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How to make your own mountain coat hooks


Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects

Make coathooks in a mountain shaped design for your hallway or bedroom. Fleur Thorpe shows you how.

You will need

Instructions

Step 1:  Cut your 135mm wide wood to a length of 180mm.  Using a ruler and pencil, draw a triangle on the wood. (Photo 1).

Step 2:  Use a saw to cut the triangle. Sand any rough edges smooth with sandpaper. (Photo 2). 

Step 3:  From the bottom of the triangle, measure up the mid-line and make two marks – one at 30mm and one at 60mm.  These are the placements for your screw holes.  The bottom hole is for the knob and the top hole is for the screw which will attach the hook to the wall. (Photo 3).  

Step 4:  With an electric drill, drill these two holes using a drill bit that is slightly smaller than your screws.  Countersink the top hole at the front.  Flip the piece of wood over and countersink the bottom hole at the back.  This will allow the screw for the knob to sit into the wood and therefore the mountain hook will sit flush to the wall. (Photo 4).

Step 5:  Use a pencil to draw a snow line roughly one-third down from the top. (Photo 5).

Step 6:  Use painters masking tape and scissors to mask off the snow area above your pencil line. (Photo 6).

Step 7:  Paint the mountain area below the tape with two coats of Resene Ebony Clay.  Allow the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.  Remove the tape as soon as you have finished applying the second coat (Photo 7).

Step 8:  Once the paint is dry, rub out any visible pencil lines.  Attach the knob by screwing in from the back.  Attach the mountain hook to the wall with a screw.  It is best to screw into a stud in the wall if the hook is going to be holding heavy items.  Dab a small bit of Resene Ebony Clay over the screw head to help hide it. (Photo 8).

Step 9:  Optional – Coat the bare timber area with Resene Aquaclear to help keep it clean.

Top tip: For a snowy mountain top, apply Resene Colorwood Whitewash or Resene White.

Top tip: For a snowy mountain top, apply Resene Colorwood Whitewash or Resene White.


Resene Colorwood Whitewash

Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. August 2020.


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