A Cultivated Nest

Thrift Store Makeover- Kitchen Herb Planter

Back in January I showed you some wonderful Thrifty Garden Finds that I found at Goodwill. One was a brand new Smith & Hawken Bird Attracting seed kit with planter! I recently painted it and remade it into a little kitchen herb planter with the help of a digital transfer from my daughter's etsy shop Digital Download Shop. My local Asian market had some potted herbs on sale and I just ... Read More about Thrift Store Makeover- Kitchen Herb Planter

Kitchen Organization – How I Organized My Spice Cabinet

I think a lot of us are trying to better utilize the space that we have and I know that organizing your spices is a challenge! I showed you some great spice organization tips in this post 10 Ways to Organize Your Spices . So I had plenty of inspiration for how to tackle my own spice cabinet organization. My house was built in the late 1960's and this cabinet close to the stove is pretty ... Read More about Kitchen Organization – How I Organized My Spice Cabinet

Adding Farmhouse Style To My Kitchen

Now that the little makeover I was doing on my kitchen is done I'm concentrating on adding some farmhouse style to my kitchen by using accessories. I started by adding a cute rooster clock to one wall and now I've added this amazing hand-painted " Farmstead" sign. Isn't great! I love it! I got it from Etsy Seller Castle and Cottage Hand Painted Vintage Designs. The "1988" date is the ... Read More about Adding Farmhouse Style To My Kitchen

Home Sweet Frugal Home – February

Are your dollars not stretching as far as they used to? Everyone has different reasons for wanting or needing to cut back. I thought I’d start sharing some frugal things that we do as a way to not only encourage myself to stay on tract, but maybe give someone with similar goals some ideas. - I continued to harvest Kale, Swiss Chard and Collard Greens from my garden. As well, as herbs like ... Read More about Home Sweet Frugal Home – February

Black French Grain Sack Table Runner & My Dining Room

I found inspiration for a dining room project! So what happened was....My husband gave me a globe to add to my globe collection for Christmas. You can see it in this post - it's the altered one. After living with it for a few weeks, we all agreed that it just didn't fit in with the other globes that I have. So back to TJMaxx it went and instead I brought home this pretty black French grain ... Read More about Black French Grain Sack Table Runner & My Dining Room

An Easy Way To Make Your Own Liquid Hand Soap

I have a ton of little hotel bar soaps since my husband travels for work (and feels compelled to bring them & shower caps home)! So I was looking for a way to use them up and found that lots of people were making liquid hand soap from bar soap. So I thought why not give it a try. I read a lot of tutorials before trying this and what I learned is that what type of soap you use affects the ... Read More about An Easy Way To Make Your Own Liquid Hand Soap