Good Idea - Yes or No?

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

The kitchen in our new to us house is super boring, basic builder circa 1990's. I love the idea of open shelving but don't think it's practical in our kitchen (kids, pets and the dusty southwest) for dishes. However, I think the same concept could be applied to hanging pots using shelving that the can't jump onto. So I thought about adding the Ikea Grundtal shelving or a pot rack on the open space between the cabinets and the wall but the studs aren't in the right place.

I have an idea. Please tell me if it's too weird. FYI, we do not plan to sell our house for the foreseeable future.

Here is my inspiration.

My idea is to replace the wall cabinet to the right of the stove with Grundtal shelving like the picture above and use it for pots. I'd replace the cabinet above the stove with a range hood.
Here is a picture of the area in the kitchen. Ignore the ugly mess. I'm still trying to figure out how to organize this kitchen so things are just thrown everywhere right now. We're painting the cabinets white or a soft gray and are replacing the range.

Is it crazy and impractical?

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Carrie B
11 years ago
Annaw - did you post the right picture?
annaw_123
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Whoops, you're right. Somehow the inspiration picture got deleted. I tried again but it's not posting it. I'll try the link. http://www.thekitchn.com/wall-pot-racks-for-short-people-211072#gallery/48279/5
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annaw_123
Original Author
11 years ago
And I probably should qualify this by mentioning that I'm sure we'll end up getting new cabinets eventually. If we don't do it now, we'll probably get new cabinets in about 5 years or so when we will seriously consider changing the layout of the kitchen and great room. We just don't want to do anything that changes the layout right now.
funkycamper
11 years ago
I think that would be a nice, temporary solution. I had a pot rack in my previous home. I liked it but I some of the lesser used items had to be washed prior to being used due to collecting a bit of dust/grime.
marianlibrarian
11 years ago
The side will be a lttle weird with the side of the exhaust vent exposed. The wall will likely not be painted behind the cabinet. Not being negative...just heads up. I do like the shelf rack, though.

If the wall is not painted, you could tape it off really neatly and paint the wall behind the shelf/rack and the backsplash area in the entire kitchen an accent color. That would enliven the space even more with little effort and risk. i love paint.
laughablemoments
11 years ago
Did you notice that some of the walls had tile behind the pot racks where the pots and pans hang down? My guess is that the pots were scuffing the wall, and the tiles wouldn't show the scuffing like paint would. Is this something you'd want to incorporate into your design? I think the pots hanging can look nice, but the pictures of the orderly pots definitely were more appealing to me than the jumbled masses.

I had a pot rack on the wall in my temporary kitchen, and it was very handy. I often had to rinse the pots before using them, but this was on an open stud wall with who knows what falling from the open area where the wall met the ceiling above. (Can we just say "ewww" together? LOL) Our Temp. Kitchen Thread with pictures.