Vintage Coke Crate Spice Rack

I’ve had this Coke crate for a long time. It’s been a craft supplies holder, a desk organizer, and now, I’ve turned this vintage Coke crate into a spice rack.

Our kitchen in the new-to-us house is predominantly gray. It needed (a) storage and (b) some color. As you might remember from other rooms of mine, I like red as a pop of color in each room. For example:

Or this:

The kitchen cart and Coke crate provide that pop of red to spice up (ha – get it?!? DIY humor!) the kitchen.

That is the bar cart from our old house. I turned it back into its original purpose as a kitchen cart.

To hang the crate on the wall, I held it up against the wall – empty – and made sure it was level. Then I drilled holes through the crate into the wall. On one side, I had a stud to drill into, but not on the other. I added wall anchors to those holes and then attached the crate to the wall with screws.

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, among other spices. (Anyone else have a song stuck in their head now? You’re welcome.)

You can find vintage Coke crates at salvage stores, antique markets, consignment stores, or thrift stores. I found this one at a consignment store but I’ve seen stacks and stacks of them at a local antiques market.

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