Coat Rack

It's been a while since I posted anything. This is for 2 reasons. First, I'm a little bit pregnant and haven't really felt like getting out of bed, let alone crafting. Second, the projects I've been working on have been kind of a long process. The process was obviously extended because the general nausea present at my house, but I've finally finished up a few things. Here's the first one. We had a little coat rack that was seriously overloaded ALL the time. It just wasn't big enough. Then I saw this pin on pinterest of someone using an old pallet as a coat rack. They painted it all sorts of colors, which I didn't really care for. And I wanted a shelf on top so it would have a more finished look. Now anyone who has been to my house knows there has always been this huge basket by the front door FULL of shoes. Overflowing with shoes is more like it. There were always shoes all over the floor around it. It's been driving me a bit mad. So when I was telling Daniel what I wanted to do with the pallet he suggested we build a box to go underneath for the shoes. GENIUS!!! My husband is super smart! Luckily, Daniel was working at SYG nursery for the summer and had access to as many pallets as he wanted. We went over and picked a nice one out. I rinsed as much of the dirt off as I could and then sanded the whole thing the next day. We got some wood from our complex who had just poured the foundation for a new shed, to use for the box too. Daniel built the little box and cut a nice piece of wood for my shelf and gave it a nice edge. We spray painted the whole thing white and then sanded some of the edges to give it a little character. Then I used a nice wood stain over top the white to antique it a bit. Seriously cheaper then the glaze I've been using on everything else. I ordered these vintage door plates with glass door knobs for hooks on the top. I REALLY wanted them, and paid way too much as a result. I couldn't find any on amazon or ebay that were cheaper. So if anyone knows where to find vintage door plates for a decent price, let me know. They finally showed up and were all the wrong color, so I spray painted those too. Daniel put everything together today and VOILA!! A new coat rack. I love it!

I especially love the shoe box. It works SO much better! I don't always have shoes all over the floor anymore. I LOVE it! And if I hadn't spent so much on the silly door plates, this project would have cost me $12.00. Not bad!!