Cutlery hook for your kitchen

A brilliant upcycling idea for old forks

Unwanted cutlery is far too valuable to simply be thrown out. You can, of course, always sell it at a car boot sale. Alternatively, you can use it for really stylish upcycling ideas. We’ve made some fantastic DIY hooks for the kitchen using old forks. Forks work particularly well as towel hooks because you can use both the prongs and the bent handle to hang things from. Depending on what the fork is made of, you shouldn’t need to apply too much pressure to bend it, but don’t worry - it won’t break! Once the fork has been bent into shape, you simply need to fix it to the wall or cupboard. The handy edding 8850 carpenter pen makes it really easy to mark drill holes on the wall.

Category: Kitchen
Products: Special solutions
Materials: Concrete and stone
Paper, carton and cardboard
Wood
Difficulty: A bit more challenging
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

Get all of your equipment ready, as shown in the photo below.

Step 2

Using the large pliers, bend the fork handle inwards into a semicircular shape. Depending on what the fork is made of, you may need to apply some pressure but don’t worry, as the fork won’t break.

Step 3

Using the small pliers, bend the prongs of the fork downwards so that the remaining upright prongs display the “Hang Loose”, “Victory” or similar hand signals.

Step 4

Using the metal drill, drill a small hole in the middle of the fork’s “palm”.

Step 5

The first hook is then ready to be fixed to the wall or cupboard. Use the carpenter pen to mark the location of the drill hole, drill a hole in the wall and fix your DIY hook onto the wall using a screw.