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A word on hooks. Don't get the ones made for 1/8 inch peg board, they will tend to fall out, get the heavier ones for 1/4.
If you look at the picture above, you can see my set up for my Revereware lids. These hooks probably aren't readily available to the public, but I bet you could perhaps improvise something similar. The KMart where I used to work threw out two cases of these and I glommed onto them. These are all I have left, the rest were donated to a thrift store. You might ask at a department store and see if they are throwing out any similar items (or other fixturing). The KMart I worked at threw out and entire industrial dumpster full of peg board, shelving, hooks and sundry other display hardware because they didn't have a place to store it.
I don't have just pots on my rack, I also have some other often used things, like my measuring cups. I also used to have a simple "hook bar" made from a single piece of 1x2 and some large cup hooks that I had screwed to the wall above the stove. I hung all my spatulas, and sundry other stirring implements from it. I also had a second one to hang the assorted beaters, dough hook, etc from my stand mixer. Both got lost in a move and I haven't bothered to replace them.
One of the benefits to having a rack like this is when you wash dishes. I don't have a dishwasher, so one of my pet peeves is the cheesy, postage stamp sized dish drainers for sale in the housewares section of most department stores. They are so small, that you put two or three plates in them, and a couple of bowls and some silverware and they are full.
...so you either dry stuff off, then wash another load...or you wash, wait for the stuff in the drainer to dry, then wash the next load. With my pot rack, I just wash a pot, then hang it right back up on the rack. Sure, it drips on the floor a little...but only a little, and the landlord, for whatever reason, has carpet in the kitchen, so there's no danger of any sort of slippery puddle on the floor to create a safety hazard. Now I can use my dish drainer for dishes. (I have a dish drainer made by Simple Human...this is the Cadillac of dish drainers...but cheap they ain't)
Anyway, that's the lot...the kit and the kaboodle...the whole schmear, the Full Monty. Hopefully someone will find this to be useful...butt ugly as it is.
Edit:
For a prettier lookin' version of a similar rack (this one was devised for holding accessories for a wii gaming system), check out this instructable slide show.
If you look at the picture above, you can see my set up for my Revereware lids. These hooks probably aren't readily available to the public, but I bet you could perhaps improvise something similar. The KMart where I used to work threw out two cases of these and I glommed onto them. These are all I have left, the rest were donated to a thrift store. You might ask at a department store and see if they are throwing out any similar items (or other fixturing). The KMart I worked at threw out and entire industrial dumpster full of peg board, shelving, hooks and sundry other display hardware because they didn't have a place to store it.
I don't have just pots on my rack, I also have some other often used things, like my measuring cups. I also used to have a simple "hook bar" made from a single piece of 1x2 and some large cup hooks that I had screwed to the wall above the stove. I hung all my spatulas, and sundry other stirring implements from it. I also had a second one to hang the assorted beaters, dough hook, etc from my stand mixer. Both got lost in a move and I haven't bothered to replace them.
One of the benefits to having a rack like this is when you wash dishes. I don't have a dishwasher, so one of my pet peeves is the cheesy, postage stamp sized dish drainers for sale in the housewares section of most department stores. They are so small, that you put two or three plates in them, and a couple of bowls and some silverware and they are full.
...so you either dry stuff off, then wash another load...or you wash, wait for the stuff in the drainer to dry, then wash the next load. With my pot rack, I just wash a pot, then hang it right back up on the rack. Sure, it drips on the floor a little...but only a little, and the landlord, for whatever reason, has carpet in the kitchen, so there's no danger of any sort of slippery puddle on the floor to create a safety hazard. Now I can use my dish drainer for dishes. (I have a dish drainer made by Simple Human...this is the Cadillac of dish drainers...but cheap they ain't)
Anyway, that's the lot...the kit and the kaboodle...the whole schmear, the Full Monty. Hopefully someone will find this to be useful...butt ugly as it is.
Edit:
For a prettier lookin' version of a similar rack (this one was devised for holding accessories for a wii gaming system), check out this instructable slide show.
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