A Hanging Veggie Basket

A small apartment can really make you creative.  I'm always looking for space where I can keep our things.  Hence, organizing is such a need.  Buying cabinets would be the easiest thing to do but since I decided to resign from my job, it's not exactly the easiest thing for me to do.  Like now, I need a place to put my veggies.  I wanted it in a place where I can easily see it and within reach.  That's when I decided to make a hanging veggie basket.

So here's a picture of what I'm going to need.  Of course 3 baskets, it cost Php 15 each.  I'm actually upset with the price cause there's a store that sells it for Php 10 only but the store wasn't open when I got there.  Utility knife or scissors, A ruler and my leftover strings.  See!  I get to use my leftover strings.

Just cut 4 pieces of string long enough for the 3 baskets.  Then tie them on 4 points of your basket.

I inserted a plastic box in between the baskets so I'd get the correct length for the strings before tying them together.  Just continue tying till you get all 3 baskets connected.

And then I tied all the ends of the strings together, attach them to the S shaped hook and hang them on the bar on top of my kitchen sink.  It's not going to hold all my veggies.  It's mainly onions, garlic, tomatoes, ginger, calamansi and other small veggies that I regularly use for cooking.  All in all, I only spent Php 45 for the baskets.  It's actually less than a dollar (US$1 = Php 47).  The other materials I used I already have.

DIY Air Freshener

I have been dying to try the DIY room air freshner that I read from here. One of the owner's website is named Lauren. She showed how easy it was to make it so I made my own!  Here's what we need to do:

GATHER supplies: a container / baking soda / essential oils

CLEAN and DRY your container then pour 1/4 plastic cup full of baking soda.

I have so many plastic cups that's why I used plastic rather than a glass container.

POUR a couple drops of your preferred essential oils. In my case, it was about 12 drops of eucalyptus oil.

I was sick last week and as it turns out, eucalyptus was really good for a clogged nose.

COVER with lid and there you have it your homemade air freshener.

There were days when I got tired of the eucalyptus scent so what I did was cover the hole with a sticker (you can also use a scotch tape). When I started missing the eucalyptus scent, I just peeled off the sticker. There was this one time I thought the scent was gone but it turns out you only need to shake the cup from time to time.

Lauren promised it would be the easiest thing to do and she was right!  I'm keeping this in my blog so I would never forget how to do it.  Thank you Lauren for sharing this to us.