DIY Coffee Bar Mug Shelf

As I've mentioned previously, my husband created a Coffee Bar for our Kitchen (Found in a Blurry Photo on this Post).  Well, after I mentioned the idea to him and shoved Pinterest inspiration photos in his face while grinning like a madman.  :-)  However, I wanted a cute rack to hang above part of the Coffee Bar to hold decorative Mugs to add to the theme and decor.

I aimlessly searched around the web for inspiration, but I wasn't quite finding anything that suited my fancy.  Finally I gave in and decided to sketch the idea I had in mind, but I couldn't quite find a photo of.

First of all, I have loved finding DIY Kitchen Decor online, which used real forks, spoons, and knives. Like the cute mirror below from FlamingoToes.com (tutorial).
 I ended up sketching a flat shelf with a decorative lip (using a type of molding).  I drew the shelf having a longer flat panel, which would be flush with the wall to attach curved utensils (to use as hooks for the mugs).  I liked the sketch, and I liked the idea in my head.  However, I wasn't sure if hubby could bring my inspiration to life.  He delightfully surprised me.

Coffee Bar Shelf minus the Hooks

He ended up using leftover wood scrapes and molding from the Coffee Bar Project to create this....

Well, that is all well and good, but we needed hooks for my cute black mugs (with a little white bird perched on the handle!).

We took a trip to Goodwill to find some spoons for our project.  Lo and Behold Goodwill had a Spoon shortage. . . soooo we tried ANOTHER Goodwill, and they were suffering from a Spoon shortage as well.  SHOOT!  What the HECK are people doing with all the Spoons!?!?

We finally gave in and went to Wally-World (Wal-Mart) - which is not my favorite place, in search of spoons on the cheap.  We ended up finding a bundle of  Four Mainstay's Spoons for $0.94.  Woo-hoo!  Thank You Wally-World...now get me the heck out of there.

We took our beloved spoons home.  Hubby and I contemplated which end of the spoons would be best to drill through.  I wanted the Spoon End to be hanging outward, but I was worried the small end would split when drilled through.  We figured the spoons were cheap enough to experiment with, so we (he) drilled through the handle of the spoon anddddd....

SUCCESS!!!

Here's a delightful side view, for your pleasure...

See The Cute White Birds on the Mug Handles?

I'm pumped!  I think I'll set my decorative twine letter "T" on top of the shelf (Found Here).  I haven't quite decided what else to put on the shelf, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

*Btw,  on the side view Mug Shelf Photo is a sneak peak at the DIY Headboard we made, I described the materials and tutorial (Here), but I wanted to wait for a final unveil when we set up our bedroom fully.

We close on OUR new House TODAY!  I'm SO excited, but I'm MORE excited to get our dog Lula back (this weekend).  I start painting our new kitchen tomorrow...wish me luck!