This project was SUPER easy! I bought a 2ft x 4 ft sheet of plywood from Lowe’s.
I laid three plastic containers that would be the size of my herb boxes on the plywood.
Then I drew lines on the plywood for how big I wanted to make the back of my herb holder.
For the herb boxes, I just used a 2 x 4 board to draw lines across the plywood the width of the 2×4.
Then I used a jig saw to cut on the lines. {I don’t usually use the jig saw with my left hand, but I was trying to take this picture of myself, so I had my camera in my right hand.}
I cut those strips of plywood into smaller sections to make my herb boxes.
Because this wood is so thin, I thought the best route was to put this together with my glue gun.
I was TOTALLY not worried about making perfect boxes. I didn’t care if all the pieces of the boxes lined up perfectly or if there were gaps. I wanted this to look like an old fashion herb holder. The imperfections just gave it character!
I used my level to space the boxes about 10 inches apart from the bottom of the boxes.
Then I hot glued the boxes to the back piece of the holder. Believe me, those boxes are not going anywhere!
Next, I painted the herb holder with two coats of Pantone’s Emerald from Lowes.
This is a bright color of green.
Since I wanted my herb holder to look “vintage,” I decided I needed to age it a little with some dark wax.
I absolutely LOVE the way it looks with the dark wax on it.
I wanted to label my herbs, so I used some chalkboard paint from Lowe’s and painted rectangles on the fronts of the boxes.
After the chalkboard paint was dry, I added the names of the herbs with a piece of chalk.
I lined each box with aluminum foil. Then I placed the herb plants that I bought at Lowe’s into the black plastic containers and placed them on top of the aluminum foil.
I really love my little herb holder! The herbs smell A-ma-zing!
Now I need to actually take the time to make a meal so that I can use them.
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