Sliding Spice Rack DIY
Sliding Spice Rack is an easy DIY project to organize all your dried herbs and spices in one place with a step-by-step tutorial.
A Sliding Spice Rack ! I wanted a large spice rack, dedicated ONLY to spices for a long time. The bottles were in a kitchen cabinet, then against the wall – in a long row – on a counter, and then back to the cabinet again.
But it was always a mess to find what I was looking for. After we (finally!) sorted out the Corner Cabinet recently, we had a small gap between the gas stove, which I never use this oven, only the stove top, and the cabinets. Perfect!
The pic above shows the gap … I mean, really ?! It was screaming for a spice rack !
How to make a Sliding Spice Rack :
We took some measurements and had some White Melamine cut to size at our local Builders Express as follows:
5 – 468mm x 90mm x 16mm thick
2 – 840mm x 90mm x 16mm thick
which we used to build the rack as above
We added two dowel sticks to each rack to keep the spices visible and secure, after which we painted the open wood parts in white
The sliding system was secured to the top of the spice rack and the other piece to the bottom of the counter top – love these sliding gadgets !
See our DIY Grocery Slider and also our Kitchen Cabinet Sliders where we have used them in different ways.
(These can be used on the floor/shelves, on the sides of counters and as per this post under the counter top)
All painted and we added a handle for easy pull out
Enough space for at least 40 standard size spice/herb bottles ! And now they are close to both the stoves – the gas stove is on the right and the electric stove and eye level oven is at the back in the pic.
Very slight opening between the spice rack and the floor.
Sliding Spice Rack (DIY)
All nicely organized now !
It took less than 2 hours to construct, paint and hang the spice rack (that is after we had the Melamine cut to size, of course)
Do you have two hours and want a spice rack? Well, I showed you how easy it is to make … the rest is up to you !
Enjoy building and organizing your own spice rack (remember to use your own custom sizes though)
LINDA
I need a tall spice rack like you installed. Cn you give me anymore info on it?
Bill Graff
Bill, the only other rack we have made is this Sliding Pantry which is taller as well as larger
Thank you for sharing, Deb ! I'm heading over to your blog now 🙂
I love this idea, and I WANT ONE in my kitchen! My husband is a cabinet maker, so you'd think I'd have all the greatest in stylish and useable kitchen cabinets, right? No, just like the cobbler's kids and no shoes! Ha! I'm just popping over from the Brag About IT Link Party. I have pinned, liked and tweeted, and g+-ed. I would love it if you would drop by my site at http://www.kneadedcreations.com for a short visit! I will look forward to seeing you there! Deb @ Kneaded Creations
I love this, Linda! What a great way to use that waste of space! I'd love one of these in my kitchen. Thank you for linking up to Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop.
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Thanks for linking up to Tickled Pink Times Two! I am loving how you utilized your space! Thanks for sharing.
Great use of space! Thank you for sharing at our TGIF Link Party at A Peek Into My Paradise. I hope you will be back to link up another awesome post this week!
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I like the slide out piece on the top. My daughter and I made one for her apartment last years on castors, it works great too! Nice job!
What a cool idea!! This would save so much cabinet space! We'll be featuring this over at Someday Crafts tomorrow, so come on over if you get a minute 🙂
What a great idea! thanks for sharing 🙂 http://www.handmadeintheheartland.com
This is perfect timing for me. We are getting ready to do some minor remodeling in our kitchen and will have a 3" gap between the cabinets and the stove. I hope I can manage this because it'll be perfect!!
Thank you, Lisa 🙂 I can see it might be a problem to some people but I never use my gas stove's oven {right next to the spice rack} and there is a door leading to the laundry and outside, on the other side of the stove, therefore the spice rack never get warm.
The only thing I'd be concerned with is the heat being so close to the herbs, but sure looks well organized.
That's a perfect thing for your small spot there! I know you'll love having this addition to your kitchen. I have one similar that was here when we moved in – never had one before. Won't want to ever be without now that I'm spoiled. 😉
This is so amazing! I really need this and wish I had a gap to install something. I wonder if my man could figure out how to modify your idea to fit inside a pre-existing cabinet.
Beautiful. I would to have one myself. So many spices everywhere. Thank you for sharing. Happy Halloween.
Hi Linda! This is awesome!! I love that you made the sliding spice rack a DIY project, when I would never have thought it could be such a do-able project. I would love it if you linked up this week at the Link It or Lump It link party! http://twoityourself.blogspot.com/2013/10/features-and-link-it-or-lump-it-link.html
I so need to do this!
This is a great solution for using that tiny space. This would also work well in a laundry room between a washer and dryer… or in so many other places. Thanks for sharing!
I'm with Mel! Totally awesome!! Pinned it because I may need one in my new house!!! Way to go Linda!!
Linda it is absolutely amazing awesome awesome awesome!!!
I love this! I don't have any extra space in my kitchen or I'd have one too. Awesome!
when we remodeled i had a double one of these put in, it's as tall as my fridge and i love it. makes it so much easier doesn't it?