Ceiling-mounted Pot Rack for Low-ceilinged Kitchen

If the ceiling studs are suitably located, you might be able to frame in a box recessed into the ceiling. A rod across the top of the box, with some hooks on it, could then give a place to hang pots and pans by their handles.

Aren't you afraid if you hang your pot on the ceiling it might disappear when you have a party or family get together?

As I see this, I think the issue is more of over-the-stove vs over-the-peninsula.

Over-the-peninsula, for sure. Reaching over a hot stove for a pan is a no-no.

They will spend far more time hanging than being used, I believe.

No one will be walking where the peninsula is already. so no head aches.

That gives you more room to display the pans if you choose to rack them parallel to the wall.

It's closer to the sink which is where they will be after use and washing.

The rack could be as simple as a curtain rod with S hooks in the finish of your choice suspended from the ceiling.

SE's pictures offer many solutions. I'd go with a black wrought iron finished look, if it were my kitchen.

Good luck.

I have a feeling that Mrs BestInShow is hoping to get Mr. BestInShow out of her hair for a few minutes, or more than likely days or weeks. I had thought about your's and SE's ideas before I posted my first response, but those are to quick and not enough time consuming

But, this could turn out to be more than what she was bargaining for!

Wrought iron very nice for a rustic kitchen..

Firstly, to my mind, a kitchen Peninsular MUST have three sides that you can walk around, not just two. As shown in your drawing, this is not true.

Though a door or walk through (needed!!) from the corridor was also not shown clearly. Its just guesswork.

According to the drawing (probably only for the installer, not made for this discussion) It may have been sold/built as a Peninsular, so the side that you have shown against the wall is a "finished" exterior and not an unseen "back" as most cupboards have.

A Land peninsular has always 3 sides with water and only one side going to the mainland.

If true, this therefore not a true Peninsular, no matter what the sales person may have said.

Here are some examples of a true kitchen peninsular:-

Your sketch/drawing does not show this, it shows a wall against it!! You only show as open the walking space in the kitchen, maybe the drawing is just simply unclear and very misleading.....that there is in fact no wall between the corridor and the end of the left hand cabinets, the open space and the right hand "Peninsular"?

What I believe may be more correct is if we change the drawing slightly, that the bottom line of the kitchen, along the corridor side, should be completely open between the two arrows marked as "Open". The bottom line under the LH cabinets should be light blue, as shown for the "fronts" of all cabinets. Also the RH bottom line under the Peninsular, should also be shown as a "Front".

This would make your question far easier to understand properly, assuming that is how it should be.

Secondly, why does a ceiling mounted pot rack need to go out of the way? Will there be long periods when nothing is on/in it? Unless that is true, it will always be in use!!! This means that a "stowing" mechanism is just a waste of resources.....

The best way to store pots and pans, provided they are attractive in the first place, is exactly as someone has shown in another post here, on the wall (if you have one that is!), but do remember that after relatively short term usage, they will leave rub marks on the wall, unless placed and removed far more carefully than I would ever do!

The ceiling rack that someone also kindly showed, looks to be a great idea, and if for any reason it must be stowed, could be hung from strong hooks making it far easier to remove and stow elsewhere if and when needed....!

Best of luck!

Given: ceiling height 7'

long-handled pan = dia +handle= approx. 250 +350 + 600mm = 2' approx.

7' ceiling minus 2 ' hang-space = 5ft walking clearance.

There was never a mention of Mr/ Mrs Best-in-show being vertically challenged.I magine clattering into a hanging row of pans & pots in the dark !

Dang Andy, your splitting hairs about the line between the two arrows. If you mentally erase the line theres three side you can walk around. And as far as being a "true peninsula(r)" your two examples are not "peninsulas", as they too are surrounded by wood flooring and not water. But that too is splitting hairs, huh?

Jeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Really?

It's a counter with two sided access.

There, happy now?

I've seen a couple that used a decorative "gate" that was installed parallel to the ceiling.

Chain length set once and then hooks of various lengths to create presentation.

Definately NOT over the stove. Condensation would be a perpetual problem unless the kitchen was in "commercial" use where the pots would be hotter than condensation temperature.

Mrs Above-average-Joe and I installed one of these a few years back, and it came down about a month later. It was high enough, but the pan hooks were not held in place and would loosely swing on the rod. It's essentially trying to catch the pan handle on a pendulum. Neither of us had the patience for it. Not to mention the dust, flies, etc. that are inevitably land on them, necessitating a washing before use.

Thanks to everyone for some interesting ideas and for clarifying my amateur drawing. I made it hastily in PowerPoint and couldn't find an eraser . I'd post a picture of the kitchen but I don't much want a picture of that kitchen made public.

I questioned the feasibility of an exposed pot rack regardless of the height issue. I fight a losing battle with dust/cobwebs/kitchen grease that doesn't have a hood to catch it, and yes, we'd have to wash the pots before we used them. Mr. Best in Show is quite a competent household-projects kind of guy. If this idea was at all do-able, he'd have fun with it. I figured I'd put the question to you folks because I knew I'd get good ideas and honest answers ... and he's decided to drop it, at least for now.

I loved the idea of the step cleverly hidden behind the toe kick. I'm the vertically challenged one in our house. I usually open a lower cabinet door and stand in the cabinet to reach high, when I'm too lazy to get out the step stool. Which is most of the time.

If you have more ideas, keep them coming. Who knows -- we might move some day and have a better place for a pot rack.

Show me a kitchen devoid of a little dust and grease and I'll you the kitchen of a cook with a warped mind.

My mother never washed her two cast iron skillets that always sat on the back of the stove. Pour the bacon grease into a coffee can, wipe the skillet with something and you were good to go next time.

Black pipe and S hooks.

I like your idea of the black pipe, clean and simple! I'll to keep that one in the back of my mind, Unless Lyndoor Ind. has it patented already?