Making a Pot Rack

Request: Making a Pot Rack

I received a really nice set of Earthchef pots and pans for Christmas, and would like to know how to make a pot rack to hang them from. This is the first set of pots and pans I have ever had and I'm over 50, so I would like to hang them up so they will stay scratch free. I have no room in my cupboards unless I stack them and then they will scratch. The rack has to be wall mounted as I have a small, galley-type kitchen and can't hang them from the ceiling without bonking my head on them! Thanks.

Catastrofy from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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RE: Making a Pot Rack

Any ideas about where I can find the wall mounts that would hold the dowel for the hooks to hang from? Can't find any that are decorative enough for the kitchen. (02/18/2009)

By kathy

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I came across an inexpensive mirror with iron-work and made it into a pot rack. Including the mirror, the hardware and S-hooks it cost me about 40 dollars. Just have to make sure the iron-work is sturdy enough to hold the weight. (02/08/2010)

By Lola in BC

Request: Making a Pot Rack

I am looking for ways to make a hanging pot rack. I want to get all my pots and pans up and out of the way.

Cindy from Elkhart, IN

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RE: Making a Pot Rack

My daughter put hooks on a cake cooler rack and hung it with a light chain. Very attractive and effective. (02/23/2007)

By siris.

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I've seen them made out of an old window frame, and then add hooks to it over the sink. (02/23/2007)

By warnerd5

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I purchased 2 metal hanging wall hook units from the dollar store for $1 each and hung them next to each other. They worked wonderful for my pots and pans. I even hang some of my larger utensils. It hangs over my microwave and toaster/convection oven. I have had several comments on my "imagination" on utilizing things that others didn't think of doing. Hope this gives you some inexpensive ideas! I've even sent a picture to show you, excuse a pot being missing, I'm cooking dinner as I'm doing this :) Cheryl http://www.2ewenique.com (02/23/2007)

By hvnlyhills

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I screwed screws into the wall and hung up my pots on the screws. I am so proud of myself. (02/23/2007)

By sandy63

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I used some nice thick crown molding that my hardware store was selling cheap. They cut it in 2 foot pieces, which I attached to my hideous kitchen wall paneling using the screws they recommended. I bought some heavy duty hooks and screwed them into the crown molding. It cost me about 8 bucks total for my two pot racks, which have held up for three years and counting. (02/23/2007)

By momma30

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I was in Home Depot and happened to speak with another customer while waiting for paint to be mixed. She mentioned that she found an old basketball hoop at a yard sale, painted it black and had it mounted to the wall above her sink and that is her pot rack. I would imagine you could mount it with chains to the ceiling as well. (02/24/2007)

By Roberta

RE: Making a Pot Rack

Two ideas for the hanging type: Go to a salvage store, thrift store, or garage sale and look for an old iron gate, heat or floor or air vent cover. Hang it from the ceiling and use "S" hooks to hang your pots from. Or, make, buy a new, or find an old used ladder, hang from the ceiling and again use large S hooks to hang pots from. Ladders are great because you can find smaller step ladders or larger ones depending on the size of your kitchen. Remove the back side of the ladder and hang the rung side from all four corners. Paint, stain, or leave it as is for the primitive look. You can also hang dried bunches of flowers tied with ribbon or jute. They're quite attractive. (02/25/2007)

By Thissie

RE: Making a Pot Rack

I was given an iron and glass table that I really had no sensible use for and was just about to give it away again when I realized I can disassemble it and use the round base to make a very pleasing pot rack!

My plans are to take off the legs, attach chains (I may need to paint the chains to match). I am also trying to decide how to create a bottom cross section that will function as a basket to hold lids. I'm thinking to use a strong gauge wire and weave it in dream catcher fashion, since it is going to be a round pot rack. I may need to try a few methods and ideas before I settle on a good plan for a rack. I'm researching now and this is how I found this site.

Look at what you have around your house that may be suitable. Scan yard sales and thrift stores... maybe even scrap yards! Then add S hooks and mounting chains and you may find you have something better than what was available to purchase! (11/15/2008)

By linda r.

RE: Making a Pot Rack

Try searching "Kee Klamp", and making a pot rack with pipes. You can build whatever you want, it is amazing, or just use plumbers pipe fittings. (02/02/2009)

Request: Making a Pot Rack

I need a pot rack and I don't have a space for the ceiling type. What about a wall type? I looked at some and they stick out, I want one that is flat to the wall. Can you make a pot rack out of lattice or maybe some wainscot?

Any ideas.

Thanks,
Karen from Winona, WV

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Ladder

My husband built me an old fashioned ladder that he screwed to the wall and attached hooks to it worked great for all of my pots, pans and utensils. (05/19/2006)

By ETTA

Towel Rod

I've seen them made with a towel bar, decorative curtain rod, or another type of bar firmly fastened to the wall. Use "S" hooks to hold the pans to the rod. (05/20/2006)

By susanmajp

A Chain

My kitchen is tiny with little wall space and barely 8 ft ceilings. I borrowed a trick from a chef friend's home kitchen and hung a long chain from the ceiling with S hooks through the links. Holds an an amazing amount of stuff in a small space. Make sure the hook for the chain is in a ceiling stud since it holds quite a bit of weight. Hook, sturdy chain, and S hooks were all cheap from the hardware store. We bent the ends of the S hooks that went into the chain links just enough so they don't come out when I take down a pan. (05/20/2006)

By Miz Lou

Peg Board

Julia Child had peg board, and then traced an outline of the pot/tool and labeled it for easy, quick organizing. I have also seen "pot shelves" which are a corner vertical shelf, similar to a plant shelf, in a triangular shape, and each pot/pan has it's own shelf. It takes up very minimal space in an empty corner. I can't recall the manufacturer, but they are wrought Iron. (05/20/2006)

By camo_angels