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DIY Kitchen Herb Garden

written by Lauren

*I am a DecoArt blogger. I received free product in exchange for my review. I received free Ball® brand products as well. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.

DIY stenciled kitchen herb stand with mason jars

 

Happy Monday, everyone! I’ve always wanted a kitchen herb garden, but was never really sure how to create one! But after some pondering and research (and a little work), I now have a really cute herb garden in my kitchen!

I only planted my herb garden a few weeks ago, and already, my herbs are thriving! My cilantro is especially doing well. (I marked the cilantro “herbs,” since I don’t have a cilantro stencil.)

cilantro growing in a mason jar

I planted my herbs in Green Ball Heritage Collection Jars and Purple Ball Jar Ball Heritage Jars. I love the color of those jars! To start my herb garden, I bought packets of cilantro, basil, parsley and chive seeds. I filled the bottom of each Ball jar with a layer of pebbles and added some potting soil on top. I planted my seeds, covering the seeds with a fine layer of potting soil. I added a little water to each jar, being sure not to over water my seeds. I then placed a homemade garden tag in each jar to mark which seeds were planted in which jar.

I made my DIY herb garden markers a few weeks ago — it was a fun project! (Check out my DIY Garden Markers post for the complete tutorial!)

I love the look of this DIY basil herb garden marker

Step Stool to Plant Stand

My plant stand started out as an old step stool that was in my home’s basement. It wasn’t very pretty! Before I got started painting, I sanded the step stool to give the stand a more even surface.

I decided to paint my plant stand with Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint. I used Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint to paint a changing table that I converted into a beverage cart last summer. Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint is super easy to work with and has great coverage! A little bit of paint goes a long way. The paint is priced more reasonably than some other chalk paints.

old step stool

These are the products that I used on my step stool/herb garden stand:

Patio Paint Self Adhesive Stencils 6×8 – Label It
DecoArt Patio Paint Self-Adhesive Stencils, 6 by 8-Inch, Spice of Life

Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint 16oz – Delicate
Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint 16oz – Refreshing
Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, Everlasting

I used Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint – Everlasting for most of the stand — the white chalky finish paint is the main color on my plant stand. For the cute labels that I stenciled on with the Label It Patio Paint Self Adhesive Stencils, I used Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint – Refreshing. I used Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint – Delicate to stencil the wording on my stenciled labels. Stenciling my DIY herb garden stand was a fun and easy project!

This is what my plant stand looked like after it was painted and stenciled!

stenciled and painted herb plant stand

This is a closeup of my step stool turned herb plant stand!

Basil growing in a mason jar on a DIY kitchen plant stand

This is what my herbs looked like just before last weekend — they’ve grown quite a bit!

DIY plant stand with herbs planted in mason jars

My friend, Carrie, at Curly Crafty Mom, is also sharing her DIY herb garden today! I really love how her herb garden came out! Check out her tutorial on how she personalized her garden tin and garden markers!

DIY herb garden with personalized garden markers in a personalized tin


This post was shared at the Creative Corner Link Up Party and Talk DIY to Me

Filed Under: Kitchen, Yard & Garden Tagged With: garden, kitchen

Comments

  1. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    May 10, 2016 at 1:58 PM

    This turned out so cute, Lauren! I really need something like this in our home, we have my herbs and my sons cactus in front of the patio door right now which is NOT working out well! lol!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

    • Lauren says

      May 10, 2016 at 3:59 PM

      Thanks, Carrie! I hope you find a place for your cactus and herbs!

  2. Linda says

    May 19, 2016 at 10:23 AM

    As there is no drainage hole add a handful of charcoal to the soil to stop it turning sweet & & smelling of mildew in a few months time, also cover the sides of the jars if kept in the sun to stop the roots that reach the glass from being burnt 🙂

  3. Jes says

    June 13, 2016 at 6:42 PM

    great idea for getting the herb garden off the counter! Thanks for linking up at Talk DIY to Me

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