Magnetic Measurement Organizers

Yesterday was my last day of summer vacation as well as my husband and my wedding anniversary.  We celebrated with a scrambled egg sandwich with fresh homemade mayo breakfast, haha.  We're broke and desperately need to go grocery shopping.  Along with our sandwiches, we awaited the arrival of Flossie, who sent to our apartment 30 seconds of drizzling and a full day of oppressive humidity.  What a way to end my summer.  =D

Speaking of hard times, when we moved upstairs in April of this year, we had four shelves in a kitchen cabinet and counter space to use as storage.  No drawers, no doors to our shelves.  We  needed a place to store our cooking measurement tools so we could find them and use them readily, so I made two simple and inexpensive organizers.


I finished this project in a couple of hours, just as the sun started to set as I snapped this photo.



  • 1x2 @ 2.5 feet (already owned)
  • Brad nails (already owned)
  • Cup hooks ($1.50, Home Depot)
  • Green Guard certified indoor project construction adhesive (already owned)
  • 2 sets of 4 - 1 inch magnets ($3.50, Home Depot)
  • Ryobi 7.5" Miter Saw
  • Hammer, ruler, pen, caulking gun
  • Hitachi cordless drill and drill bit set
  • Dremel 3000 rotary tool













If routing or boring a shallow hole is not an option, I would recommend super gluing the magnets to the back of the 1x2.  It's a simpler option, and as long as the magnets hold, you will not have to worry about setting them level.


I love having these, and I've left them just as they are until I could make some color decisions in our kitchen.  I've decided to keep the natural wood tone, sand this piece and apply 3 coats of Minwax Polycrylic to seal and protect it.

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