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.
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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
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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