Sprucing up the Entryway

Pin It I spent a Saturday with a few scrap pieces of wood, new coat hooks (Lowes) and some paint and came up with this:

Here is the starting point inside the front door:

Added 1"x4" strips of wood to the wall.  I used countersunk screws into the studs since I planned on attaching large coat hooks.  It probably wasn't necessary, but with my kids and their fifty pound backpacks it was worth the extra effort.  I filled the holes with wood filler, sanded and primed.

Then used two coats of Ultra White Behr Satin. 

Installed the bronze coat hooks.  I think they were about $3 each.

When visitors come over, they always comment about how interesting it is that I used a door by the front door for my coat hooks.  I didn't plan to make it look like a door, but when I look at it I see how much it does.  Cool!