This easy coat rack shelf made from a cabinet door project makes me smile. It was fairly easy the way I made it, but I have tips on how you can make it easily if you don’t have the tools I have. You can see the simple construction is a long narrow cabinet door…
This easy, fun repurposed table shelf project is made from a couple of boards and queen anne table legs. You will love this quick and easy project that you can do in an afternoon.
I’ve put together a collection of over 65 chalkboard project ideas from My Repurposed Life and friends. Even a beginner can make some of these chalkboard projects. Hop over to be inspired to make something one day soon!
This repurposed headboard shelf coat rack is a fairly easy project for you to tackle this weekend. If you have a mudroom or a place that you’re in need of hanging hats, coats, or backpacks–this is a great fix. Step by step directions will show you just how to do it yourself.
How to make an easy headboard coat rack out of a vintage spool bed using wire coat hooks and doorknobs. This step by step tutorial will show you just how do make your own headboard coat rack. This hook rack would also look great in a guest room or guest bath to hold towels.
I have a fun repurposed porch post coat rack project to share with you today! It was a last minute Glendale project, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. I used my new favorite paint technique. I just can’t stop using that glaze! I hope you love it as much as I do. It was popular in the booth last weekend at the craft show.
I actually started this project in 2009! This vertical coat rack is the perfect solution for tight spaces. Use it in the bathroom for towels, by the front door for hats and coats. Hang it low for kids coats and hats.
I saw a window project at Cracker Barrel and literally found the perfect window at a ReStore for a dollar two days later. The knobs were 50% off at the craft store. It makes a great wedding photo display hat rack.
I have another great headboard coat rack tutorial for you today. Last week I showed you the small black shelf I made from the leftover bed posts of this headboard. Repurposed Headboard into Distressed Chalkboard Coat Rack This is what the headboard looked like when I got it at Vendors’ Village. *this post contains affiliate…
So, I got the old picket fence of a burn pile and decided a quick project was in order, and that meant a picket fence coat rack! How about a whitewash coat rack? Reclaimed Picket Fence Section into a Whitewash Coat Rack As you can see, I really did get this off a burn…
Today’s Christmas stocking holder uses a headboard just like this, except one of the spindles was broken. I made two projects out of this twin headboard. along with this Christmas stocking holder, I also made a headboard shelf with the lower portion of the headboard. How to make a stocking holder out of a…
I have another easy window shelf to inspire you using odd bits and pieces as brackets. The fun thing about window projects is how different each can be! I once had this petite armoire that I made into a kid’s art center. Then in March of 2015 I did some demolition on it to make…
It’s Power Tool Challenge day! Today I’m going to talk about how to use a Kreg Jig. Each month some of us bloggers get together and share projects with you to help encourage you to use power tools to do projects of your own. We understand what it is to be intimidated by power tools….
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 This lonely chair had been marked at 5.03, but was 50% off when I bought it at Vendors’ Village….
I’ve been at it again. I’m still trying to deplete my cabinet door stash. You know I love making coat racks and shelves. I think they are so practical and they are great sellers. My stash doesn’t look quite this neat these days, but I think I found the doors in this picture that…
This headboard shelf coat rack is something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile. It turned out better than I expected. I picked up this table at a yard sale for $1. I used the base of the table for a repurposed desk into a chest. Cutting a coffee table on a…
I made this cute little twin headboard bench by cutting up the foot board. When I did that I had the piece in the blue rectangle left over—well, actually I had a pair of them. To make this small shelf, I dug out a piece of molding from my stash and got to work…
I love a good coat rack, and making an easy coat rack out of a cabinet door is even better. How about four cabinet door coat racks? You’ll love how easy these projects are! We had some beautiful weather last week, and I went to my cabinet door stash and grabbed several doors and…
This reclaimed wood coat rack using tinker toys was such a fun project. The best part is the price! You can’t beat free! Before I begin this post, I have to sincerely thank Gail for asking me to be a guest blogger. Like Gail, I love taking old things and repurposing them into something…
I’m so excited to share this easy picket fence coat rack with you! I love quick and easy projects, and even beginners can do this project. When I made my reclaimed wood potting bench a couple of weeks ago . . .
Sometimes I’m a little slow to process ideas. Today I’m going to show you a project that I have been waiting years for it to speak to me. I finally made this repurposed hutch top into a coat rack shelf.
I’m in love with this large coat rack shelf! I’m going to show you how to make one yourself. Last week while I was looking for a quick and easy project that I could work on in the basement shop I saw this over sized crown molding I recently picked up at the Peddler’s…
Happy New Year MRL readers, I am happy to be here today! Have you been setting goals? I sure have. There are a million things I can improve on, but I am trying to just work on a few at a time. 🙂 In fact my first project of the year, my License Plate Coat…
Here’s a quick and easy repurposed drawer front project for you! Do you remember that I got 2 antique drawer fronts over the summer for FREE from my neighbor? Yep, it was either me or the dumpster–so happy I won out. I used the bottom repurposed drawer front to make a coat rack…
As I was rushing around trying to get projects together for Glendale, I had this brainstorm to build MORE coat racks. I have always wanted to cut a coffee table down in order to make a wall shelf from a table. I’ve never really found the perfect table, so I made a faux coffee table…
PIN IT! I love a great repurposed headboard project. I first showed you how I painted this small foot board in one of my contributor posts for Homeright titled Maintaining Your Finish Max. I first painted it black, which is really the key to getting a great coat of red. You can see that I…
My Repurposed Life will show you how to transform an antique drawer front into a handy and beautiful rack for scarves, towels or jackets.
Last week I showed you the twin to this repurposed bunk bed …. the bunk bed wall shelf. Today I have another repurposed bunk bed project, a small shelf, but more importantly it’s a great DIY coat rack! Let’s see how it all started. My friend gave me these bunk bed pieces that…
Today’s headboard chalkboard project is another quick turnaround project. Do you remember when I got those yard sale castoffs a couple of weeks ago? I really didn’t have a place to store them, so I got right to work transforming them.
Today I am excited to share a project that just might keep me sane. These repurposed curtain tie backs used to make towel hooks are making me very happy! Why, you ask? Because my kids can actually hang up their towels…instead of throwing them on the floor, and that is something to be very excited…
Faux Mantel Shelf Chalkboard I got this oversized frame sort of thing early in the year at a deep discount.
I am revisiting this post because it is timely with school starting this fall. I started with this curbed headboard. I turned it upside down, painted it with chalkboard paint, and added hooks at the bottom. I added a removable memo board for those all important permission slips and snack notes etc. Every good back…
I made this shelf last month to give Jamie for her birthday. I couldn’t blog about it until I actually gave it to her. 🙂 Her birthday was Saturday (May 29th). So, here ya go! I actually bought some new material for this shelf. I needed a 2×6 and a 1×6. This is a “dry…
Good morning! I’ve been busy. Wednesday I worked on parting out some cribs, and that lead to making a table. But it’s in the middle of an experimental phase at the moment. Ya’ll know that little boy in the Family Circus cartoon…how he runs all around the neighborhood to get next door? That’s sort of…
