Rustic Hanging Pot Rack
To help with storage for our country cabin kitchen, I decided to make a hanging pot rack to match my stools (https://www.hometalk.com/diy/build/furniture/rustic-stool-for-kitchen-island-44393073)
I made a quick sketch of what I wanted.
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Here is a picture of the kitchen with one of the stools.
I found this extra grill from my previous oven that would work perfect.
All I had to do now was to find the wood and make a frame.
I found these two by two's and cut them to make the frame around the grill, taking into consideration the groove I needed to make for the grill to sit on.
I used a biscuit plate jointer to make the groove because honestly, I don't know how to use the router .
I placed the two by two between some other pieces and found other pieces of wood to make the desired height of where I wanted the machine to make the groove. It worked out perfect.
You just press to let the blade go in and you slide it across creating a groove.
Then, I inserted the grill and cut the side pieces to glue and nail to the frame.
Once it was all cut to size, I stained it lightly.
Using clamps, I glued the pieces together and screwed the corners.
Then I proceeded to paint the decorative "wooden clavos" which I got from Amazon. I painted them black and then brushed some metallic copper paint to make them look like real clavos.
I used a hot glue gun to glue them but then used a nail gun to secure them.
After it was done, I took it to the country cabin and drilled holes on the corners to put the hooks.
After all four hooks where screwed in, I marked the ceiling by using my eyeliner on the tip of each hook so that when you pressed against the ceiling, it would leave a mark and it worked. But I don't have pictures of any of that , sorry. I was too excited to hang it that I forgot.
And voila! it was finally up but, I didn't have enough S-hooks to hang the other pots and I realized that it was too high and that I would need some short chains to bring it down some. But I will do that next time I go. For now, that's it.
As you can see, the pot rack needs to be lowered. But I am happy with how it turned out and how practical it will be.
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Doreen Kennedy on Mar 11, 2022
Nice work again. I remember your backsplash from a previous post. I like your style!
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P on Apr 15, 2023
Hooks can be bent out of clothes hangers! wire hangers make less heavy duty hooks but the wire top of a clear crystal plastic hanger makes a great s-hook strong enough to hang pans from! Since they break frequently just hold onto the metal part! 2 pair of pliers may be needed to snap the plastic off from the metal - WEAR EYE PROTECTION! Pieces of sharp plastic goes flying when you try to pry it off, so no little kids in the vicinity of this project til clear plastic pieces are located & cleaned up. (If you have friend with a clothing store ask for their broken clear plastic hangers, too)
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Carolina's Art on Apr 16, 2023
Good idea. Thanks.
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What size are your Clavos? I love how they took your pot rack a step further in design and how they pop!
Love your bar stool’s ❣️
Notice you are hanging only one pot. How many have you hung? Is the "rack" strong enough to hold 5 pots, possibly the lids that go with?
Thank you