| thing to think about before buying a kitchen spice rack | | | | and the bottom of the rack. To transfer the spices |
| is whether or not to get a rack that includes spices. | | | | from their bags to the jars in your rack, purchase a |
| Most spice rack that you can purchase at major | | | | cheap small funnel that you can use to get the spices |
| retailers include the ingredients with them. One issue | | | | into the jars with little or no waste. Clip a corner of the |
| with this is that you are forced to use whatever | | | | plastic bag off and dump them into the funnel. |
| spices they give you. | | | | Finally you will need to get labels for your spice |
| An alternative is to buy a rack that doesn't include the | | | | containers. If you buy a rack with the spices included, |
| spices. This way you can purchase the ones you | | | | most likely it will include pre printed labels to match the |
| really need at any grocery store or specialty shop. | | | | spices in the box. Some racks will come with blank |
| This can be a cheaper alternative as store bought | | | | labels that you can write on. A designer idea would be |
| spices can run cheaper since they usually come in | | | | to purchase printer labels. This way you can use a |
| plastic bags. If you decide to go the route of buying | | | | designer looking font to make the labels look |
| your own, make sure you do a little research. First you | | | | professional. Be sure that whichever labels you buy |
| need to know how many spice jars you have since | | | | they are small enough to not detract from the look of |
| this will determine the number of spices that you will | | | | the overall spice rack. |
| need to make the rack look whole. Next think about | | | | Kitchen spice racks can make your cooking |
| the spices that you cook with the most. List them out | | | | experience a better one. The rack will keep you from |
| and try to come up with just as many as jars that you | | | | hunting through your cabinets looking for that one |
| have. | | | | ingredient you can't find. When buying one, be sure to |
| Next you will need to come up with the layout of the | | | | make a decision on whether you want to have the |
| spices. Ideally you should put your most used spices in | | | | spices included or if you want to build your own. |
| the front of the rack with the less used near the rear | | | | |