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Tidy Aprons
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 9:59:34 PM
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What do you use? Pot rack? Cupboards? I'd like to find the bottom of an old wooden baby crib/bed to make a pot rack.
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 11:47:47 PM
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What a great idea. Mine are in the cupboard..but my cast iron that I use every day is handy in the big drawer thing at the bottom of my oven. I would love to figure out better storage in my very small kitchen. I would love to see a picture of your crib pot rack when you finish..sounds great!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
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Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 08:00:19 AM
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My pots and pans are in my cupboards. I have large drawers in the most of the bottom half of my kitchen cabinets, so I stack my pots with the lids inside. Works great! The taller, dutch oven type pots are in a bottom drawer. I'm kind of a "minimalist" in my kitchen. I don't like a lot of "stuff" out on display. The only things on my counter are a crock with utensils in it and a couple of vintage decorative cookie jars.
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Tidy Aprons
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 08:19:40 AM
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I wish I had the drawer space. That sounds fabulous. I need ideas. I'm not having any luck finding my wooden crib bottom. Or a ladder--which was my first choice.
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 08:40:43 AM
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| I have a small kitchen too, with very little cupboard space. I've got my pots and pans stacked on a shelf in the pantry, with the lids in a drawer (also in the pantry). It's not the most convenient arrangement, but then nothing else in my kitchen is convenient either. I'd love to find a way to store them within easy reach of the stove...but first I have to decide whether the stove will stay in the same spot when I get a new one. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 09:43:31 AM
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My pots and pans all hang from a potrack that is over my island. I have a very small kitchen, so I built a long narrow island for extra counter space and storage shelves. It holds my dry goods in 1 gal jars, i.e., rice, sugar , beans etc. My pot rack was made from an old corncrib panel, hung from chain attached to hooks from the ceiling.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 11:51:21 AM
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| Mine are in the bottom cabinet next to the stove. The kitchen in this house is pretty big, but my number one complaint is the cookstove. It one of the electric ones that has the smooth top and it just doesn't suit my cooking. I like to cook in cast iron and its not supposed to be used on these stovetops. I will eventually replace it. I need my cast iron. I do love pot racks though. The corncrib hanger is pretty cool Teresa. I remember playing in my grandparents corncrib. Thats another snake story. |
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Tidy Aprons
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 9:22:09 PM
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Originally posted by 1badmamawolf
My pots and pans all hang from a potrack that is over my island. I have a very small kitchen, so I built a long narrow island for extra counter space and storage shelves. It holds my dry goods in 1 gal jars, i.e., rice, sugar , beans etc. My pot rack was made from an old corncrib panel, hung from chain attached to hooks from the ceiling.
Sounds exactly like my situation. The potrack like you describe is what I'm after.
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 06:21:53 AM
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| Does anyone know...is it a good idea or a bad idea to have a pot rack directly above the stove (no vent/hood over the stove)? It seems like it would be very convenient, but do the pots get dirty from the cooking food below them? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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thethriftycountrywoman
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Jane
Port Austin
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 07:40:48 AM
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| I probably have the smallest kitchen of all (it's 7 1/2' X 14 1/2'. I keep my pots next to the stove in a french pot stand. It only takes up about 16 square inches of floor space. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9581 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 07:57:29 AM
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I hang my pots and pans on a ladder rack with S hooks.
It hangs over my small chest freezer in the pantry.
Denise
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