Hat rack

I was sick and tired of the husband using coat rack as a hat rack, so while he was gone for NYE - I made this hat rack!  I measured the wall between the closet and window was ~5 cowboy hats, so I went to Lowes (closed by my 8:45 random decision to start) as was Home Depot -so I tried Walmart.  Hooks are cute - were about $2 each.  Then I just wanted to grab a few pieces of scrap wood to see what thickness I would want to buy "tomorrow" and found a long thin scrap piece.  I took it in and it fit PERFECTLY didn't have to cut a thing.  Then I just attached the hooks to the wood then hammered it into the wall.  Taaadaaa - hat rack.  

I looked for all kinds of quotes and such I could put above it - liked "Any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me".  I thought about vinyl and then remembered I had that frame from a project a long time ago that I didn't need anymore.  So i designed a fun way to use the quote with my cricut - then remembered this picture & the "engineer print" thing from pinterest.  I went to OfficeMax.com and tried to price how much it would be to make a print that size... $2.11!!!  Cut to the EXACT size of the frame (which I now know that I need to make it a little larger than that b/c they don't have any outside paper at all).  I had some foam board from an old project that I cut & taped to fill in the big empty frame - and mod podged the picture to it.  Now, I'll be honest - there are some major bubbles and 1 descent size crack/fold in it.  But its high on the wall, hard to see - and honestly it looks GREAT where it is!  Even better is the fact that there was already a nail exactly where I needed one for the frame :) 

Excited to start 2013 with one more thing in my life organized!  And now its like I got a hat rack & coat rack in one day!  So my happy winter jackets and sweat shirts have a place to hang too!