Drapery Hooks Repurposed Into Small Easels
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Small DIY Easel Project
Transforming ordinary drapery hooks into charming small easels provides a creative and practical way to display items such as business cards, small plaques, or coasters. This simple DIY project requires minimal materials—just drapery hooks and needle-nose pliers. By carefully bending the prongs of the hooks, you can craft functional tabletop easels that elegantly showcase your cherished items.
These small easels, made from repurposed curtain hooks, are easy to make and perfect for displaying small items.
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Supplies to Make Small Easels (Mini Stands)
The list of items needed for this DIY is very short. You will need a small needle-nosed pliers set and curtain hooks.
This is our Thrift Store Day. Be sure to check out all the projects below.
How to Repurpose a Curtain or Drapery Hook
First, mark your hooks across so that all of your “bends” will be at the same point. If you don’t have drapery hooks, they are available on Amazon!
Bend Each Drapery Hook Prong
I bend the outer prongs forward and the inner prongs backward.
The prongs I use in the front receive an extra slight bend in an upward position, which helps hold your “pretty” in place.
In this case, the actual “hook” (the part that goes into the drapery rod)was way too big, so I snipped it off.
Coasters Displayed on Drapery Hook Easels
In this picture, I use them to display some adorable coasters my daughter made me for Mother’s Day,
Two-Prong Curly Curtain Hooks
The smaller two-prong drapery hooks are easy to make.
Gently bend the middle to the back, and give it a slight bend with the pliers while spreading the prongs slightly wider.
Then, bend the small, curled ends into a shape that will hold whatever you wish to display.
I love that these already have little curly ends.
I have a CD player that only holds one disc. I use one of these stand-up frames to display the case of the CD that is currently loaded into my player.
The items you can display on these little easels are endless: a favorite greeting card, business cards, a photo, a small plate, and more.
gail
It’s time to see what the rest of the team has been working on. I’m excited to announce that we have two new team members joining us. Michelle from Our Crafty Mom and Marianne from Songbird! Please help us welcome them to the team!
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- Curtain Rings Candle Holders Songbird
- Upcycled Drapery Hooks (You are here, thank you)
- Gingerbread Village
Gail, you are amazing! This is the most ingenious project. Do you have any idea how many itty bitty things I have in closets that can be displayed with one of these tiny easels? I’m about to add something to every flat space in the house! Not to mention how many of these drapery pins I have scattered around my garage. Pinned!
Yay Suzanne!!!!
I’m so happy you found this useful. I feel the same way. The mini drapery hook easels are so versatile!
thanks for pinning!
gail
That is a genius little project! What a great idea for using up those leftover curtain hooks.
Thanks so much Marianne! Welcome to our little thrift store family! I’m so happy you’re here.
gai
What a great creative reuse!
Thanks Dawn, I seriously use them for so many things.
gail
A very neat idea!!!
Thank you!! I have them all around the house holding small mementos. 🙂
gail
I have hundreds of these things and never thought to use them this way. Am so pleased as I have lots of miniature plates that I currently have blue tacked to the wall. Now I can display them properly.
Sue,
I’m soooo happy to help you out. Lucky you to already have them on hand. 🙂
Have fun, creating tiny easels for your miniature plates.
gail
This is an awesome idea. I’m sure I have some around the house and will make some for sure!
Fran,
Yay! It makes my heart sing to help out my friends, and give them great ideas.
gail
Brilliant! Isn’t there always that one thing that just won’t stand up?
Darling idea to display any small picture, trinket or whatever. Good ideas always come from you!
I loved this idea and when I saw it I immediately purchased 16 vintage drapery hooks on ebay. They had black rubber tips which I though would be a nice added touch. I received them today and sat down to make some easels. I’m not sure if it is my technique or the fact that they are “vintage” but as soon as I bent them the welds broke and they fell apart. Moral of the story: if you are going to try this, make sure to get stainless steel or some other strong metal or hooks that are one piece without welds. I have 12 left and will continue to try until I either succeed or break them all!!
~Donna
Donna,
That’s so sad! As I recall, some of mine had welds too, but I had a huge bag of them, and don’t recall if/how many broke. 🙁 I sure hope that you get some of them to work.
good luck!
gail
Wow!! Love this idea. I’m always looking for small easels just because. Thanks for sharing at Throwback Thursday.
xoxo
Denyse
This is such a clever idea. I am positive that I have a bag of those somewhere that could be made over into display stands. Thanks so much for sharing with this week’s Throwback Thursday party.
Someone figured out how to fix the link, might of been you since you are so clever! Thank for linking this up to Throwback Thursday. Never would I have thought to use drapery hooks for anything else.
you are just so clever, guess I better be looking for some old drapery hooks at Estate sales now.Love finding old things to reuse today. Thanks 🙂
Very Cool.
Clever!!
I don’t get as often as I’d like to but when I do and catch up, I’m so amazed at what you share with us! Thanks so much and I’ll try harder to get here!
How very creative and wonderful. I will keep my eyes peeled for these lovelies next time I am out and about.
Love this idea!
What a great and clever idea! Those little easels can be expensive..I have found some in the dollar store but not very often. So clever and such a money saving idea too! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas! Miss Bloomers/Sonia
Hi Gail…
So happy to have you join in with the fun of Sunday Favorites again this week, my friend! Ohhh my gosh…I have a whole bag of these old curtain hooks…hmmm, somewhere! Hehe! I just love how you repurposed them into these darling little easels! Fabulous idea!!! Now I’m going to have to go and find my bag of curtain hooks…hehe! I’m always looking for ways to display new photos that I get of the grandkids and this would work perfectly!
Thank you so much for sharing this post…this great idea with us today for Sunday Favorites!!!
Warmest wishes and Christmas Blessings to you and your family, my friend!
Chari @Happy To Design
Nice way to repurpose! Great, simple idea.
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Oh My, I had forgotten completely about these. I used to make these by the dozens to hold things up in my shop when I had one. Thanks for re-posting!
That is so clever (makes me wish I had drapery hooks)…
What a great idea! You’re a creative genius! 😉
Thanks for the great tip!
Roeshel
What an awesome makeover of something lots of us have laying around! Thanks for sharing your fabulous idea on Trash to Treasure Tuesday!
Very creative! I would have never thought of that.
Never throw anything away. Someone will eventually come up with a use for it. How creative!! Now where are my drapery hooks?
Never throw anything away. Someone will eventually come up with a use for it. How creative!! Now where are my drapery hooks?
The way your brain works…I wish MINE worked like that! So clever!
~ Anne
You are very creative. What a super post to share with all of us.
Have a great week.
Charla
wow..what a great idea…thanks for showing how to do it ..love it..