Buckle Up.

So I figured I'd make good on my promise of blogging about my DIY adventures by posting about a 10 minute project I did last weekend.

One of the best decisions we made during our home re-model was to transform some unused kitchen space and part of a hallway into an awesome master closet and tear out the mini-closet that existed in the master bedroom.  This added square footage to our actual bedroom, gave us a functional closet, turned the master bath into a private master bath (instead of having an entrance from the hallway as well) and gave purpose to a hallway and kitchen nook that weren't really used.  So. Lots of bonuses.  But I digress.  Back to my DIY project.  We had our carpenters build a killer custom closet organization system complete with short and long bars for hanging clothes, a shoe rack, and a shelving system.  However.  I neglected to have them make hooks for hanging things such as belts and scarves.  Fortunately I'd picked up this baby at Target a few years ago for our old laundry room for $15.....














.......but as you can tell, it quickly filled up. 

Apparently Husband and I have more belts and scarves than I originally thought.  Frustration ensued every time one of us needed something from one of the hooks and we'd started just leaving things around instead of hanging them up.So clearly, we needed another set of hooks. And while they were still in stock at Target, I'm cheap... we're on a budget, so I refused to drop another $15 at my favorite superstore even if that's what needed to happen.  Plus, it's a closet.  It doesn't have to look amazing.

So I went on a search in our shed two-story storage building out back in my little boxes and jars and found everything I needed in the "hooks and random brackets" box.  Yes.  That exists.  I had these lovely hooks from the back of my old bathroom door (we got new interior doors during the remodel and I refuse to drill into them!), a hanger from a picture hanging kit and a small plaque of wood I'd bought at Michael's for another DIY project that never happened.  Then I snagged a can of paint left over from our interior trim (glossy white) and went to town transforming this stuff.......

......into this. ta-da! another belt hanger!  So easy.  So quick.  So needed. 

and even though they don't exactly match, I'm not complaining. Close enough. And functional. I'll take it!

and it's clearly remedied the over-stuffed-hook situation. Now everything has a place.

So here's the rundown if you're looking to do something like it on your own.

hooks: free (we already owned them, but I think they were $2.50 a piece originally at target or home depot)
wooden plaque: free (again, we already had it in storage.  it was originally 99cents at Michael's craft store)
picture hanger hook: free (yup, we had it in the shed, but a new one should cost no more than $2.00 for a package at a home improvement store)
paint: free (again, leftover from other painting projects.  a can of white spraypaint would work (about $3.50 at a home improvement store, or purchase a sample size plain white paint at the store for around $2.50)
my total cost: free  
total cost of new materials(in case you don't collect junk, hoard save treasures to be repurposed like I do: about $9.00

still cheaper than the ready made Target variety.  And the whole thing took ten minutes to assemble using only a hammer, electric screwdriver, and a paintbrush.  Not including the time waiting for the paint to dry.  Which wasn't long either seeing as I chose a 100 degree sunny day to do this project.

So I know it's not exactly rocket science....but I thought I'd share my fun, easy project with you.