This has been one of those simple projects that we have been working on for a year. Yes, one full year.
My husband Paul, has been requesting a coat rack by our entryway because there are always coats hanging on all of the chairs and couches.
A year ago, we went to Hobby Lobby to get some fun pretty knobs. Then the knobs got put into a bin in my craft room.
While we were both off for Christmas break he suggested we get that coat rack made. I pulled out the bag of knobs and the receipt was for exactly one year earlier. Nothing like a little procrastination!
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Knobs in different colors and styles
Primed Pine Wood
1 – 1x4x8ft
1 – 1x3x8ft
Sand Paper
1/2″ Screws
Screw Driver
Coat Rack Tutorial:
The first step is getting out all of the knobs and laying them out to arrange them. We wanted to know how big of a piece of wood to buy.
We decided that we wanted it to be about 40 x 8 1/2 inches. The longest screw backing to the knobs was 1 3/8 so we knew that we would have to account for that as well.
Off to Home Depot we went.
We measured lots of different pieces of wood to see if we could get what we envisioned to work. We ultimately decided to go with 2 different sizes of Primed Pine Board. We got one length of 1x4x8ft and one length of 1x3x8ft.
On a side note, wood measurements are stupid and inaccurate, What is the point? How hard is it to have a 1×4 if the sign says they are 1×4? But in all actuality they are .75×3.5! A man had to come up with that system because it makes absolutely no sense at all.
Sorry about that little rant, back to the tutorial.
Here is my best sketch of how it will all go together. I felt I could explain it better with a drawing, BUT this drawing is not to scale, just wanted to show you what I was thinking.
Once we knew what we were doing we went to the saw table and cut our lengths of wood to what is stated in the sketch above.
We used the entire length of 1x3x8 but had a good chunk of the 1x4x8 left for some unknown future project.
Once home, I began sanding the strips of wood. The wood pieces are primed, not painted but I still like how they looked. So I only sanded a little to give the wood a worn/stressed look to them.
This is how the pieces looked when I was done sanding them.
Before we add the knobs we need to add the support braces to the back. This will keep all of the boards aligned like we want and give the space on the back to allow for the screws of the knobs.
We used screws that are just a little bit shorter in length than the depth of the two boards so they didn’t come out the front of the coat rock.
I measured out the placement of the knobs and then my husband drilled the holes and screwed them in.
We put almost all of the knobs in but left a couple off where we would need to screw the rack into the wall.
The coat rack needs to be screwed into studs in the wall so they are good and sturdy, so we put that into account when we were putting the braces on the back and put them in the same plus the studs are in our wall.
We used super long screws to attach it to the wall to make sure it went through both pieces of wood and into the stud of the wall.
My son also jumped in on the action so he could help Dad keep the coat rack level and I could be the photographer.
Once everything was secure Paul screwed the last couple of hooks into the board.
I took some white paint and dabbed it over the dark screws to help hide them.
Doesn’t it look awesome, and completely functional too? I love the mish-mash of all the different knobs.
After all was said and done it took about a year and 2 hours to put it all together.
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Yield: 1 Coat Rack
How to Make a Coat Rack out of Wood
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Active Time
2 hours
Total Time
2 hours
Difficulty
Moderate
Estimated Cost
$40
Materials
Knobs
Primed Wood
1 - 1x4x8ft
1 - 1x3x8ft
Sand Paper
1/2" Screws
Tools
Drill
Instructions
Purchase 2 different sizes of Primed Pine Board. One length of 1x4x8ft and one length of 1x3x8ft.
Out of the 1x3 length cut two pieces that are 40 inches long, and 2 pieces that are 8 inches long.
Out of the 1x4 length cut a piece that is 42 inches long.
Sand down the primer to give the wood a worn/stressed look to them.
Attach the support braces to the back. using screws that are a little bit shorter in length than the depth of the two boards so they don't come out the front of the coat rack.
Measure out the placement of the knobs and then drill holes and screw them in.
Use longer screws to attach the coat rack to the wall, screwing into the studs of the wall.
Use some white paint and dab over the dark screws to help hide them.
Notes
If you love this coat rack tutorial, please give it a five-star review and help me share it on Facebook and Pinterest!
© Katie Adams
Project Type:
Home Decor
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Category: Decorative Pieces
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