Cupboard Magnet Recipe Holder
One of my bigger annoyances in the kitchen is my recipes getting messed up because I have nowhere to put them while I’m cooking. I usually just lay them on the counter, and they end up covered or splattered in whatever it is I’m trying to make. Yuck.
I came up with this idea after working on a particularly involved recipe that required a ton of ingredients which ended up burying the recipe itself, making it difficult to keep track of.
I needed to get the recipe up and out of the way, and though my original idea was to just Scotch tape it to the cupboard, I knew I had to come up with something a little less wasteful and a little more permanent.
Enter the magnet!
I used some regular packing tape (Scotch tape wasn’t strong enough) to stick a fairly powerful magnet to the inside of the cupboard door. You’re going to need a magnet that can shoot its magical magnet vibes through the thickness of your door, so you might need to experiment with what you’ve got.
I used packing tape because it’ll keep the magnet in place but I didn’t want to damage the door with anything too permanent like glue (the tape comes right off when I need it to).
You’ll need a second magnet for the outside of the door to hold the recipe up. I got these cute push pin magnets from Think Geek.
When the magnet isn’t in use holding up a recipe, simply stick it on the magnet inside the cupboard, close the door, and no one’s the wiser.
[originally posted at pinspired.org]
Great idea!
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Heather
March 27th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Thank you, Yummy!
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Love this idea! I run into the same annoyance with my recipes sometimes.
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Heather
March 27th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Thank you, sweetie!
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Clever idea!
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Heather
March 27th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Thank you, Wendy!
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This is cool, and my friend was just asking me today if magnets could work,one on the inside cupboard door strong enough to keep another magnet up on the opposite site!
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