Here is what I made:
Maybe a tutorial on that one sometime. But for now, let me address a problem this coat wrack presents.
It has knobs.
Seems ok. They're cute enough, after all. But none of our coats like to stay on the knobs unless they have hoods or those little hook on the tag that allow you to hang your coat on a knob.
Our coats don't have those things, for the most part. So a lot of the time the coat wrack is home to purses and aprons. How silly is that? I made this useful piece of furniture so that our winter coats could hang, since we don't have a coat closet or even a linen closet to speak of. (One of the few things that makes me ask, "Why did we buy this house?!")
My solution was to alter our coats. I've been meaning to do this for, oh, two years, and I finally got around to it.
Here is my first born's pink pea coat, purchased on winter clearance for her last year.
No tag, no hood.
Here are the needed supplies:
Oh, before I give you the supply list, let me just mention that I am obsessed with hot glue. It's my solution for almost anything. Hot glue if for me what duct tape is for 99% of men.
Now onto the supplies.
- Hot glue gun & glue
- Ribbon (that matches the coat, if you care that much... and I do.)
- Scissors - good fabric scissors
That's all.
Simply take a small length of ribbon (3 inches?), long enough to go around the peg, knob, or hook of your choice, and glue it on.
Take a second length of ribbon (if you want a finished look) and fold the ends in, gluing it along the bottom so it looks like this:
Really ridiculously easy.
Here is my wool pea coat:
And my daughters lighter weight jacket. I went a little more crafty on this one and added not only the finished looking bottom but a little bow. Because I really like my daughter and like to make cute things for her.
So if you have the same problem I was having, I hope this works out for you.
