Repurposed Black Coat Rack
Today I'm repurposing an old project. I do that every now and then when I don't use the original project anymore.
I made a coat rack for the bottom of my stairs that goes with the decor of my house and is super simple.
The original project was made with scrap wood so other than the hooks I bought from Amazon, this project was almost free! Twice!
Take a look...
I began with this project I made a few years ago. It was a great project, using a great stencil and was perfect for Christmas.
My daughter loved it so much she hung it in her house for a while. It isn't something that was strictly for Christmas.
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Now that I got the shelf back, because my daughter is renovating her house, I wanted to repurpose it to make it fit my needs. I began by measuring the wall at the bottom of my stairs where I wanted to hang a coat rack. Keep in mind this is a difficult place to photograph so the pictures are a little shadowy.
I cut the village shelf to the full length of the wall at the bottom of the stairs then sanded the edges.
The inexpensive hooks I'm using are easy to remove and replace to space them out evenly.
Next, I painted over the village with Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black. Two quick coats were all it needed. Don't worry I still have the stencil and I can make it again if needed!
Lastly, I added D rings to the back of the shelf to hang it. I told you it was scrap wood, nobody sees the back anyway! 😏
A little trick to figure out where to put the screws in the wall for hanging is to stretch a piece of tape from D ring to D ring across the back.
Use a marker to mark the center of each D ring.
Then put the tape on the wall making sure it is straight.
Screw the screws right through the dot you made on the tape and into the wall. It works every time!
That's it! That gate keeps the dogs downstairs and the interior doors were just painted with Fusion Mineral Paint in the color Hazelwood. You can read all about that project by visiting this blue link.
The stair railings were also painted with Fusion Mineral Paint and you can read that story here.
Now I have the perfect black hook rack for coats at the bottom of the stairs.
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As hard as this area is to photograph, the shelf will be perfect for hanging coats. It will also be great to hang baskets.
The added mercantile sign was perfect for this shelf!
Always think about how you can repurpose something before you donate it!
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