How to Make a Hanging Pot & Pan Rack For The Kitchen

A hanging pot and pan rack is not just a decorative feature for your kitchen. Ot allows you to display and protect your expensive pots and pans and save space in your kitchen cabinets. Making a hanging pot and pan rack for your kitchen doesn't require years of woodworking experience. You can get all of the needed items at your local home improvement store to assemble a beautifully functional pot rack for a fraction of the cost of buying one.

Nine 3/4-inch-diameter, 18-inch-long dowels
Two 1-inch by 2 3/4-inch, 36-inch-long wood boards
120-grit sandpaper
Damp cloth
Wood stain
Paintbrush
Clean cloth
3/4-inch drill bit
Drill
18 1 1/2-inch brads
Hammer
Four eye bolts
Four 18-inch-long pot rack chains
10 S hooks

Instructions

- 1
  Sand the dowels and board lengths with 120-grit sand paper.
- 2
  Wipe the sanding dust off of the wooden components with a damp cloth.
- 3
  Apply wood stain to the dowels and side boards by painting the stain onto them with a paintbrush, waiting five minutes and then wiping the stain off of the wood with a clean cloth. Allow the stain to dry for 30 minutes.
- 4
  Drill nine holes through each side piece with a 3/4-inch drill bit installed in a drill. The holes start at 2 inches from the left end and are spaced 4 inches apart from the center of each hole with 2 inches remaining at the right end.
- 5
  Insert the nine dowels through the holes in the side pieces so that the ends of the dowels are flush against the outside of the side boards.
- 6
  Nail one 1 1/2-inch brad through the top of the side boards into each dowel with a hammer.
- 7
  Apply three coats of polyurethane to the assembled rack by painting the polyurethane onto the wood surface with a paintbrush and waiting 30 minutes between coats.
- 8
  Screw one eye bolt, 4 inches from each corner, into the wood sides, with the eyes at the top of the rack.
- 9
  Attach 18-inch-long chains to each of the eye bolts.
- 10
  Hang 10 S hooks from the dowels to hang your pots and pans on.

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