Hanging Rack - Easy to Label, Wipe, & Re-Label (upcycled from scrap wood)

Previously, I'd hung 4 hooks on my daughters wall but that quickly proved to be too few hooks for her many items that I wanted for her to keep off of her floor. I wanted to hang more hooks but didn't want to add more holes in the Sheetrock. I had a scrap piece of wood leftover from another project that I attached these 7 hooks to & hung on her wall. But it didn't look "finished" enough, plus I wanted to be able to easily label her hooks & easily change the labels if I needed, hence the chalkboard paint.
Want to make your own? Here's what you'll need:
Scrap wood, cut to size if needed
Hooks & screws, as many or as few as you want
Wall hangers (I used 50-lb rated hangers)
chalkboard paint & brush
Chalk - various colors make for a fun, cheery board

This is the hook board without chalkboard paint, looking woefully unfinished.


After the paint dried, I hung the board & used a variety of colors to label and decorate it.

Here is her hook board with her jewelry organizer. Click here for the jewelry organizer tutorial.

Over-the-door shoe, hat, glove, & tights organizer, hook board, & jewelry organizer. She has no excuse for this stuff to ever be messy & disorganized again. ;)
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Chalkboard Paint & the Scrap Metal Pile at the Dump - My New Loves :)

I have a confession. I have a new love... Chalkboard paint!! ;) Stay tuned... I'm working on several new organizational projects made on the cheap using scrap wood we had left over from other projects & upcycling found objects. 

That reminds me. I have another new love - the metal pile at the dump. ;) In two days I've found sheet metal, a tray, and a mirrored medicine cabinet. Stay tuned to see how I give them new life on the cheap by upcycling! :)

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Lens: Libatique

Film: AO BW

Flash: none
Click here to check out my tutorial for a "Welcome Friends, Please No Solicitors" sign made with chalkboard paint.  :)

Click here for a tutorial for a jewelry organizer.
Click here for a tutorial for a hanging rack.

Jewelry Organizer- New Life for old Frame (upcycled from old frame who's glass had broken)

I have several frames, large ones, that have broken glass that I've been holding onto knowing I could use them in the future. My mom had given a table-top jewelry organizer to my daughter. It worked, but my daughter would load up each arm with 4-5 pieces of jewelry in order to fit them all on it, some of them would drag on the shelf when it was turned because it wasn't tall enough, & it took up a lot of shelf space for the minimal efficiency it provided. I'm all for using empty wall space so using an old frame as a jewelry organizer was perfect. Also, each jewelry piece would be able to have its own hook, so she could quickly look at everything & decide what she wanted to wear as well as easily get rid of anything she didn't want anymore.

Here's what you need to make your own. :)
Old frame with broken glass removed
Staple gun & extra staples
Needle or long-nosed pliers or tin snips
Hardware cloth, 1/4 inch mesh
Chalkboard paint & brush (optional) - if your frame has a flat surface & you want to use chalk to label and/or decorate your frame
Chalk (optional) - a variety of colors makes for a more cheerful frame
Paint & brush (optional) - if your frame has textured surface & just needs a "freshening up"
Hammer
Old rag or sponge (optional - for applying paint to the hardware cloth)
S-hooks or metal wire & long-nosed pliers (to make your own s-hooks)
Measuring implement (optional)
Wall-hangers









1.) I could have used the needle-nosed pliers & wiggled out the metal pieces that previously held the frame backing in place, but since no one is going to see them when the organizer is hanging up, I just bent them over so they're flush with the wood.




2.) Use the edge of the staple gun to crease the hardware cloth into a 90-degree angle into the corner of the frame back & staple - I had to staple the hardware cloth into the side of the frame because the front of the frame was too thin to take the staples without the staples coming out of the front of the frame.




Here's the front of the frame with the hardware cloth stapled to it.




3.) (Optional) Use paintbrush to paint frame. Use old rag, dabbing it lightly with paint onto the hardware cloth.




4.) After the paint dries, hang, attach s-hooks (make your own with wire & long-nosed pliers if needed), organize jewelry, decorate and/or label with chalk, & enjoy!




Jewelry organizer shown with her hook board. Click here for hook board tutorial.




I happened to have some random plastic s-hooks around.




Clearly I haven't had a chance to make her s-hooks yet (& I didn't want to spend $20 on them). ;)





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