Show me your rack! Baker's rack, that is!
I'm getting a baker's rack! I have to confirm a location for it, it won't fit in the kitchen (unless I trade in the kitchen table for a bistro table, but the four of us like dining together). So, it will likely go in the "sunroom" adjacent to the kitchen, which I am turning into my "lady's office" or "homemaking room" with a French vibe. I already have a pine island-on-wheels with cabinets and a drawer, a red toile armless chair, and will move my enamel-top table in as a desk. My dad remembers eating his morning oatmeal at that table as a boy in the 20s-30s.
This is is my "inspiration photo" for the baker's rack: (well, her whole house inspires me!)
Mine won't have the drawers :( but otherwise somewhat similar. I hope to include some of my plates (not much quimper, though) and pottery that languishes in the basement now. And what a great home for my mom's big LeCreuset that I love to use but that fits nowhere in my kitchen!
i need more ideas, though. How do you use your baker's rack? Does it have stemglass holders? If I don't hang glasses upside down there, what can I use the slots for? I'm so excited, will share a picture when we pick it up, probably Sunday.
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decormyhomepls
8 years agoMine is in the kitchen. I often want to post it for direction on how to better display my things. It's a work in progress! Love your inspiration photo
bpath
8 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (31)Javaandjazz..we are shopping for a nice wrought iron or heavy metal outdoor baker's rack for our patio and yours looks pretty sturdy..Mind sharing where you purchased it? Do you leave yours out all winter or take it inside during the wintertime? I've been thinking about what I'd furnished it with and more ideas are coming to my mind as I look at other's pictures. I love the silk forsythia branches attached to the top..I just happen to have some silk forsythia branches or maybe it's part of a wreath that I saw in one of the garage cabinets yesterday..have to investigate what it is and if I could use it. I'm planning on adding a few potted up annuals for color..probably inpatients or geraniums,a decorative birdhouse, a large textured metal star that I saw at Joann's crafts store and I'm sure I can find other things here at home or in craft stores for a reasonable price....See MoreShow us your wine racks!!
Comments (19)I think your desired wine rack is goint to be determined by whether you are a serious wine drinker or not. If wine is more incidental, then there are all sorts of decorative wine racks you can use...but you should locate them so the wine is maintained at a constant, desired temperature, away from light and sunlight. I'm a serious wine drinker and collector, so my wine racks are very practical, and are located in my unfinished basement. Each wine rack holds 110 bottles, and one is dedicated to reds (and almost constantly filled, as reds are my favorite), and the other is dedicated to whites, sparkling wines and champagnes. All of my bottles are labeled with hanging tags so I can more easily review and select the wine to serve. And the wines are kept a constant temps, and away from artificial or sunlight. While not pretty, I love my wine racks because they help me organize my collection, and store it safely. You can purchase wine racks like this from Wine Spectator or any other catalog dedicated to wine accessories. Ideamom, your wine room and wine racks are very nice.......See MoreBakers rack or pendant lights above island? Or both?
Comments (17)Johnliu, point well made. However, when you have a small kitchen, the neat/tidy pot rack utilizes space that would otherwise be vacant. And it can look pretty darn good doing it too. It is just a very utilitarian accessory for a busy cook with limited storage space. LIDS are always an issue. I have several decorative metal plate racks which hold 4 plates each. Purchased from Mobile Fixture here in Alabama, and they are a restaurant and kitchen supply store. I was able to put some of my flatter lids into the plate slots, and now finding the right size lid for the job is not such a noisy problem. Here's my current pot rack and IKEA utinsel bar. I admit this is overkill and sloppy, but we are nibbling away at a kitchen redo, and everything has to be somewhere. And here is the current state of affairs in the back porch which will one day become part of the kitchen redo. Note on top of the left M/Wave where the orange enameled pan is, those are lids and racks in a wire plate rack, forget where that one came from. And then here is the regular metal plate rack used as a lid rack for the time being. When I redo the kitchen, a built-in table with a countertop will be installed adjacent to the range. IKEA makes the one I will buy if I cannot use the s/s topped piece you see under my current pot rack. I already threw out the old range, and we're now cooking on this Waring Pro 2-burner hotplate. It works for us. But you should see how my hubby's friends shake their heads when they learn I threw out the stove!!!...See MoreDoes anyone have a baker's rack that they love? Pics?
