Repurposed Chair Back Coat Rack

​Transforming an old chair back into a functional and stylish coat rack is a simple and rewarding project that can be completed in an afternoon. By repurposing a discarded chair, you create a unique piece of home décor and contribute to sustainable living by giving new life to unused furniture. This project is perfect for organizing hats, scarves, towels, or coats, adding charm to any entryway or room.

Thrift Store Chair

This lonely chair had been marked at $5.03 but was 50% off when I bought it at Vendors’ Village. What a deal! A chair for only $2.50? I have this thing with chairs.

Remove The Chair Back

I began by removing the chair back from the chair seat, which was pretty simple to do by removing some screws.

Cut Some of The Length Off The Back of
The Chair

After the back was removed, I needed to cut the bulk of the legs away from it. Although I did this on my compound miter saw, you could easily do it with a handsaw or a jigsaw.

I was left with this small section of the chair back. As always, I sanded some of the finish away and started painting the back of the project first.

Prepare to Paint

I mixed up a quick batch of my diy chalky paint primer, which I use on 90% of my projects, and used my Homeright Finish Max to spray the chair back with my favorite white, Polished Pearl.

After the first coat, I decided to fill in the detailed lines with some spackling.

Add Embellishments to The Repurposed Chair Back

I used some of my IOD paper clay molds to add details to the top and the center of the chair back.

I recently spent about 30 minutes making a bunch of molds, using up an entire package of my paper clay to have plenty at hand for future projects.

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After attaching two of the paper clay appliques with some Gorilla Wood Glue, I used dark umber wax from Heirloom Traditions Paint to make the details of the appliques show up better.

Adding Coat Hooks for Chair Project

I didn’t have any hooks from D. Lawless Hardware. So I used store bought hooks that were much higher. It’s time to stock up on more hooks from my friend Dave!

I had to switch out the screws of the double hooks with shorter ones because the ones that came with these hooks were too long for the chair back.

Attach D Rings For Hanging

I used my favorite d rings to enable the coat rack to hang safely on the wall.

A coat rack on the fence? It was the best place to “stage” it for a good photograph.

Isn’t it amazing how beautiful it turned out? You could do this project in a few short hours if you have an old chair and some hooks in your stash.

In case you are wondering what happened to the other half of the chair, I made a wall shelf out of the bottom and the back legs that I cut off the chair back.

So, with one $2.50 chair, I got two easy projects. Did I mention how much I LOVE chair projects?

What have you made out of a chair lately?

gail

See one of my first and all-time favorite chair projects here