Next stop…

We had been discussing the look of the pot rack for a few weeks. Should it or should it not …be mounted on a piece of wood?

When Brian removed the top from the cabinet for the sink to be fitted we realised this was exactly what we would use for the back of the pot rack. Today was the day we planned to put it up. It was all a bit tense as the rack itself was heavy, and we were adding on the mahogany back board. So we needed a way to hold it in place whilst Brian drilled the holes.

First Brian secured it to the mahogany board, which he’d already prepared by rubbing it down with some wire wool and white spirit and coating it with a layer of wax. He then needed me to confirm I was happy with the height and could reach it. Initially we used a couple of support poles, but these were not stable enough for when he wanted to fix the screws in. So we assembled a stack of boxes, some wood, and a table to reach the perfect height for us to rest the pot rack on before screwing it into the wall. Worked perfectly.

It’s an old luggage rack off an SNCF train – I just love repurposing items. And using the mahogany worktop as the back plate works perfectly with the rest of the kitchen. It really is looking like the kitchen I had imagined it to be.