DIY Kitchen Pegboard

My kitchen is tiny. I'm not complaining. It could be worse. My first apartment didn't even have a kitchen, just a toaster oven on a counter. :) Back when I was house shopping for my first home I really, really wanted to find something with a somewhat spacious kitchen. Turns out that a spacious kitchen didn't really fit in my budget. I still love my house and my little kitchen though! The lack of space has pushed me to try and find more creative ways to manage my growing collection of kitchen stuff.My house does not have a pantry, only a few kitchen shelves to fit all my non refrigerated goods. I decided that if I found a new place to house my pots and pans then I could free up more cabinet space for groceries. I decided to create a pegboard since I have always loved Julia Child's. Here's what I did:First I bought two pegboards and five pieces of bracing wood that were the same length as the pegboard. I painted my pegboard and wood to match an accent wall in my living room. Keep in mind you don't have to paint every side if you plan to secure it all directly into the wall.Next you secure the wood into the wall. My dad helped me with this part. :) You can see that we are basically creating a frame for each of the pegboards. Now screw the pegboards into their frames.I used a white paint pen to to add outlines to each of the items I planned to hang. I did this by hanging them how I wanted, tracing the outside of each item (simplifing the shapes if needed) and then I drew over the tracing with a paint pen. I'm not the best at drawing (I actually got a "C" in Drawing I in college) but I really like how it tured out. My brother said it looks like a pots and pans crime scene (think chalk outlines from CSI or something). Ha!Love how my new pegboard turned out and I'm stoked about all the extra space it freed up in my kitcen cabinets. Yay! I'm easily excited, apparently. xo. Emma

Comments

[Chloe Moon]

How cute!!! I wish I had the space for this!!! =)

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[Britt]

This is so awesome! Thanks so much. I am definitely doing this. My boyfriend needs a better layout for when he's cooking for me ;)

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[Melanie]

Such a good use of space and a cute display... this is a great DIY! Thanks :)

[Lesley]

I love all your projects that include "Dad helped"! This is so you, Emma.....your artwork IS your cooking! Very clever!

[Et tu, tutu?]

That's super cute! I'd love to have one in a fun colour like, pink or mint green. :)

-Lindsey
http://ettu-tutu.blogspot.com

[Nolwenn]

It does look like a kitchen crime scene :D
Where did you find the metal hangers ?

[Cassidy]

this is awesome! i've got a teeny tiny kitchen too. thanks for the inspiration.

[Gina]

I love this...especially the tracing. I have a serious storage issue in my kitchen. Hmmm...

[Nikkie]

My apartment has this freaky mirror above the kitchen sing. I was going to put a corkboard over it, but this seems so much cooler. Thank you for sharing Emma!

[Jennifer]

I love hanging pots and pans!

xo Jennifer

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[Jess Bradford]

That's awesome! I'm definitely taking notes!! Thanks for sharing :)

[Tabetha]

Sigh. I so wish I had the wall space for something like this! Very cute!

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[Tiffiny]

Oh, I'm totally doing this, TONIGHT!

[Virginia]

Hi Elsie and Emma,
I just want to thank you guys for all the work you put into your blog. It's great fun to read and the ideas are amazing ;) Keep it up <3

[Stephanie]

Super cute! My new apartment has very little kitchen space (we had to get a cart to host our microwave and about half the pantry items) so we've been very inventive as well.
ღstephanie

[Ayana]

I love how you made the pots and pans into artwork! Two purposes: my favorite <3

[Ashley]

I was actually going to email you guys with this DIY a couple of days ago, but it wasn't quite polished enough! Haha, that's awesome. Great minds think alike! My husband and I own a rowhome in Roebling, NJ (quirky, tiny old steel mill town in NJ. Our house was built in 1909.) The kitchen is small and poorly set up. We have an OK amount of cabinets but it's a galley-like set-up (all counter and appliance on one wall, and narrow.) No pantry or anything, and no room for open shelving with the current layout. I use two of these pegboards; one on the kitchen wall, and one that hangs inside of a closet door just outside of the kitchen. For the one inside of the closet, I actually use pegs that stick out a bit more so I can hang more than one pan or pot from a single hook. For the one on the kitchen wall, it's more like your set up. It looks less cluttered that way.

Anyway, awesome DIY! I love the black with the white outline. Man, I love his website.

[Jess]

reminds me of Julia Child's kitchen pegboard! :)

[floating thru fields]

I didn't know Julia Child's had a peg board. This is a really great idea for a small kitchen! I love the outlines kitchen CSI indeed lol

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[Emily]

This is so creative! It looks very cute. Well done.
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