26 Way to Use Lavender in Your Home
I was in love with lavender from the start but now having a large amount of it I’ve discovered even more ways to extend its beauty into winter. Here are 26 ways to use lavender in your home— from cleaning the floors to opening your sinuses.
Lavender Wands
Weave ribbon around the stems to hold the lavender buds inside.
Lavender Wands – Creating lavender wands is an ancient practice to preserve lavender buds within their own stems through the use of weaving ribbon in a basket pattern. Use them in your closet to deter moths, hang it in your car as a natural freshener, hang it on doorknobs to perfume rooms, and give them as unique gifts. You must make them when the lavender is fresh (July), or purchase them from a family farm. Its labor intensive and an art form so you’ll never see these commercially produced.
Lavender Wreaths – Lavender wreaths look good all season long, not just for the holidays, and they hold their color and fragrance well and are a great way to soften a room. Check out ours in the shop if you want to order one or make one yourself with dried lavender.
Herb Swag – Lavender can be added with other dried herbs to make an herbal swag for the kitchen or the shower. Try lavender, eucalyptus, and sage for the shower. And lavender, sage, rosemary, and thyme for the kitchen. Use a rubber band and raffia to tie it all together at the top and hang it with the stems facing the sky.
Fire Starters – Lavender that is left over or has lost its color can be used as a fire starter during the winter. It ignites quickly and gives your fire a nice aroma.
Lavender Infused Honey - Add 1/2 cup lavender buds to a jar of honey and let steep for 2 weeks in a sunning window. Strain out the buds with a colander and use the infused honey over toast, yogurt, or ice cream. It also makes a great facial mask!
Simple Lavender Syrup - Use buds to make a simple syrup to sweeten lavender lemonade, greyhounds, or soda.
Shortbread Cookies - Best with tea in the afternoons.
Lavender & Peach Jam - The perfect pair.
Herbs de Provence Spice Mix - Great of grilled or roasted chicken.
Ice Cream - Lavender and Lemon Verbena make the best summer treat.
Perfume - Make a natural perfume and use lavender oil as a medium floral note
Eye Pillow - Mix lavender buds with millet and enclose it in an eye pillow
Heavy Baby Dolls - Mix lavender buds and millet or flax for handmade heavy baby dolls
Sugar Scrub - Use lavender buds to make a sugar scrub to use as an exfoliant
Sauna - Add lavender essential oil to your sauna or steam room water, or bath water
Mopping - Add a few drops of essential oil to your wash bucket when mopping floors
Message Oil - Add a few drops of essential oil to your message oil at night
Room Perfume - Diffuse oil in your home to create a relaxing and calm environment
Bee Stings - Mix it with Vicks Rub for a bee sting remedy.
Adhesive Remover - Use it to remove stickers and other glue-based materials
Face Masks - Add essential oil or buds to any natural face masks
Sunburns - Add essential oil to water and rub on sunburns
Pets - Add a few drops of essential oil to your pet bed as natural flee repellent (including hen laying boxes)
Lice - Add a few drops with your shampoo to kill lice and lice eggs
Skincare - Add a few drops in athletes’ foot, eczema, and acne creams
Relaxation - Use a drop on your temple to reduce anxiety and depression
Get creative and develop your nose to distinguish the different notes in each variety. Enjoy!