This past weekend I hung my second pot rack in three months. It's the same pot rack, it's a great find and I really like how it's transformed our kitchen at home (below) and out at my family's summer house (above). While the pictures may not express it, the two racks have not only given us more accessible storage for pots and pans, they've considerably warmed up the kitchen areas and given them more dramatic focus. I thought I wouldn't like more visual clutter, but that just isn't a problem...
This one is called Concept Housewares Large Hanging Ceiling Pot Rack and you can find lots of them here for @ $125.
Then I got thinking about other two pot racks. Both are DIY, and one I would copy. The other I would only talk about.
This one below is at a friend's house. It's made of copper tubing attached to the ceiling in his kitchen. It was installed by the previous owner and you can read all about it here: Look! Copper Tubing Makes Great Pot Rack.
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And then there was this one that Regina found last year: How To: Make a Bicycle Wheel Pot Rack. This is definitely the low end solution of the three.
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I had a friend install a pot rack from Crate & Barrel five or six years ago and it was the best thing that ever happened to my tiny kitchen with no storage.
It attaches to the wall and is high enough that I don't feel like the pots are going to hit my head.
I only have two pots and two pans, so it is nice to have them all out in the same place with quick/easy access. And since I use them all the time, they don't hang there and get dusty.
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I have three of these bar racks:
http://www.pot-rack-superstore.com/p/concept-housewares-36-inch-ceiling-pot-rack
in my kitchen, which really freed up my limited under-counter space, but do struggle with the "visual clutter" issue. I try to group in progressive size order to help my ocd.
(FYI: this rack is inexpensive and would be really great for someone with a tight space or a galley kitchen.)
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It would just drive me crazy to have to find a stepstool and reach way up every time I wanted a pot or pan - even though I would love that cabinet space. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I could lower the rack, there must be a way to do that...
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I have mine over the stove for easy access. I'm tall enough to reach without a stepstool.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/howudoing/2654655134/
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Lori, you don't have an exhaust vent for your stove?
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Nope. There was a fan attached to a built in microwave when we bought our place, but all that did was recirculate. We gave it up for more cabinet space when we renovated. What you can't see in the picture is our kitchen window. If I'm cooking and it gets a little smokey, I just crack the window and it works great.
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