Oh, how I love a good DIY, and it's not that I happen to love sitting in my garage all weekend making things. It's that I am now on a very strict budget and can't go around dropping $150 at Dean & Deluca on a highly coveted spice rack!
A reader over at Apartment Therapy sent the blog her DIY Spice rack project that in the end, cost all of $40, and that's with the spices included! The shelving is from Ikea, the metallic tins are from Bed, Bath & Beyond, and the spices from a local spice store. I am sure that any of us could put something like this together, and what makes this even better than the Dean & Deluca version (aside from the incredible price differential) is that you can customize it to exactly what you like.
One of the things I miss most about summer, especially where I live, is the availability of fresh produce and herbs. This winter I decided to do something about that and started a little herb garden inside my house rather than having to rely solely on the dried variations in my spice rack. The problem is, I'm not using them fast enough and I hate to see them go to waste or wither away and die. I started to look for some alternate ways of preserving them, and have found a few good methods. 
Magnetic spice racks are certainly not a brand, spanking new innovation in storage and space-saving, but 
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