My home tends to accumulate a lot of clutter. I can contain bigger items on shelves, but the smaller stuff can become a bit of a puzzle. I’m the type of person who needs to see my possessions on a regular basis or I may very well forget they exist. So, you can understand why I’m not a huge fan of jewelry boxes. I have a rotating rack for my earrings and a stand for my necklaces, but sometimes I wish I could store all my types of accessories in a way that lets me see them all at once. Turns out, all I need to make that happen is a spoon rack.
Why You Should Put a Spoon Rack on Your Wall
First of all, you may be wondering what a spoon rack even is. At first, I thought it might be more like a utensil rest, but when I watched an Instagram Reel by thrifting pro Amy of @yours.truly_home, I learned it’s more like a wooden spice rack (but instead of shelves, there are rows of notches in the wood). You’re meant to slide a spoon in each notch, which gives your silverware a dedicated storage space and creates an eye-catching wall display. Well, instead of spoons, Amy decided to fill the whole rack with many, many pieces of jewelry.
In addition to being visually nice to look at, the spoon rack storage system really can contain a lot. Amy adds all sorts of brooches, earrings, pins, necklaces, and even combs to hers — and because you’re not storing spoons, you can use the whole rack instead of just the dedicated spoon notches. Not a big jewelry person? Try filling the spoon rack’s slots with fresh, dried, or faux flowers. Amy does this in her video, too, and it looks like a great way to add some unique elegance to your wall.
Where to Find a Spoon Rack for Your Wall
Part of the whimsy of Amy’s video is that she finds her spoon rack at a thrift store, which gives it a special, one-of-a-kind vibe. Hunting for hidden gems at a secondhand shop can be a delightful experience, but I understand not everyone has the patience for it. However, Wayfair does sell a mountable wooden spoon rack that looks a lot like the vintage one in the video.
It has a slightly different shape and lacks the floral patterns engraved into the thrifted version, but the wooden rack has an old-fashioned charm that makes it look like it could be vintage. It’s $64.99 and measures 18 inches tall, 10.5 inches wide, and 1.5 inches deep. It’s designed to hold 24 spoons, but as you see in the video it’ll likely hold a lot more jewelry than that.