This simple vintage spice rack is the perfect addition to a retro kitchen, especially a small retro kitchen. I love decorating the walls in a retro kitchen, you can use this spice rack as functional art and add a ton of character to your home.
You will be building this vintage looking spice rack for your shabby chi kitchen from scratch, but it is so easy! You can let the home improvement store make you wood cuts for you and not worry about owning a saw!
By the way, if you rent and can not hang this retro spice rack on the wall, it will easily stand on a kitchen counter.
To Build a Vintage Spice Rack For Your Retro Kitchen You Will Need:
1X6’s cut to these lengths:
2 pieces 15″
5 pieces 3″
1 piece 20 ”
1 piece 10 ”
1 inch finish nails
hammer
picture hanging hooks (optional)
To get started lay one 15 inch piece vertically on the left. This will be the left side of the vintage spice rack.
Now, take the 20 inch piece and attach it to the bottom of the 15 inch piece like an L.
Use a bead of wood glue and those one inch finishing nails.
Now, on the right end of the 20 inch piece add one of the 3 inch pieces vertically.
Again, wood glue and 1 inch finishing nails.
NO, add the top shelf to this piece. This will be the second 20 inch piece.
Now, you are ready to add another 5 inch piece on the right end of the 20 inch shelf you just attached. You want to attach this in 5 inches form the right of the edge, so that you can rest the second 15 inch piece on the spice rack like a shelf.
Again, keep with the strip of wood glue and then add the finishing nails.
Now, for the final shelf. You want to add the final 5 inch piece of wood 5 inches from the right edge of the top shelf again.
Now, finish your reproduction vintage spice rack with the final ten inch shelf.
Once you have finished you are ready to pain the spice rack for your retro kitchen.
Milk paint is always a perfect for choice when painting new construction, like this spice rack, to make it look vintage in seconds!
You can buy milk paint in any color to match yoru vintage kitchen.
You no have yoru stair step retro spice rack. If you want to hang this on your kitchen wall use some picture hanging hooks and attach them to the left and right back side of the vintage looking spice rack.
If not, simply rest this spice rack on your counter! This simple shelf is the perfect way to display a collection of retro or vintage spice jars or even vintage salt and pepper shakers.
