Spice Rack
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After getting annoyed at digging through the cupboard for the past many years to find the correct
spices while cooking, I finally decided to build myself a rack to hold them all. Not liking the
ordinary designs I had observed for sale in various stores around town, I came up with what I believe
is a unique design and met my specifications. Finding bottles at a decent price was a little bit of
a challenge, but I finally found some nice ones at The Glebe Emporium (Bank St., Ottawa). The
cashier balked a little when I asked for 40 of them, but after digging around in storage they came up
with the quantity I needed.
Once I had the bottles, I preceded to design the rest of the unit around their dimensions. I provide the
plans so others may learn or copy for personal use. Please no commercial use. If you have any questions,
I would be happy to answer... send an email.
There are 5 levels of 8 bottle holders each. The bottles rest on 3/16" dowels. All wood
panels are 1/4" oak. The angle of this photo makes the top decorative 3/8" dowel look bent,
but it really is straight.
View of the whole thing, minus the bottles.
The bottom section contains a small cabinet with hinged doors to access extra bulk spice.
Here is a view of the entire unit with all the bottles installed. The labels were simply printed
with my computer printer onto cardstock, and are held into the faces with a shallow dove-tail route.
Close up of the dove-tail route label holder.
After getting annoyed at digging around in the drawer for the correct size spice spoon, I made this simple
matching oak hanger rack for them.
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