Herb Planter Project: A Success!

Recently I saw Martha Stewart convert an old toolbox into a herb planter so that she could take her fresh hers with her on vacation/whenever she needed.

Although I don’t necessarily need to take my plants around and about with me, I really liked this idea because I can easily move this around the house to get the necessary 6-8hrs of direct sunlight that herbs need.

I didn’t have an old toolbox though; what I did have was a recently acquired Lady Dewalt. Using that, some leftover stain from my spinning wheel finishing project, scrap wood, and a cabinet knob to create my very own “from-scratch” herb planter!

I attached the cabinet knob to the front of the planter so I could hang a small pair of scissors off of it. I simply used a small scrap of yarn to crochet a strong “rope” to hold my scissors. This way I can easily clip off bits of my herbs whenever I want to; since scissors are constantly migrating between rooms in my house and are impossible to find when you need them this was key to the planters success as a functional object.