Ceiling mount pot rack - hang em high?

14 years ago

I would love to put a small pot rack in my kitchen, and the previous owners left two really substantial hooks in the ceiling from their own pot rack. But they had a table under theirs, and we don't plan to, which raises two questions.

First, the function question: I'm trying to figure out if I could comfortably use a pot rack when it's installed so the bottoms of the pots are just within reach - that way they would clear our heads if we walk underneath. I know I don't need to be able to grab the actual hook, but is it enough just to reach the bottom of the pan?

The aesthetic question is whether it would look dopey to have a pot rack hanging just past the end of a small peninsula - not quite in the middle of the room, but close. I have a hunch there's some "rule" that the rack should be over something. Have any of you broken this rule? (And yes, I can bite the bullet and move the hooks, but these things are monsters and in there really securely. It would be great to be able to leave the ceiling alone!)

Would appreciate thoughts/experiences you care to share.

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Fori
14 years ago
Sounds like it'd be dopey. :)

How about a picture? What else will be in the room? Can you stick a mini butcherblock island under it?
kmcg
Original Author
14 years ago
I was afraid of that :)

So here are a couple pictures of the previous owner's pot rack. Her butcher block is sitting in front of an old chimney stack, which we have ripped out. Our planned peninsula will be in that same spot, and will probably extend just a few inches short of where the butcher block table ends. So basically, at least a foot of the length of the potrack would be hanging in open space (which I see it was doing before, in this picture, and I didn't notice it being weird.) Her pot rack was probably 3 feet long; I would go smaller, around 2 feet, and would put less on it.
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lavender_lass
14 years ago
Can you move the hooks, so the pot rack is more centered over the peninsula? I like the look, but wouldn't want to be walking under it all the time. Are you still opening the wall up, between the peninsula and sink? Maybe that would give you a little more space :)
kmcg
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, we will be taking down the partition wall, but DH wants a really short peninsula. Still negotiating this... What a shock, huh? :) I could move the hooks, but just wondering if I have to.