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    Home » Repurposed Furniture » Chair » Repurposed Chair Back Coat Rack

    Repurposed Chair Back Coat Rack

    Published by Gail | Published July 7, 2016 | Updated June 24, 2021
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    This repurposed chair back coat rack is easy to make out of any chair you may have or find on the side of the road. This project takes only an afternoon. #MyRepurposedLife #repurposed #chair #back #hookrack #towels #hats #scarves via @repurposedlife

    I recently shared this easy repurposed chair back coat rack  at Today’s Creative Life! Kim was having some friends share great projects, you really should check them out at her Celebrate Summer series.

    Thrift store chair

    half price chairThis 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, if you’re interested you can listen to my podcast All About Thrift Store and Curb Shopping—where I discuss my top five things to look for when I’m junking.

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    Remove the chair back

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

    Cut some of the length off the back of the chair

    cut chair partsAfter the back was removed, I needed to cut the bulk of the legs away from the back. Although I did this  on my compound miter saw, but you could easily do it with a hand saw or a jig saw.

     

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

    Prepare to paint

    diy chalky paint primer

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

     

     

    white chair backThis was after the first coat, when I decided to fill in the detailed lines with some spackling.

     

    Add embellishments to the repurposed chair back

    2016-05-29 14.02.13I used some of my IOD paper clay molds to add some details to the top and the center of the chair back.

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

     

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

     

    Coat hooks for repurposed chair back coat rack

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

     

    attach coat hooksI 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

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

     

    white chair back wall coat rack MyRepurposedLifeA coat rack on the fence? It was the best place for me to “stage” it for a good photograph.

     

     

    old chair into a beautiful chair back hook rack MyRepurposedLife.com

     

    Isn’t it amazing how beautiful it turned out? If you have an old chair and some hooks in your stash, you could make this project in an afternoon.

     

     

     

    repurposed chair seat wall shelf MyRepurposedLife.comIn case you are wondering what happened to the other half of the chair—I made a wall shelf out of the bottom of the chair 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 an all-time favorite chair projects here

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    1. Albert

      September 17, 2016 at 12:51 am

      You have started some thing with these chairs
      thanks you so much

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    2. Albert

      August 10, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      Hello Gail
      Thank you for so much info. I enjoy looking it all of your projects
      Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    3. Linda Weber

      July 13, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      That was beautiful. Will really look nice with necklaces hanging off of it, if that is what you made it for. Or just what ever you want to hang from it, Love the way you done the bottom of the chair. You had some great idea's when you bought that chair.

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      • gail@myrepurposedlife.com

        July 13, 2016 at 10:47 pm

        Thank you Linda! I appreciate your comment.

        gail

    4. Sophie

      July 11, 2016 at 6:09 am

      Wow that is really impressive, I thought at first you were remodelling a chair by taking a rack and replacing the back of the chair with that but as I read and went through the right picture sequence I understood your brilliance. This is a really amazing DIY and brings new life.

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      • gail@myrepurposedlife.com

        July 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

        Thank you Sophie for your sweet comment. I love making things out of old chairs because I really never met a chair I didn't love!

        I hope you find more projects on My Repurposed Life to inspire you.

        gail

    5. girlfromwva

      July 08, 2016 at 10:37 pm

      i am looking for a chair to use for a project. i know i will find one soon. LOVE both your projects!

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    6. Angie @ ambient wares

      July 07, 2016 at 12:08 pm

      I have many a chair and I always just paint and recover, paint and recover 🙂 I love your chair projects and it's high time I do something different!

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    7. Derrick Lawless

      July 07, 2016 at 10:37 am

      A link and we didn't even provide the hardware! Thanks so much! I'll look forward to hearing from you soon!

      Reply

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