How to make a Doorknob Coatrack
1 to 2 hoursBetween $ 5 and $ 50 per knob, depending on the pattern. Trim boards costing about $ 35, dummy spindles ca $ 6.
Difficulty: Easy retrieval of materials is probably the most challenging part of the project, even though it is fun, too.
At my house coats piling up on the dining room chairs and get put away, only when the dinner guests must actually sit. I have a coat closet solutions — two, actually — but after a long day at work, I hate change with hangers. So, for a project by using the vintage metal doorknobs, seemed a discard and go to my antidote coatrack just lazy ways. I had six/knobs and their matching Rosette backplates; all I needed was a lovely old Board to mount them on. Lucky for me, my manager, this old House Editor Scott Omelianuk, was willing to part with some Chestnut he rescued after taking down trim a wall in his house renovation. Here is the step-by-step for how to build the rack.
