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| Kitchen Handy Rack |
You'll never run out of places to put things with this kitchen addition.
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This clever idea is from viewer Marina Radford. We show you how to make a simple kitchen storage unit with a special spot for everything! It includes spaces for three different and much used kitchen rolls (on dowel rods), together with a handy shelf.
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Line up your kitchen paper, aluminium foil and cling film rolls along one side piece of your rack, (see diagrams1 and 2) and mark in position. Pre-drill the sides (see diagram), ensuring you have a left and right side (a mirror image). Drill holes for the dowels to a depth of 10mm. The ends of the sides of the rack can be given a rounded finish if desired. (Draw around a paint tin to obtain the curves). (A "sun-design" decoration can be drawn and cut out from the top of the back of the rack, if desired. Use the base of a paint tin as a template, and add triangular points for the "rays").
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Place one side on a flat surface. Insert the four dowels, leaving out the removable dowel for paper towels. Attach the other side to the dowels.
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Leave the rack on its side and nail and glue on the 40 x 19mm piece of pine flush with the dowel. Nail on the top shelf and shaped backing, (one side only). Turn the rack onto the other side and nail together.
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For the removable dowel (kitchen paper roll), use a tenon saw to cut away a 12mm slot towards the front of the rack and clean out with a sharp chisel.
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Using small pins, nail on the serrated edge (to cut the kitchen paper, etc). Finish by painting with a bright colour scheme.
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Materials
Materials
Note: craftwood can be used instead of pine if desired.
Shaped Sides, 90 x 19mm Pine, (2 x 625mm long)
Fronts, 40 x 19mm Pine, (3 x 350mm long)
Shelf, 68 x 19mm Pine, (1 x 350mm long)
Back, 145 x 19mm Pine, (1 x 350mm long)
Dowels, 12mm diameter, (5 x 370mm long)
2 serrated strips from kitchen foil box
40mm x 2 gauge nails
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Cost
Clear Pine, $16
12mm dowel, $4
Total, $20.
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More Info
All the materials used in this project are available from your local hardware store.
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Disclaimer
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