Find "Somewhere to hang your hat...."

Yesterday while Scott & I were antiquing...(okay, I was dragging him thru another store!.. lol! He's actually begun to like it a bit I think, he may not admit this to anyone though...) anyways, we spotted some old doorknobs & I mentioned to him I wanted to make a wall coat rack using old doorknobs.

So, today's project became making this coat rack.  It started with deep cleaning and polishing some old reclaimed knobs.




hard to believe but someone had painted over the porcelain and brass.  The wood was a bit dull & shabby looking when we started.



All clean & looking MUCH better! Years of dirt & grime are gone!



The pretty brass hidden underneath....




Close up of the beautiful wood after a bit of murphy's oil soap & wood wax.  & here the porcelain is all clean and pretty minus the paint, which luckily just came off in the dish pan I soaked them in!

A trip to our friend Pete's shop & we return home with a beautiful piece of walnut from Theron's folks house (he had it at the shop and was "thrilled" for us to take it and use it! :) The guys also in their wisdom helped us figure out how to attach the knobs to the board with a sturdy and fairly simple application (thanks to the availability to two brilliant brains & lots of cool tools in the workshop!)



 This is an image of the wood, we loved the funky irregular shape & decided to keep it for character.  Theron Wentworth's parents are from Kennebunk & have raised their children, and now grandchildren there.  They are contributors to the community in a number of ways, & we are honored to have a piece of wood from the Wentworth "family farm".

This image shows the wood half waxed, I discovered "Johnson's paste wax" today ....Doug had it on the shelf - amazing!  I declared, I need a jar of this stuff, I'm going to wax everything! It's amazing how the wood comes "to life" with this product! & it leaves it SO smooth! The wood knobs came out beautiful & smooth as a baby's bottom!

This is the coat rack- we have to drill & permanently insert knobs tomorrow- but we are thrilled & can't wait to put it on the wall in our new entry!  Now we have to pick a cool bench for sure to go under it! :)

We both are thrilled with this "recycled craft project"! 

Thanks to all that helped contribute materials, time & brains!