Back in Los Angeles, any old coat rack or a few hooks by the door would do. Most of us would just toss a jacket in the back of the car in the winter months. But here in Vermont we need a little more. Many of the vernacular farm houses I visit have at least a half dozen hooks per person lined up in their mud rooms. My wife and I each will have several different coats, jackets and vests in play all winter long. Add to that assorted scarves, hats and gloves, several of each for both of us, and your average coat rack doesn’t stand a chance. The bench by our door spent the whole winter covered in coats hats and gloves with the overflow often spreading to the back of the sofa in the living room.
Materials, for each hanger you'll need:
One cleaned or refinished paint can.
2 screws long enough to reach into wall studs.
Tools:
Long handled screwdriver or screw gun with sufficient extensions to reach bottom of can.
Punch or small drill
Stud finder (optional)
Step one: With the handle in a horizontal position, layout and make 2 small mounting holes at the top and bottom of the can within an inch or less of the edge.
Step two: locate and mark stud position on wall for upper screw position.
Step three: Screw through the upper hole of the can into the wall stud but not quite snug to the wall.
Step four: Straighten the can and screw through the lower hole of the can into the wall stud snug to the wall.
Step five: Snug up first screw.
Step six: Hang, stuff, drape and regain control of your entry space!
Materials, for each hanger you'll need:
One cleaned or refinished paint can.
2 screws long enough to reach into wall studs.
Tools:
Long handled screwdriver or screw gun with sufficient extensions to reach bottom of can.
Punch or small drill
Stud finder (optional)
Step one: With the handle in a horizontal position, layout and make 2 small mounting holes at the top and bottom of the can within an inch or less of the edge.
Step two: locate and mark stud position on wall for upper screw position.
Step three: Screw through the upper hole of the can into the wall stud but not quite snug to the wall.
Step four: Straighten the can and screw through the lower hole of the can into the wall stud snug to the wall.
Step five: Snug up first screw.
Step six: Hang, stuff, drape and regain control of your entry space!
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i think inside of those buckets i will add some colored LED's....
My firm is Use What You Have Interiors, so you know I love this clever reuse of what was already there.
Thanks... I will share.
Lauri Ward
www.redecorate.com
This instructable is absolutely wonderful! So I decided to feature it on my website! You can see the page here:
http://lescreateliers.com/Les_Createliers/Idees_Ideas/Entries/2011/7/27_Crochets_pour_manteauxCoat_hooks.html
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Cheers,
Marie-Eve
Thanks for letting me repost!
BRILLIANT! I can't wait to do this in my hallway
.. A template for the "spill": Plywood shape with radiused edge would do nicely, leave a hole for the paint can.
.. Create an organic shape for the hook, focused on looking like a splash or drip. This should be easy with clay or dough molded directly to the board.
.. Pour a silicone mold around the front of the spill template.
.. Time to mold: Create a stiff wire form, bent around the base of the can and into the body of the hook cavities.
.. With mold, can, and wire in place, pour resin.
I need to get tools and do this.
Vernacular Architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it exists.
http://consumerist.com/2011/05/why-paint-cans-beat-coat-hooks-at-their-own-job.html
Thanks!
this is one great idea, as an offshoot to this idea, and I am not taking away from how good this idea is,
get a piece of 5/8 plywood, find the studs drill in some massive screw hooks, mount your cans, install some 'eye' plates and then hang the plywood/can to the screw hooks, that way, you could take your plywood can coat hook with you,
you can do thias.
Good Idea
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=buy+empty+paint+can&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=7948570596667066890&sa=X&ei=bg3fTfXCDZC-sAO60dmSBw&ved=0CF4Q8wIwAQ
As for cleaning, I put my cans into water as soon as I emptied them so they weren't that bad. If you let them dry it would be quite a chore. Empty can's are about $2.50 at the local Ace Hardware.
New and unused.
Gallon and quart sizes.
OK, not recycled--but quick!