Friday, November 14, 2008

A day off and some errands around the house...

My wife had been asking for a coat rack by the back door. I took a piece of cherry, cut it to size, planed the corners and then put a little linseed oil on it. The hooks are solid brass and only a couple of bucks each from the hardware store.

Update: What pleased me the most about this project was that it took so little time and yet the result was pretty good. Not counting the time spent to go to the hardware store, (It wouldn't be fair to count the time picking up the hooks since I got three other things there, had a haircut next door and visited the package store across the street), the whole project was maybe 45 minutes and even if I bought a coat rack I would have still spent 20-30 minutes mounting it.

How is this thing mounted to the wall? Hint, it is not attached from the back like a picture frame.

I used anchor bolts...Mounted from under the hooks. I just counter-sunk the heads so that the hook flanges could still be flush mounted.

I organized the pot-lids with eye-hook screws.

My thumb does not have a nasty scab on it. That is a rust mark on the lid. You can tell because the "scab" is only on the reflection.

Now that I see these pictures, I think that the inside of the cabinets need to be painted.

2 comments:

Trooper York said...

Look out it's this old house!

They are actually filming that here in Brooklyn now where they are refurbishing a brownstone.

dbp said...

Heh, my wife and I used to be addicted to that show back when we lived in an apt. Now when we are in the mood for home improvements, our own home has a universe of needed work.