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Hi all, just thought it was worth sharing. I was hunting for a paint rack to organize my paint desk, and my main goal was to save as much space as I could, so I was looking for a vertical solution.

In my research I stumbled on these guys here that seem to have a nice acrylic solution.

http://www.back2base-ix.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=364

Problem is it only fits 54 bottles, so I would need 2, and it costs $55 each. Price is not bad considering other solutions that I found, but space was really my main concern.

It turns out that my wife wanted to stop by IKEA this last weekend and while following her around I saw this:

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10177606/

These baskets stack inside each other. I measured the square holes and it turns out the size is perfect for any paint bottle except GW.

So I bought 2 baskets for a grand total of $7.50, cut the top of one basked leaving it 2 squares tall, cut the other leaving it 1 square tall, stacked the short inside the taller using a small piece of wire to keep them together and after 15 minutes of work, this is what I got:

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Simple, but very effective. Stores 141 bottles of paint in a quite compact space.

Hope it helps someone out there also looking for a simple solution.

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i have never liked storage tht held the bottles sideways. i find the lids get all gummed up, and i use a lot of GW paints where are too short to store that way...

here is the thread where i showed the rack i build. cheap wood from home depot and some finishing nails.

http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?50327-scratch-built-paint-rack

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i have never liked storage tht held the bottles sideways. i find the lids get all gummed up, and i use a lot of GW paints where are too short to store that way...

here is the thread where i showed the rack i build. cheap wood from home depot and some finishing nails.

http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?50327-scratch-built-paint-rack

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@nagash13 : That is a really well done rack! I am afraid I lack the skills, though, to achieve such a nice result!

Mine was more like a 15-minutes-even-I-can-do-it type of solution. It is only for bottles, all my GW paints are in a lazy susan or whatever it is called.

Thanks for sharing!

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@nagash13 : That is a really well done rack! I am afraid I lack the skills, though, to achieve such a nice result!

Mine was more like a 15-minutes-even-I-can-do-it type of solution. It is only for bottles, all my GW paints are in a lazy susan or whatever it is called.

Thanks for sharing!

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