DIY: Wall-Mounted Hat rack
senior style Editor Joel Bray shares step-by-step directions for a cottage-ready hat rack made of low-cost wood as well as pegs.
Let’s deal with it: storage is something we might all utilize a bit more of, particularly when it looks great as well as is simple to develop yourself. This wooden wall rack is an creative method to screen a collection as well as it can modification seasonally — show off straw hats in the summertime as well as switch in woolly scarves as well as felt fedoras come winter.
Leaving the rack as well as hooks raw, without paint or stain, provides it a simple Scandi sensibility. We painted the wall in a serene blue that enables the honey-colored wood to stand out. keep in mind, the larger the rack the higher the impact.
You’ll requirement unfinished 1″ x 1″ lumber (I utilized maple), wood pegs, photo hangers, wood glue, drill, screws, screwdriver, ruler as well as a pencil.
Have seven pieces of 1″ x 1″ wood precut to 16″ long each. Sand each piece utilizing fine-grit sandpaper to get rid of any type of rough edges.
Your drill bit should have the exact same diameter as your wooden pegs (mine were both 3⁄4″). location one piece of wood on top of one more at a 90° angle. utilizing the drill, drill a hole partially with the top piece of wood. (The seven pieces of wood will alternating being on top of as well as beneath each other, to ensure that every other piece, including the very first as well as last, will sit flat against the wall.)
Insert a screw into the hole you drilled in step 2. Screw it through the top piece of wood as well as partially into the bottom piece. There should be sufficient area left in the hole to insert the wooden peg snugly. Repeat steps 2 as well as 3 up until all seven pieces of wood are screwed together.
Each piece of wood will have three pegs on it: one at the top, one in the middle as well as one at the bottom (the top as well as bottom ones are those inserted over top of the screw that joins the wood pieces together). utilizing a ruler as well as pencil, mark the middle peg holes in the center of all pieces of wood. Drill the peg holes at the marks, making sure not to drill all the method with the wood to the other side.
Place a small drop of wood glue into each hole as well as insert the pegs. The pegs will in shape rather snugly, so you shouldn’t requirement much glue. let pegs dry for an hour or so.
Attach the hangers at the top as well as bottom of the wall rack as well as at three other similarly spaced points on the back of the rack utilizing a screwdriver as well as screws. determine as well as mark where each wall hook will go on your wall as well as connect the screws to the wall in these places. Hook the hangers onto the screws. Enjoy!