I’m trying to get back to my original idea of this business, which is to give salvaged material a new life. It’s been a tough year organizing the grand plan and I often find myself just buying vintage items to turn around and resell.
Today I actually got to do some work. The other pieces are in progress, but I did mostly finish one I can show off. I bought a set of water skis that I thought would be totally cool to just hang on a wall. Well, people loved them, but alas, they didn’t sell. Then I had this brilliant idea to make coat hooks out of them. Ok, it was my friend James’ idea, but don’t tell anyone. My idea was to do something too elaborate for my baby skills: make a bookcase with a ski on either side.
Anyway, it was pretty easy. I had these wooden finials in my garage and they already had screws in them. All I had to do was drill pilot holes and screw them in. A bit of glue to help them stick. Put some hooks on the back for hanging and Bob’s your uncle!
In retrospect, I probably should have left the finials unpainted. Do they look like nipples or dog penises or is it just me?
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Hey…how cool is that…I think they look like dog nipples…yeah it’s just you:)
Did not look like nipples at all. Until you mentioned it.
Seriously, I love this! I actually have a vintage ski made into a framed mirror, so this would be its ideal mate (and fabulous use of “…and Bob’s your uncle.” Wow! Don’t see that every day any more. My Liverpudlian grandma would be so proud. 😉
I never heard the phrase “Bob’s your uncle” until I met my husband. He’s Dublin.
I hung the ski hook too high in my space yesterday at the market and nobody even saw it! It was the rain’s fault.