I came up with this design while I was still working at ACE Hardware, and lived in an apartment with 12 foot ceilings.  Oh, and I also didn’t want to spend a hundred plus bucks for a rack I didn’t even like the style of.  I gave that one away to a friend who was moving into a new place.  Now I live in place with normal human-sized rooms and 8 foot ceilings.

I used:

• 4 – Ceiling hooks @ 3/$1.09
• 4 – Spring Clips/caribiners @ $.89/ea
• 2 – 4′ lengths of EMT conduit @ $1.98/10′
• 2 – 1.5′ lengths of chain @ $.65/foot
• 2 – 1′ lengths of chain @ $.65/foot
• 10 – S-hooks at $.99/ea

*Note: these parts can be painted, or colored versions substituted relatively easily – think copper or black.   You can also use shorter lengths of pipe or chain depending on your space available.

Simple to hang – put the ceiling hooks into stable place in the ceiling, placed between 2.5 and 3 feet apart.  Hang the chains from these hooks, with the shorter chains in the back – farthest away from you.  Put spring clips through other end of the chain.  Slide EMT through larger opening on spring clips.  Put on S-hooks, and hang those pots and pans – long -handled on the back, shorter pots/pans closer to you.