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How to Attach the BEKVAM Spice Rack to a Wall

The BEKVAM spice rack, manufactured and sold by IKEA, has a natural birch wood finish that owners can sand or stain as desired. Although the BEKVAM spice rack can sit flat on a kitchen counter surface, it also has two rear holes allowing you to hang it on a wall. Mounting the spice rack to the wall requires only inserting a couple of screws into the wall in the appropriate places.

Things You'll Need

  • Pencil
  • Stud finder
  • Drill
  • 1/4-inch drill bit
  • Plastic wall anchor
  • Hammer
  • 1-inch long wood screws
  • Power drill
  • Hollow wall anchor (optional)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Assemble the BEKVAM spice rack fully and then hold it up to the wall in the location where you wish to hang it. Reposition the rack as needed, ensuring that you have enough room above it to easily remove the spice bottles.

    • 2

      Place a small pencil mark on the wall at the location of the left-side rail and then repeat the process at the right-side rail. Set the spice rack aside.

    • 3

      Slide a stud finder over the two pencil marks to determine if a wall stud is behind them. If a stud exists, no additional anchors are required.

    • 4

      Insert a 1/4-inch diameter bit into a drill and place the drill up to one of the pencil marks. Press the trigger to create a 1-inch deep hole in it if a stud is present. If no stud is present, drill deep enough to break through the wall. Repeat the same process at the location of the second wall mark.

    • 5

      Insert the rounded end of a plastic anchor into the holes if there is no stud behind them. Push the anchors in with your fingers as far as possible, then tap them the remainder of the way using a hammer. The top rim of the anchor should be flush with the wall surface.

    • 6

      Place a 1-inch long wood screw into the stud hole or the wall anchor and tighten it using a power drill until only 1/4-inch of the head is exposed.

    • 7

      Pick up the BEKVAM spice rack and hold it up to the wall. Feel the back of each side rail with your fingers to determine how far down the hole hangers are and then slide the rack holes over the exposed screw heads.