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2. Try a pegboard in the kitchen, à la Julia Child. Julia was onto something when she designed the now-famous pegboard pot rack on the wall of her Cambridge, Massachusetts, kitchen. You can do the same by hanging basic pegboard on your kitchen wall and using S-hooks to hang cooking tools. Paint the pegboard to match your walls for a seamless look.

Project: Use pegboard on your kitchen walls for storage.What: Pegboard is a generic term used for predrilled perforated hardboard. Hardboard (often generically called by its brand name, Masonite) is traditionally made from wood fibers that are saturated with steam, pressurized and heated with a thin coat of linseed oil, a process called tempering. The process forms rigid, durable boards that are water and impact resistant. Some pegboard has a smooth front side and a textured back side, while others are smooth on both sides. (For a wall application, however, the back side’s finish doesn’t matter.) Pegboard comes in 2-foot by 4-foot, 4 foot by 4-foot and 4 foot by 8 foot sheets that are ⅛ inch, 3/16 inch or ¼-inch thick. Sizes vary by manufacturer. The ¼-inch-thick and 3/16-inch-thick boards should work fine in the kitchen. The ⅛-inch-thick option may be too thin and should be used only for installations for lighter gadgets and utensils. Holes are typically on 1-inch centers, but the diameters vary from 9/32 to ⅛ inch. Just make sure your hooks work with the pegboard hole diameter.

“Julia Child championed the use of pegboard in her own Cambridge, Massachusetts, kitchen decades ago. Her collection of pots and pans hung on a humble pegboard wall, and she even drew outlines of each piece so she knew where everything went.” — Karen Egly-ThompsonI love the thought of Julia Child, a pioneering true individual, drawing outlines on her pegboard because she knew it would help her function in the kitchen. No glitzy kitchen makeovers for her — the woman was practical. It reminded me of my first house. I had an old, yucky kitchen and about $100 for remodeling. I was deep into Cynthia Rowley’s Swell attitude at the time. I proudly laid down black and white checkerboard peel-and-stick tiles on the floor and painted the old cruddy cabinets. I used an industrial-style stencil to write “Glasses,” “Snacks,” “Hootch,” “Good China …” on the appropriate cabinets. Friends who watched way too many resale-themed shows would come in and ask why in the world I would ever think that it was OK to deface my cabinets like that. Then, within about 10 minutes, they’d usually ask, with all sincerity, something like, “Hey, Becky, where do you keep your drinking glasses/plates/snacks?” I would respond with silence and say it all with a stare that said, “Seriously?” My beloved, derided cabinets and I always got the last laugh. Full story: Boost Your Kitchen Storage With a Pegboard on a Wall

13. Wall-mounted pegboard. Many homeowners have small kitchens with limited cabinet space. An unused wall, or even a portion of it, can be transformed into an efficient storage space. Wall-mounted pegboard protrudes minimally and is less likely to interfere with cabinet or refrigerator door swings. Pegboard is also a great addition to a pantry space. You can cover as much or as little of the wall in pegboard as you desire — you can even customize the shape of the pegboard. It’s endlessly flexible, because you can add, subtract or move the hooks around as you please to hang pots and pans or small kitchen utensils.Cost: A 4-foot by 4-foot finished and installed pegboard (without hooks) should run about $75 at most. Plan to spend $10 to $40 per sheet of pegboard, depending on the thickness and size. See more on boosting your kitchen storage with pegboard on a wallMore:19 Kitchen Projects Everyone Should Know AboutThe 15 Most Popular Kitchen Storage Ideas on Houzz

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