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Not too long ago, I fell in love with this cup rack from DecorSteals (and if you’re new to them – you must stop what you’re doing and sign right up at www.decorsteals.com for daily emails with deals on fabulous farmhouse décor):

But, I just didn’t have the space for it (40″ tall was just too big).  That, and I KNEW we could make something just like it.  It was then that I’d remembered bringing home these two things from Grammy’s basement:

A few times I’d passed them by… but I just couldn’t leave them behind.  And now, I know why:

With just a little imagination, we created our own, for free, with things we’d already had.  It just happens to fit this space perfectly.  Meant to be?  I think so.

Here’s how we did it:

First, I stained the pallet with Minwax Provincial stain.

Then, I spray painted the wooden dowels black. While those were drying, I brushed a coat of white paint onto the pallet, Like so:

Next I took the hand sander to the pallet to give it a distressed look.  Then, the Mr. cut a 45 degree angle on a spare piece of MDF and used it as a guide to drill in 20 holes equally spaced on alternating boards. Lastly, we used wood glue to secure the wooden dowels.  Now we have a unique piece for our “farmhouse” Kitchen

Thanks for popping in!