 minutes (depending on the strength you want) |
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| Remove leaves.. |
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| Enjoy a perfect cup of tea! |
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| Took cabinet doors off. That hinge will not budge so please ignore it for now ;) |
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| All this had to be peeled off.. |
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| Painted all the shelves white! |
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| This cabinet had lots of hole underneath the sticky paper...don't know why? |
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| I sanded everything down for a smooth painting |
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| I like to make painting a little fun ;) |
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| before |
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| after the first coat it already looks waay better! |
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| The white makes the kitchen look and feel so clean! |
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| I am planning (eventually) to get awesome clear glass canisters to hold our few items that are stored in our cabinet. They will hold: Cereal, Oats, Graham Crackers, Chips, etc. |
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| on the left counter: no-bake cookies ;) perfect saturday treat! |
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| I'm thinking of some like this... |
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| Before |
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| Progress |
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| Because I have cheap frames..they tend to have a crack look here and there. See the little black line on the bottom? |
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| I tackled it with just some hole filler! Works like a charm! I had to do several parts of the frame to make it look "flush" with the side |
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| It's a start.. |
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| Can't wait to make that chalkboard! :) |
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| I love that it can show off cute dishes and bowls..Even wine glasses! You can hide stuff in cute baskets and set out recipe books for decor :) |
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| Unscrewing all the cabinets...the screws were pretty stripped so we had to use a good old fashion screwdriver! |
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| flowers anyone? |
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| Before painting, I had to lightly sand and fill the holes with hole filler |
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| Before |
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| I unscrewed the hooks from the shelves and pulled the shelves out. Wiped everything down with a damp paper towel to make sure that the paint adhered well. |
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| The painting begins! I would suggest a primer but I didn't want to spend any money on this project so I ended up using 3 coats of paint ;) |
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| first coat of paint.. |
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| 2 coats... |
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| 3 coats of paint! |
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| After! |
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| Roxy and Rolie's Treats :) |
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| Cookbook and Vases |
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| I'm planning on doing the other side too! The kitchen looks bigger since you can see the back of the cabinet! |
