Dienstag, 26. Januar 2016

Coat rack

I had kept the left over wood from my old garden gate (see post before - New garden gate), and wanted to do something with it.  It had taken a beating through the years but it had something about it and would have been a pity to throw out. 

I cleaned it up by scrubbing it down and sanding it with sand paper.  My choice was a new coat rack in my hallway.  My ex-landlord had left hers, so i had an old metal one as i moved in.  It had fulfilled its purpose until now, but i had never really liked it. I have another entrance to my flat downstairs, which is not used as it is a store room for my bike, but i moved the old coat rack down there anyway.
That way, i used it for all my jackets and therefore there would be more space for    visitor´s jackets upstairs.

So, wood cleaned up, and i also let it stand about a week, inside, so it could dry out.  I didn´t want the wood to mould on the wall.  Again, i varnished them with my teak wood oil and let them dry a day.

I organised some drawer knobs and hooks and all i needed to do was drill holes into the wall and screw the planks onto the desired positions.  Then i did the same with the knobs and hooks and that was it.

Stable, practical and good looking. (even though i screwed them on crooked. Will fix that sometime. ;)



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