Fence Picket Coat Rack

I’m back today to share another mudroom update. I figured it was time to make a new coat rack since I took the last one down. Besides, the whole point of this makeover was to better organize things, not have our coats and hats laying on the breakfast nook table. True story…

So today it’s all about our new fence picket coat rack… which was such an easy project!

Here’s how I made it…

I wanted something that had numbers, so I started with modeling clay and made 1  square as my starter…

Then I just trimmed down the others to match…

24 hours later, they were dry…

Then I sanded down all the edges…

Next, I trimmed down a fence picket to 32″. Fence pickets happen to look great (I’ve used them here and here) and they’re cheap!

I used our electric sander to sand it smooth, then I stained it with Minwax Early American stain.

Once the stain was dry, I rubbed on a light coat of wax and set the hooks and clay squares in place…

I used my Silhouette cutting machine to cut out black vinyl numbers…

Then I measured and stuck them in place…

I attached the metal hooks with screws, then used Gorilla Glue to attach the clay squares…

I pressed each square in place and held them down firmly for a few minutes. After about 15 minutes, they were stuck…

I used sawtooth hangers on the back…

After that, I hung it up…

I am so absolutely smitten with it…

And those numbers and hooks… sigh…

And I don’t think I even need to mention how much my heart loves the combination of white and wood…

Our little mudroom has come such a long way in a short period of time…

And pretty soon, it’s going to be organized and efficient and wonderful… And so totally useful!

I have another mudroom project that I’m going to share on Friday… let’s just say it could be one of my very favorite projects ever, and that’s saying something!

Here’s to almost being able to put everything together…

And just in case you want to read more about our mudroom makeover thus far, you can see each post here:

Mudroom Plank Walls

Built-in Mudroom Shelf

Black Mudroom Door

*I received free product from Gorilla Glue, but all opinions and ideas are my own. For my complete disclosure policy, click here.