Comments (3)Are you talking about a baker's rack for cooling your pies on, or a baker's rack to use as an etagere? I have one of the former, too old to remember where it was purchased, that's great for a cooling rack, but a little flimsy to use as an all purpose shelving unit. I didn't leave room in my new kitchen for the baker's rack, however. I was thinking of installing flip down cooling shelves against the side of my spice cabinet (in front of the window), but won't do it until I'm sure I need it. So far, I've just been able to spread out on the horizontal surfaces with individual wire racks. My current kitchen is much bigger than the one I had when I bought the baker's rack. If you want a decorative baker's rack however, for storage, and especially if you're going to put books on it, instead of looking for narrow, lightweight slats that are best for cooling, you should look for solid, heavy slats that are firmly supported, as well as a frame which won't go wonky under the weight. There are a lot of all show, no go versions out there, and ones that were meant to hold bread and tarts but not small appliances and cookbooks. Mine is small, and all of the shelves are the same depth and all slatted. If you have room for a larger one, the kind with a solid, counter height surface, is probably most stable. The surface acts as a crossbrace, and if it's stone, the unit has to be made strongly enough to hold it. And I've always thought those were pretty. :) But you can't use the surface for cooling. I know one woman who has a nice, solid one with a marble counter which she uses for kneading on, but flour gets everywhere and she spends a lot of time cleaning all the bits. She says she'd have to do it anyway, but I hate cleaning up flour and think it's harder than general cleaning, so I'm wondering if she uses it as a reminder that she really does have to clean all the uprights if she's going to use the slatted shelves for cooling her bread. If you're using yours for a lot of baked goods, however, all deep, slatted shelves would be most useful. There are tons available online, but it's hard to check the construction that way. Check antique stores and flea markets for some really interesting older ones....See Moredecormyhomepls
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DYH
8 years agoporkandham
8 years agoI have two. The small one (a little under 5' tall) is in the kitchen and holds cookbooks. It's also been used in a bathroom to hold towels. Sorry for the bad pictures. I took them with my phone and it's a gloomy day here. (I hope this works. It's been ages since I posted a picture here!)
The larger one is in our bedroom. (It's over 7' tall.) We used to have it set up as a bar in our family room but had to move it when we got a piano. It's not terrible, but I'm not in love with how it looks right now.
bpath
8 years ago
blubird
8 years agoHere's mine...loaded with cookbooks. I had glass cut to size for the top two wire shelves so that little things didn't fall through. The super sized rooster was a gift from my DIL.
decormyhomepls
8 years ago
Bonnie
8 years agoWe have the same rack porkandham. Ours is in our sunroom, and holds our dinnerware, placemats, napkins etc. Very difficult to get a picture.
decormyhomepls
8 years agoI found these flowers at a local shop which are my colors. They were a really nice looking bunch for artificial ones, but a little pricey. And, they just won't fit on my rack. Unless I put them on top but not sure how they'll look. Or maybe for center of table which is right by rack
bpath
8 years agobpath
8 years agoaputernut
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8 years agoIt's here! It's black, and I'd rather the verdigris; I wonder if I can paint it? Here is the naked pic:
Okay, so I got started on the wine. First things first! Here's how it looks now:
On the middle shelf, the two plates in the middle are going to get easels to stand up on. The bowl on the bottom was made by a neighbor for our wedding. Yeah, I know, ditch the packet of towels hanging from the hook. I think I have some pretty mugs to hang there....if not, MacKenzie Childs mugs come up from time to time on the local market. But I think I will see what else I have.
I think it needs a bit more...something. Those scallops near the top are stem glass holders. I guess I could hang my footed sundae glasses there, but what else can I do with it? I don't want to hang wine glasses.
On the bottom shelf, I'd like to put the yellow casserole, but it's so heavy it would bend the bars. Maybe a glass shelf? I tried my French linen covered boxes, but the color was just wrong, too greige and earthy. But when I take down the wallpaper and paint, maybe.
what can I do on the top shelf? A rooster?
decormyhomepls
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omelet
8 years agoPlease don't follow our decorating advice - yes that is an opossum hanging from the left side! Fortunately DH and I have the same taste in quirky decor. Our baker's rack is near our kitchen and we love it, we use the Le Creuset all the time and it stores easily there. I love your yellow Le Creuset! The wine rack on the base is just resting on the glass.
rob333 (zone 7b)
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