Over the weekend we showed you Brooke's Vintage Collections, a beautiful slideshow of ten things Brooke loves in her cute blue and white kitchen. One of them was her cookware stand, an item that was completely new to us. It's a freestanding alternative to a pot rack that hangs on your wall or ceiling; it has a relatively small footprint and solves the problem of limited cabinet space. We found six in a range of prices, below... You can also put stacks of cookbooks, house plants, or other dishes on one of these racks. Really, they're just shelves that taper towards the top. But they do look like they'd fit well in the corner of a small kitchen, and it keeps pots and pans within easy reach.
1. Bamboo Cookware Stand, $175 at Crate & Barrel (it also comes in Walnut for $185)
2. 6-tier Cookware Stand, $99.99 at Chefs Catalog
3. J.K. Adams Cookware Stand, $94.50 at Amazon
4. Enclume Five-Tier Cookware Stand, $215.99 at Bed, Bath & Beyond
5. Chrome Cookware Stand, $99 at Overstock.com
6. Le Creuset Cookware Stand, $319.95 at Cookware.com (expensive, but free shipping)
Do you have a cookware stand? Any other sources we should know of?
Related: Small Space Saver: PANTREE Vertical Organization
(Top image: Brooke of Food Woolf)
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Im so glad there are sources for these. I've always coveted the one at Williams-Sonoma that they use to disply their Staub tagines.
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I think they take up too much floor space to be really useful. And unless you've got a super exhaust fan, anything too close to the stove gets greasy.
view Palmetto's profile
Thank you for posting these! This is the perfect alternative for me and my kitchen.
view lighight's profile
my granny had one of these. i remember them being very common in the UK in the 70's and 80's.
it was great for a little old lady who could not bend down to rummage in base cabinets, nor reach overhead to pull things off an overhead pot rack.
view lauraWaHi's profile
I think they're pretty, but not a very efficient use of space. I prefer a pot rack or even hooks on the wall.
view heather77's profile
Not specifically a cookware stand, but I've been using this to hold two colorful baskets for recycling and two casseroles. It has a very small footprint (12"x13").
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80117398
I also endorse the hanging pot rack suggestion. I have a linear one that takes up little room but holds a bunch.
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I'm so glad you posted these! I, like many others, hunted the Crate&Barrel one down right away but it's nice to see there are a couple more... especially in the comments.
Catlike:
I'm considering using the shelves you posted as an alternative for a bedside table. I was inspired after looking at the new full screen images on Ikea's own site.
view marthag's profile
doesn't it figure that i'd want the Le Creuset one? but it would fit in the space i have available...
:-(
view rouquinne's profile
Perhaps I'm a bit of a cheapo, but am I the only person that thinks $100 is a bit much for 3 pieces of wood held together by a few metal triangles?
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I don't like the look of this-- i feel like it just makes things look cluttered and I think the pots would get greasy. I'd also be afraid of it tipping over or of knocking the pots (or their lids) off.
I can see why it might be useful for an older woman though.
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I got one at Cost Plus, on sale, $28 in a dark metal finish. While I coveted the Williams-Sonoma version, the prices put me off, and I wanted to try the concept before investing that much money. I used it to display a collection of bee-bottom bowls, in various sizes, that held all my produce from top to bottom. It was beautiful, and handy, but I ended up moving it into my art room and using it to hold art supplies (even though it was in a corner of the kitchen, the kitchen was too small for this piece, I just kept bumping into it!).
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