How to Make a Coat Rack With a Yardstick

Transform an unused yardstick into a smart coat rack.

Save space and reduce clutter at the entrance of your house with a wall mounted coat rack. Transform an unused or old yardstick into a functional accessory by converting it into a sleek coat rack. Your unique yardstick coat rack will impress guests and prove to be a conversation starter for visitors, even as they enter your home. With the help of a few simple tools, you can easily create this one-of-a-kind yardstick coat rack yourself.

Things You'll Need

• Plywood sheet
• Saw
• Paintbrush
• Wood glue
• Metal hooks
• Pencil
• Drill
• Screws

Instructions

1. Place your yardstick over a a plywood sheet, to attach the two pieces together. Use a saw to cut the plywood to the same size as the yardstick. Apply a thin coat of wood glue to the back of the yardstick with a paintbrush. Set it over the plywood sheet and press firmly. Allow it to dry for 10 minutes.

2. Place two or three metal hooks on the yardstick, equidistant from one another, to estimate where you need to drill holes to fix the screws. Create a small pencil mark to highlight the area on the yardstick where you placed the metal hooks. Remove the hooks. The pencil marker will enable you to correctly drill the screw holes for the hooks.

3. Drill a hole on each of your pencil marks. Set the metal hook over the drilled holes, turn the screws in the holes and fasten to attach the hook to the yardstick. Fix each of the metal hooks in the same manner.

Tips & Warnings

• Join two or more yardsticks together, if you’d like to create a wider coat rack.