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Vintage Coke Crate Spice Rack

October 15, 2014 By Karen Cooper 1 Comment

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.

Use a vintage Coke crate as spice rack - vintage Coke crate spice rack - thediybungalow.com

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:

laundry-room-complete - laundry-pedestal - thediybungalow.com

Or this:

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

vintage spice rack and kitchen cart - vintage Coke crate spice rack - thediybungalow.com

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

vintage coke crate spice rack closeup - vintage Coke crate spice rack - thediybungalow.com

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 - vintage Coke crate spice rack - thediybungalow.com

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.

Click HERE for more ideas for how to use Coke crates in your home.

For more repurposing projects, click HERE.

To see my kitchen renovated on a budget, click HERE:

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Filed Under: DIY, Organizing, Repurposing and Upcycling Tagged With: Kitchens 1 Comment

About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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