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X_Digger

(18,585 posts)
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:18 PM Apr 2014

Two sorta scrap projects..

I had some thin poplar and some pine laying around the shop, so I decided to make a few things with it.

No plans this time, I just kind of winged it..

First is a shelf + coat rack + chalkboard..



(The chalkboard will hang on cup hooks right in the center of the field, and there will be coat hooks along the bottom edge. I know it's a mish-mash of styles and materials, but it's all getting painted, so what the heck.

With the leftovers from *that*, I made a towel bar and shelf..


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Two sorta scrap projects.. (Original Post) X_Digger Apr 2014 OP
That is really nice work. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #1
Probably milk paint. (Kind of a beach cottage-ey look.) n/t X_Digger Apr 2014 #2
Maybe rethink the first one. No matter where the hooks go, you're going to Warpy Apr 2014 #3
Yeah, I say 'chalk'.. but that's to be determined. X_Digger Apr 2014 #5
How about 2 rows of hooks? Warpy Apr 2014 #8
Maybe.. I was considering turning some pegs for the lower rail. X_Digger Apr 2014 #9
Nice stuff maddezmom Apr 2014 #4
Thanks! n/t X_Digger Apr 2014 #6
Sometimes no plan is the best plan I would suppose ! Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2014 #7
I do have a compressor and one of those automotive type spray guns. X_Digger Apr 2014 #10

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
1. That is really nice work.
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:42 PM
Apr 2014

Clean lines and nice details. Love the vertical slats. How do you plan on finishing it?

Great job.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
3. Maybe rethink the first one. No matter where the hooks go, you're going to
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:51 PM
Apr 2014

get chalk dust on the coats. If you can sub a marker board or put some cork tiles on it with a bin of push pins to post things, that might work a bit better. It's attractive enough to bag the whole message board idea completely.

I've done some of my best stuff with odds and ends I experiment with because it's either me or the birds.

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)
5. Yeah, I say 'chalk'.. but that's to be determined.
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:47 PM
Apr 2014

I've got the frame and a piece of tempered hardboard. I was going to just get a can of chalkboard paint and take a whack at it, but you make a good point.

I think I've got a piece of cork, if it's the right thickness, that would also work there.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
8. How about 2 rows of hooks?
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 01:54 AM
Apr 2014

The one on top for hats and scarves, the one on bottom for coats?

After all, message boards are a little obsolete now that everybody's out there texting each other. Nobody's got a chance to space anything important.

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)
9. Maybe.. I was considering turning some pegs for the lower rail.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 09:00 AM
Apr 2014


I could make some shorter pegs, though that would mean having to make a rail across the center, since the slats are quite thin.

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
7. Sometimes no plan is the best plan I would suppose !
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 12:50 AM
Apr 2014

Very nice work. Better than the pre fab. stuff you see in places like home depot or lowe's big box and all those places !

Your work also demonstrates artistic values as well. Having no particular plan in mind leaves a wide open window for the free flow of creativity. You ever do any spray painting -with a airless painting compressor ? Or staining ?





Just a thought.

Again very nice.

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)
10. I do have a compressor and one of those automotive type spray guns.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 09:06 AM
Apr 2014

But my compressor isn't quite beefy enough to handle a large project. I've used it to spray lacquer on small pieces.

I want to get one of those high volume low pressure sprayers for larger projects.. but for now, it's either rattle cans or rollers / brushes.

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