Bring out the brass band: Julia Child's copper pots are home ... curators and other museum staff gently hung the pots and pans on the blue painted pegboard that Paul Child made for his wife.

What I’m going to tell you to do is to upgrade your pots and pans to heavy-duty solid copper, the kind old French restaurants and hotel kitchens use. They will be (are) ridiculously heavy to lift.

Finally, add your S-hooks and start hanging your pots. As the copper ages, it might patina slightly, but generally holds up well. I installed mine 13 years ago, and the hardest part was finding ...