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Recycled Spice Jars

Recycled Spice Jars

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When Mike and I got married we were gifted a spice rack set (Thanks Webber family!)  similar to this.

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We used some of the spices but in my effort to declutter it was put into a cabinet and forgotten about until last weekend when I was attempting to free up some space in our kitchen.

The spices were 4 years old so I decided it was time to throw those out, but I knew I wanted to reuse the glass jars.

I washed the jars and lids, grabbed my black sharpie and some rubbing alcohol and got to work.

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I also went down to the basement to dig through our office stuff searching from my IKEA spice racks. They used to hold my craft paint and mason chairs before the office became a nursery. I’ll spare you the photo of where all that office stuff is now… IT’S A MESS, sut you can see the racks in use in the back of this old photo…

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I had Mike drill some holes, hang my shelves, and then it was ready for my newly cleaned and freshly filled spice jars.

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I love it – and I freed up some cabinet space and was able to reorganize so it’s a little more functional than before.


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I hope you can find something to recycle today.

Happy Day!

Recycled Spice Jars

Jaderston Baby: The Nursery

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Welcome to the sweetest room in our home. It’s not entirely complete… I still want curtains, a lamp for the bookshelf, and the picture frames need photos but we feel really great about the progress since it was an office/storage room just 10 weeks ago.

Baby update: Still waiting with really no signs of that changing anytime soon. We had a sonogram at our appointment this week and baby is doing great so we are in no rush and we’re so grateful for that. Our doctor wants to deliver within the week though so LESS THAN 7 DAYS! Crazy that this April baby is really looking like a May baby now.

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Source List

Crib: Pottery Barn
Rocker: Ikea: Poang Rocker
Dresser: Ikea: Hemnes 8 drawer dresser
Diaper Cart: Ikea: Raskog Utility Cart
Rug: Rugs USA
Paint Color: Home Depot: Silver Blue Sea
Pallet Shelf: Target – couldn’t find online
Bookshelf: Handcrafted gift
Elephant art: Hobby Lobby
Shelves above dresser: Home Depot a few years back

Kitchen Updates

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In the last two weeks we have made some small but major changes in our kitchen. The last time we did work on our kitchen was when we painted our cabinets white – such a big project with such a big impact!

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There are always projects and ideas running through my head when it comes to our starter home. I have such a hard time deciding which project to start on first which usually results in me just sitting on my ideas afraid to pull the trigger. Well, in September, I pulled a trigger – without talking to my husband first – and this project was for him. Oops!

And a few days later, this showed up on our front porch!

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Our brand new sink!

The timing of its arrival wasn’t great since Mike had youth events and retreats on the horizon along with tennis. This project was for him and would require at least a day of dedicated time. So the box sat in our living room. And we tripped over it and kicked it and shoved it when we needed to open the front door….

THEN last week when I stayed at my parents for an evening to babysit, he surprised me by installing it! Unfortunately, it didn’t come easy and he sprouted some gray hairs because of it but a few days later we had running water and a beautiful new sink and faucet (thanks mom and dad)!

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It’s beautiful! And it’s deep! I love it so so much. And I’m so grateful for the gray hairs on my husbands head.

We also (finally) added knobs and pulls to the cabinets and added over cabinet lighting. These two things were impulse purchases for me. I had picked out hardware months ago but didn’t want to spend the $75. I had some Menards rebates saved up though and decided to just go for it.

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Each small change has made such a big impact and I’m happy to be doing dishes with a new sparkly faucet, in a deep sink, and to now be able to open our doors and drawers without leaving fingerprints on our pretty white paint. All is good in the Jaderston household!

Happy Day!

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