This would be a great question to ask on the kitchen forum. I'm a proud lurker over on that forum! LOL! You'll have to check out the Finished Kitchen Blog that was created by some talented people from that forum too. Good luck!

Unless you have a very powerful exhaust fan I think those pots would get greasy fast.

I've never understood the appeal of these things outside of restaurant kitchens where the pots are in constant rotation. Don't pots and pans get *dusty* hanging up there? (OK, so now you know I eat to live, not the reverse.)

My pots and pans are in deep drawers under the cooktop.

I have to agree with chisue. Although I like the appearance of some pot racks, I think they get dusty and would for sure get greasy if placed by the stove. I have a friend who has one over her kitchen island and she claims she would never do it again. She said they get so dusty and sometimes get little bitty spiders on them who she says they can make a spider web faster then you can say it! LOL! Unless you are constantly cooking and getting them down I would think the dust would be unreal. I know I have to dust my two lights over my island almost everyday. I think it is still construction dust but still it is gross!

But this is just my opinion, in the end you should do what you like the most!