Repurposed Chalkboard Coat Rack
Time for school to start again!! Next week people... and I can actually accomplish things...next week!!!
I love the consistency of having a schedule again, but I also miss having my kids around during the day. It is also good to have them at school too, they are getting bored. :)
Today I have the perfect back to school project for you, a Repurposed Chalkboard Coat Rack!
I love the consistency of having a schedule again, but I also miss having my kids around during the day. It is also good to have them at school too, they are getting bored. :)
Today I have the perfect back to school project for you, a Repurposed Chalkboard Coat Rack!
I can't tell you how much I love this thing! Seriously.
I know this because I have been using it for many months since I first posted it at My Repurposed Life as a contributor post last year.
Unfortunately I don't have a place for a mudroom (only in my dreams!) so I put it in my upstairs hallway, and let me tell you this baby has gotten some great use holding my kids backpacks all year!
How to make a Repurposed Chalkboard Coat Rack
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Here is a before of my inspiration piece. I grabbed this from the side of the road in front of a house with a free sign on it. It was a part of a desk that had been taken apart.How to make a Repurposed Chalkboard Coat Rack
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- Old Cabinet/cupboard door, or panel from an old piece of furniture (I repurposed a part of an old desk)
- 1x6 board cut to length of repurposed piece (to extend for coat rack hooks) optional
- 1x3 boards cut to length of repurposed piece for top shelf and ledge
- Wood Filler
or Spackle
- Paint
- Rust-Oleum Chalkboard Paint
- Coat Hooks
- Kreg Jig
and pocket hole screws Kreg Pocket-Hole Screws
- Wood Glue
- Drill/Driver
- Miter saw or circular saw to cut boards
- hand sander and sandpaper
When I first picked this up I knew it needed to be some sort of command center or coat rack with chalkboards. It has been at least 2 years, and that image has never left me so I finally decided to make it!
In the top right photo you can see they were not cut out perfectly, and that was fine, because after I filled it with Spackle
Once I had the holes filled I found some scrap wood and started deciding how to beef it up. I planned to add a top and bottom 1x3 to make a top shelf and bottom ledge.
This is when I realized that I really needed more space for my hooks. I looked in my wood stash and found a 1x6 board that I could attach to extend my piece.
I knew that attaching with pocket holes was the sturdiest and easiest method. I drilled them using my Kreg K5 Pocket-Hole Jig
I connected the 1x6 to the 1x3 bottom ledge with wood glue and 3/4'' pocket holes and 1 1/4'' pocket hole screws. You can see I used my Kreg Right Angle Clamps
Now I needed to attach the panel to the bottom ledge section. I clamped the ledge down with my bar clamps bar clamps
Then I flipped it over and attached the panel to the top 1x3 shelf, and that was it!
I decided to use up the rest of my Rust-Oleum Chalkboard Spray paint
I marked where my hooks needed to be on front and used some paint sticks as spacers to make it so I didn't have to measure down every time. :) Then I added two large d-rings to the back for hanging, this thing is heavy! It is 64'' long! Lastly I primed my chalkboard surfaces and it was ready to hang!
I love the versatility of the chalkboards. You could used it as a calendar, command center, or recipe boards!
I got the cast-iron hooks at Hobby Lobby when they were 50% off, so I spent $10 on hooks, and that was it! I made the number labels for the hooks since they didn't come with any, I think they would be cute with names too.
The shelves are a fun addition to add decorative accents and such!
When I first built this I was thinking I would sell it, but my kids ended up using this for their backpacks in stead of the ones in their rooms. Ha ha! Plus having a schedule on the chalkboards is super nice!
Where would you put this?!
Hugs,
Mindi
1 comments
Hi Mindi, love your project. It turned out awesome. Happy back to school, hope you enjoyed your summer.
ReplyDeleteYour comments make me smile! I love to hear what you think!