Counter and Pegboard Baskets

I had asked one of the guys at church Sunday what the best tool to cut my kitchen counter with for my spice rack. He is a general contractor, so he would know. He said he would come over tonight and look at it. I thought I could do it with a jigsaw, or a circular saw. He said not a jigsaw. The blade wiggles to much. He didn't think it would cut a straight enough line.
Our knitting group was throwing a surprise party for our leader Carole. I had to leave before they got there. I asked DS1 to show them where I wanted it cut and pay attention to what they said.

As I was cleaning the other night I had a great idea. I had 3 pieces of wood left over from my spice rack that I didn't have a use for. I realized I could use them on my pegboard as shelves.

After the party I made a quick trip to Walmart to buy the pegs for the shelves and a new thread rack. Found a thread rack at Michaels and was able to use a 40% off coupon so it was only $8.99. Saw a pin on Pintrest that Target hat small metal buckets in their $1 section. Went to check them out. Bought three. One for my rulers and seam ripper, one for pencils and one for my exactly knife and scissor sharpener. Things I just want to grab that are long.

Came home and talked to DS1. I asked him if the contractor had come. He said yes. Asked him what he said and he said he didn't remember. I couldn't believe it. It had only been two hours. He suggested I call. I was really not very happy with him. He is 19, but I swear some days he has no brain cells.

Put up my shelves, buckets and thread rack. The shelves fit perfectly onto the long pegs. I will need to paint them. As I put them together i decided that I ought to use baby food jars to sort my buttons. They would be clear and small. I posted a request on Facebook. There are a lot of new moms at church. Shouldn't take long to gather them.

Filled the buckets and put them on the bottom row of holes. They look really cute. I need to find some small baskets for some of the flatter things like pins, tape measures, bobbins and sewing machine feet.

Put up the new tread rack. I didn't realize that I had so much. There were only a couple of empty spots when done. I guess I need two! I will need to mount more pegboard. I have some leftover, and a mounting strip. I just need to cut it to the right size.