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Happy Frames for the Kitchen!

June 11, 2015 · by: Athina Leave a Comment

Updating the kitchen #3

Σας έχω πει πόσο αγαπώ το Pinterest;; Συνταγές, χειροτεχνίες, συμβουλές & κόλπα για πάσης φύσεως κατασκευές αλλά και χιλιάδες λινκ για τέχνη, αρχιτεκτονική, φωτογραφία, μόδα… η λίστα είναι ατελείωτη (κι ας έχει κατηγορηθεί άπειρες φορές γιατί συμβάλλει στην ανακύκλωση αποτυχημένων tip και δυσειδών συνταγών —όπως όλα τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης υπόκειται σε ασύστολο σπαμάρισμα το καημενούλι)!!

Ένα από τα πράγματα που μου αρέσει πιο πολύ είναι η πρόσβαση που μου δίνει σε δωρεάν (royalty free, δηλαδή έργα των οποίων η ανατύπωση επιτρέπεται χωρίς να υπόκεινται σε πνευματικά δικαιώματα) εκτυπώσιμα & εικόνες. Όλα αυτά τα χρόνια έχω μπορέσει να φτιάξω, για προσωπική χρήση,  άπειρες ευχετήριες κάρτες, ταμπελίτσες για τα τετράδια των μικρών μαθητών μου, παιχνίδια & poster για την τάξη, καδράκια για δώρα και άλλα πολλά! Η πιο πρόσφατη χαριτωμενιά μου, είναι τα καδράκια που έφτιαξα για την κουζίνα μας (θα βρείτε τους συνδέσμους για τις ιστοσελίδες από τις οποίες μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε τα σχέδια, στο τέλος της ανάρτησης).

Οι κορνίζες που χρησιμοποίησα είναι {αυτές}, από την επίσης αγαπημένη μου σειρά RIBBA της ΙΚΕΑ. Ένα μικρό παράπονο έχω γιατί ενώ οι οδηγίες λένε ότι οι κορνίζες μπορούν να αναρτηθούν ή να τοποθετηθούν όρθιες, τόσο οριζόντια όσο & κάθετα, δεν εξηγούν πως μπορούν να αναρτηθούν (τα κοινά καρφιά δεν είναι κατάλληλα!) και χρειάστηκε να αυτοσχεδιάσω χρησιμοποιώντας 2 βιδωτά καρφιά ως στηρίγματα στις 2 άνω εσωτερικές γωνίες της κάθε κορνίζας. Χρησιμοποίησα επίσης πλαστελίνη για πόστερ (τύπου blue tack) και στις τέσσερις γωνίες για επιπλέον σιγουριά!


A couple of weeks ago I posted this pic. on Instagram and said I had been intending to put up a small gallery “wall” in our kitchen (the wall being the left-side panel of our fridge built-in cabinet, facing the kitchen counter).

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas (Instagram pic. by Kicking Back the Pebbles)

Planning a small gallery wall for the kitchen, so these will be up soon! Blog post to follow with links to the free printables I used. #contemplatinglayouts #lookingforhooks LoL

A photo posted by Athina Pantazatou (@kickingbackthepebbles) on May 26, 2015 at 6:04am PDT

 

My frames are these RIBBA 5×7 ” from IKEA, in white. They say they can be used standing or hanging, both vertically and horizontally. What they didn’t say (or I failed to see) and found out later on line, is that they “can be mounted with suitable screws/hardware from [the IKEA] FIXA series”. So when I was faced with this, I didn’t break any sweat and thought common or box, long nails would hook in nicely.

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

Yeah… so NOT the case!! But I’ll get back to that shortly. Now, this is what that panel looked like prior to this little sprucing venture of mine:

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

Luckily these were held up with adhesive putty (they have a really cheapo plastic frame and are super light weight) so I didn’t have to worry about old nail holes. I made templates for my frames and considered several layouts.

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

I even tried to be sassy-smartsie and gave my nails a marking to make sure I could see how far in they should be hammered. I was worried that, with all the exposed length needed for the deep frame, they wouldn’t hold on strongly enough.

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

This has eventually proved not to be the problem… the first nail was firmly in place but I couldn’t get the frame hooked in, no matter how hard I tried!! I now suspect that even if I did, it would have been all wonky. And by no chance would I travel all the way back to IKEA for this… I decided to use screw nails instead, 2 per frame, one for each top corner edge, to act as support pegs.

[This is what the pro item would look like (courtesy of Google images). You can find these under “shelf support pegs”  in any hardware store, but if there was no chance I’d drag my tush to IKEA on that day, there was also no chance I’d drag it to the hardware store either. So I did the next best lazy wise thing and used plain old screws I had on hand!]

screw-in-shelf-support-peg

I had to make sure everything was super level but… success!! (I also used adhesive putty in all four corners for an extra safe grip).

Here’s my “wall” now! *doing happy dance*

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

Kitchen Gallery Wall Ideas

Here are the links to the free printables I used (thank God for Pinterest!) → my “Our Kitchen” & “Lick the Bowl” prints are from The 36th Avenue and the rest of the bowls from Just Between Friends. (If you download, please remember these are for personal use only!)

Disclosure of Material Connection: This post contains no affiliate links. I’m merely linking to things we use to facilitate our house (and love them!) so as to help my readers track an item they might be interested in and/or explore said items’ prices. IKEA has absolutely no idea about it and I have not received any compensation for writing this post.

*images by Athina D. Pantazatou for Kicking Back the Pebbles

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I'll be keeping you posted daily, leaving the links to the recipes of my partners in crime below (copy & paste), but direct links will also be available for a while @ my linktr.ee (follow the link in bio). As most of the world is in lockdown mode again, I hope we inspire everyone to nourish their bodies and souls. May the warmth and vibrant hustle of our kitchens spread positive vibes, some comfort, and cheer. Dig in! 
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