Spice of life!

You guys know by now that I love a good Pinterest challenge! 

When I was originally looking on the IKEA website for shelving a year or so ago, I randomly 

came across the spice racks. Thinking they looked like perfect book shelves, I searched Pinterest to see if it had already been done.

Of course it had! I was swamped by blogs and posts and beautiful photos of spice rack hacks!

My first set of IKEA BEKVAM spice racks totally converted me. I painted them in Annie Sloane chalk paint, and distressed them then waxed. 

They looked super once the room was finished, so not long after, I ordered some more for the bathroom. The spice racks are wider than normal ones but still dainty enough that they don't take up too much space.

We needed something small for the bathroom to hold our Mr and Mrs daily bits and pieces, that would fit under the mirror on a small wall. This time, I just varnished the wood to seal it from the condensation of the bathroom, but left them as bare wood. I was originally going to paint them white but everything in the room is white and grey, so the wood just helps break that up a bit and bring something a little different to the room. The bathroom is almost done now! The wooden beams and skirtings still need their top coat, we would love a new radiator and to knock out that cupboard, but really it's only the flooring we need doing most of all.

I'm already filling my basket for another IKEA order and no doubt, there will be more spice racks in there, waiting for their use! Love these little shelves, and maybe one day I'll actually get some to be use as spice racks!

Spice rack link: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40070185/