Put your fresh picked herbs in your spice canisters. The canisters will keep your spices nice and fresh ready for you to use at anytime. If you want to keep them fresh for a long time then make sure the lid is air tight. There is nothing like stale spices because the lid was not on tight. About the hardest choice you will have with the lids is what you want them to do. You already know they need to be air tight but, there is more. If you just want to pop the lid and reach in then you do not need to go any farther. Sometimes you may just want to add just a couple of sprinkles on your food. In order to do that without the whole can ending in your pan get a lid that will allow you to sprinkle.

Spice canisters can be plain or they can have decoration on them. The container might be plastic, stainless steel, or even glass. It is no longer necessary to just hang the spice rack on the wall. There are so many more options nowadays. You can set them on your shelf above the stove or even put the spices on your countertop. Just decide where you would like to set them then purchase the proper rack for doing so. If you are going to have the spice rack out for display then make sure it matches everything else in your kitchen.

Mothers of small children love spice canisters and it is not because they keep their spices in them. Moms know if they have a child that is a girl then they will always be doing their hair so they look cute. What better place to keep the rubber bands and barrettes then in a canister. This will keep everything in one place and you can tuck it away so your child does not get a hold of it.

If you have a cork board in the house for putting notes on then the odds are you are using thumb tacks. If you have ever stepped on one of these then you know it hurts. Do not take the chance of leaving the tack on the floor again. Grab all your tacks and store them in the containers for spices. There are a ton of things you can store in these containers other than just your spices. The nice thing is the containers can be tucked away anywhere as they require only a little spare room.