DIY cutlery stand: step by step instructions

The cutlery rack allows you to store tablespoons, teaspoons, forks, knives used by the family on a daily basis, separately from each other. Unlike trays designed for kitchen drawers, stands are installed on kitchen tables in the dishwashing area.

What to make a stand for instruments

Manufacturers offer ready-made coasters made of wood, plastic, metal, ceramics or combined. You can also make a kitchen accessory yourself from these materials, but if you have the skills to work with them, special machines and tools.

Simpler options are made from scrap materials: tin cans, wooden boxes, kitchen boards. Additionally, you may need: acrylic paint in aerosol cans, jute thread, thick fabric, pieces of leather or suede.

Preparatory work

First, choose 4-6 containers of the same size. The height of the cans should be 2/3 the length of the cutlery. Beforehand, they are thoroughly washed, dried, the upper part is leveled with pliers from burrs. Then they are painted with acrylic paint, which protects against corrosion.

Reference! For work, it is better to use paint in cylinders, which lays down in an even layer and makes it easier to paint the inner surface.

To properly cut the board, put it on the table, place 4 or 6 cans on it (2 + 2 or 3 + 3). A second plank is laid between them, which will serve as an intermediate support. They make markings, cut, grind, paint.

Place the cans on the base, mark the holes in the center with a long nail or screwdriver and hammer. Small holes are made on the board in the marked places. In this way, the cans will be attached to the wooden base.

Similar operations are performed with an intermediate support installed between the banks. In the upper part of the containers adjacent to the base, the place of attachment is also marked with a nail.
As a decoration, you can use a jute rope by wrapping the upper and lower parts of the cans with it 3-4 turns.

Cutlery stand: step by step

There are several ways to make a cutlery rack.

Tin can stand

After preliminary preparation of the materials, it remains to assemble the entire structure together. This is done in 3 steps:

1. Using self-tapping screws, cans are fixed on a wooden base at the designated points.
2. Install a second plank between the banks, fix them with self-tapping screws.
3. A ready-made furniture handle or a handle made of leather is attached to the end of the board for easy carrying of the stand.

Attention! As an intermediate board, you can use a ready-made kitchen board with an elongated top and a hole cut in it for fastening to a hook. It will make it easier to carry the stand without a handle.

For cans without jute decoration, you can use small plates cut from the same leather as the carrying handle. On the plate, paint with paint the purpose of each container (forks, spoons, knives). You can draw some small drawings (emoticons, spoons, forks, figures). Glue with special glue.

Stand from kitchen boards

For work, you will need 3 identical kitchen boards, dense fabric with any pattern (checkered, flowers, polka dots), braid. Assembling a kitchen accessory step by step:

1. A rectangle is cut out of the fabric along the width of the board, 2/3 of the length of the cutlery.
2. Spread the prepared fabric on the board, decorate it with braid on top.
3. Using small furniture studs or a stapler, attach the tape with fabric to the wooden base.
4. Boards with pockets are hung on 3 separate hooks or on a ready-made hanger for kitchen utensils.

Three hanging boards next to it with pockets for knives, spoons and forks look unusual and original. If the material is selected in the right color scheme, then the kit will surely become a decoration of the kitchen.