Someone Else’s House… Amazing Pot Rack!
This is something I’ve been so excited to share with you… this is only one part of the kitchen that belongs to the young couple that just restored their antique craftsman bungalow style house this winter.
Of all the rooms in this house when they bought it, the kitchen was for sure the worse. It had unfortunately been re-done in the 1980’s and had the lack of character and details to prove it… well that is except for a few really questionable things, like this for instance:
This set of very shallow cabinets with lights, and glass doors. We can’t figure out what the previous owners would have stored in them… they’re only about 4” deep… perfect for a soup can, but that’s a lot of soup cans, and would you really want them on display like that? Honestly, to me it sort of looked like something in a doctor’s office. Whatever its intended use was, it wasn’t working so well for our couple.
I will do more posts to show the whole kitchen later, but today I’m going to show you the amazing transformation they did to this display cabinet.
One more pic of the before though. Here’s why the cabinets were built to be only 4″ deep, as you can see in this picture, these display cabinets were right next to the glass door and sidelight… it just felt like a lot of glass… and with all white cabinets, except for the navy blue strip details and navy blue floor, this room seemed really, really cold.
First they took off all the doors, filled the holes, primed and painted the plastic/laminate navy accent running across the top of the cabinet, (as well as the stripe running along the front edge of the countertops, you can just barely see it on the bottom right of the above picture)
I love how they installed the beadboard backing horizontally. As you’ll see in future posts showing the rest of this kitchen, they replaced all the cabinet hardware with dark, oil rubbed bronze so the hooks they bought for the pots they got in the dark finish as well.
And see the clever way they keep the pot lids? Yep, that is just standard plumbing fixtures: copper piping and fixtures. I had some chemical tarnish liquid that I had bought 15 or 20 years ago, they tried it on the copper pieces and after rubbing it on for a while, it darkened it beautifully.
Here you can see the simple plumbing fittings and not only how great they look, but how great they work for this purpose!
By sweating the joints holding the pipe caps on the ends of the pipes adds to an authentic look… which is really great looking.
Even the baking pans and colanders with handles are stored here… really saves a ton of cabinet storage too.
So far, this is my favorite pot rack display I’ve ever seen! I love that it looks so absolutely wonderful, but how great that it actually adds to the function of the room, and used what was a sort of strange configuration to start with, but now it’s perfect. It’s that amazing combination that makes it so attractive!
I still have a lot more to show you in this kitchen and more rooms of this darling antique home, so stay tuned!!
I’m linking up at these great parties… I encourage you to check them out for tons of inspiration:
http://www.foxhollowcottage.com/ and http://debbie-debbiedoos.com/2013/02/power-of-pinterest-party-3.html
http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/02/wow-us-wednesdays-107.html
http://www.diybydesign.blogspot.com/2013/02/winter-blues-wednesday-its-party-106.html
http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/2013/02/treasure-hunt-thursday-96-highlights.htmlhttp://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2013/02/transformation-thursday-no-193.html
http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/2013/02/o
http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2013/02/27/hookin-up-with-hoh-137/
http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2013/02/home-sweet-home-108.html
http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/02/camellias-show-and-tell-friday.html
http://www.frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday_28.html
http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2013/02/link-party-93-and-les-features/
http://missmustardseed.com/2013/02/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-a-link-party-20/
http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2013/03/overflowing-with-creativity-66/
http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/2013/03/craftomaniac-monday-link-party.html
http://www.alderberryhill.com/make-the-scene-monday-64/
http://makingtheworldcuter.com/2013/03/furniture-makeovers/
http://www.frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/03/six-days-of-spring-party.html#more
http://www.thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-before-and-after.html
Posted on February 22, 2013, in DIY - Crafts - Floral, Kitchen, Re-purposing, Someone Else's House, Wall Treatments and tagged bead board, beadboard, copper pipe, decorate with a little bit, DecorateWithaLittleBit, hardware, kitchen, plumbing, pot, pot-rack, potrack, storage. Bookmark the permalink. 23 Comments.
What a great post! I would love for you to share this or any of your great ideas at the link party going on now (and every Saturday through Tuesday) at ‘Or so she says …’ Hope to see you there! http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
I am amazed at the transformation. It took that wall from drab to fab!! We are starting a link up party on Thursdays (today:), and we would love for you to join us with this post and/or any others you would like to include. We are at allthingswithpurpose.com. Hope to see you there!!
So chic! Thank you for joining Home Sweet Home!
Sherry
this is simply too cool! love it, thanks for sharing!
Super clever, fun and pretty. Wish I had a wall. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, Marty
What a great idea! Please share it on a terrific linky – Design Décor Tuesday. http://www.designdecortuesday.blogspot.com. See you there! ☺
I love this idea!
Looks like Kitchen art – such a fabulous idea!!!
Visiting from Craftomaniac
XOX
That is too cool! Thanx for sharing this awesome idea at THT. Hope your weekend is going well.
wow. isn’t that something! so different, and totally works.
Beautiful! They did an awesome job … Thank you so much for sharing. Can’t wait to see the rest!
Hugs …
Lani
SimplyFreshVintage.com
Love it, the colors, the styling ,all of it!
This is super organized and a wonderful way to display fabulous cookware. I would love it if you would share this inspirational post at our WIW Linky party. I hope you can join us!
Paula
ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
This is gorgeous! I would just need to go buy all new beautiful pots and pans. What a fun idea! I love using fuctional items for decor. Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!
Great way to show off pretty cookware! Great use of space, love it
xo, Tanya
This is genius!!! Wish I had room to do this. I hate having to dig around for my lids and pots. Stopping on over from Debbie’s pinning share. Love your site!!! Am following!!
Great use of space! Now I’m curious to see the rest!
Yay! that’s the hope for all my readers… to want to keep reading to see the rest.
Love it! What a clever idea for an awkward space. Well to say the least it is no longer awkward. The pop of red with the colanders is wonderful.
I so agree! I love that little bit of color too!
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