What’s the first thing you think of when you are looking for a place to store those space eating pots and pans? How about a ceiling rack above the sink – maybe a kitchen island rack.
If you have a large island kitchen with high ceilings the options are endless .
Here are some great ideas.
Oval Rack
In our kitchen we went with a brushed nickle oval hanging pot rack. It looks great with the bright orange Rachel Ray pots and pans set we got for Christmas.
It’s very well balanced and holds a large set of pans with room for the lids and large pots on top. We hung ours over the kitchen peninsula next to the sink so we won’t hit our heads when leaning over the sink while keeping it low enough to store lids and pots on the topside.
It’s very heavy duty and I was surprised how heavy the box was when it arrived.
Other than taking time to use a Zircon Studsensor Pro to locate the edges of the studs, the most difficult part of the assembly and installation was getting it out of the box.
Inside the box- all of the hardware needed was included. Two heavy duty eye hooks to screw into the wood studs. Two chains and hooks attach to the top of the rack.
My 5 year old daughter helped and bolted 3 of the six machine screws and bolts that hold it together. It only took a few minutes to assemble. I had to enlist the help of my son to lift it into place on the hooks and chain.
The brushed nickle looks just like stainless steel. If it did not say on the box I would have assumed it was stainless steel. All of the hardware is the same color and matches well.
The only tools we needed were a fillips screw driver and a drill with a 1/4 inch sized bit. Anything smaller than the self tapping eye hook anchors will work to drill a pilot hole into the ceiling joists (studs).
In a typical sized kitchen you have to find a place out of the way where you will not bump your head. You have to anchor directly to the studs.
You will want to use a stud finder to locate the studs. Then make four to eight small pencil marks in the area you are considering. You’ll end up with a box marked out identifying two studs going each direction.
Now you can visualize the best place to put your rack.
Single strip style hanging pot racks
If you are using a long single strip style rack where all of your pots and pans will be in a single line, you can mount it the same direction as one stud. Or if you need to you can measure the space between two studs so when mounted it crosses two. This may require drilling your rack to match the cross mounting points. Running along with a single stud is the best option when mounting a strip.
Square and rectangle shaped ceiling racks.
Racks with 4 mounting chains offer the most flexibility since the four mounting points can be larger or smaller that the actual square or rectangle.
Adjustable bracket mounts cannot fall outside the shape of your rack.