Measuring Spoon Rack

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Do you have a set of measuring spoons similar to these?

Do you end up losing one (or 2) when you take them off the ring?  Or, if you keep them together, are you constantly spinning to find the correct spoon?   If this sounds familiar, I have the solution.  

Welcome to the 'Do It Over' Designers blog hop. We are a group of bloggers who love to recycle/upcycle/DIY.  I'm happy to host this hop and I hope you'll visit everyone to see what they have to share with you.  Their links will be listed at the end of this post.

The solution begins with a piece of pallet wood.  If you don't have any pallet wood, no worries.  Any random board will do!

Start by sanding and then painting your board in your favorite color.  I used a chip brush and craft paint.

Since I wanted some of the grain to show through, I took a damp rag and wiped off some of the paint while it was still wet.

While the paint dried, I opened up Design Space and created the phrase, 'just a spoonful'.  

After cutting it on stencil vinyl, I weeded the letters.

Then, transfer tape was place over it and the paper backing of the stencil was peeled off.

The stencil was now attached to the transfer tape.

It was then placed on the painted board and pressed down securely with an old gift card.  

Ready for paint! 

 

Using a stencil brush with almost no paint on it, I began to paint. This is the technique I use to prevent the paint from bleeding under the stencil.  

Here's how it looked after the first coat:

The next coat:

The final coat:

Time to peel off the stencil.

If you look carefully, you'll see the pallet wood is still a bit rough in spots.  Because I used 3 light coats of paint, there was little to no bleeding.  Trust me, it works every time!

Because I believe in full disclosure, there was some 'touch-up' needed:

See the hole at the bottom of the p? This is pallet wood and it is far from perfect.  

 

The entire board was given a coat of Clear Krylon in a satin finish and the sawtooth hangers were attached to the back.  I put one at each top corner.

Then it was time to add the cup hooks. I used 1/2 inch hooks. Since the board is 17" long, I found and marked the center with chalk.

Since there are 7 pieces to this set, I measured 2" increments out from the center mark to space them evenly.  Each was marked with chalk.

Cup hooks were screwed in at each mark.

The only thing left was to hang the spoons!

The color in this photo is a little wonky - the kitchen has absolutely NO natural light!  

This little rack has made life so much easier - no more searching for the right measuring spoon!  It's the little things that make me happy!

Have I convinced you to make one of these for your kitchen?

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Before you run off, don't forget this is a blog hop and the rest of the team has some amazing upcycle/recycle/did-it-over projects to share with you.  The links are all listed below:

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