Tip: Little Touches Make it Yours

I have been searching for WEEKS for the perfect spice rack. I searched on every site I could think of and no one had the exact rack I wanted.  I found some that were close…..and turned one that was close into the perfect one!

I loved the look of the wood and black metal of this one but I needed one that went on the wall.

So I bought this chicken wire rack.

Once I had it up I realized that it just wasn’t going to work as-is.

The bottom of the shelves were plain chicken wire so the weight of the bottles caused them to sit strange. Some sunk lower than others and some tilted right, others tilted left. It was driving me crazy plus it was missing an important element- the dark stained wood!

Each shelf interior was 2 inches by 16 5/8 inches so I bought this 2 inch wide trim and cut four pieces from it.

Then I stained it with my favorite farm-housey looking gel stain.

I bought these jars – they came with labels!

I LOVE it.  It is 98% of what I imagined. Initially I wanted doors but realized that would probably eventually annoy me having to open and close it a dozen times so I’m glad that it’s hanging open on the cabinet side.

The point of my post is that if you can’t find exactly what you want- find something close and turn it into yours.