Project by Jim Boehm | posted 03-11-2008 01:17 AM | 3393 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments | ![]() |
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This is a coat rack and shelf I made for our house by our front door. Our closet is filled with every season of jacket year round. This way we can keep the current seasonal ones out and handy. It is made out of 3/4” solid oak veneer plywood with custom molding on the inside and outside. It started out as an inlay design in the spot where the mirror is. But, it got dinged up a little in the middle after I let it set aside while I did work on something else. So now I cut the middle out and put a mirror in it. It is stained with the Cabot country maple I have and three coats of Minwax spar urethane. There are four brass hooks on the bottom.
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teenagewoodworker
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#1 posted 03-11-2008 01:29 AM
wow that looks great. nice job. and you must get a lot of use out of it too.
GaryK
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#2 posted 03-11-2008 01:48 AM
Nice mirror. I like the angles.
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Scott Bryan
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#3 posted 03-11-2008 04:22 AM
This is nice. It is not your usual “hall” mirror. Your finish looks good as well. About the mirror, I assume that this is something that you didn’t buy “off the shelf” since all I ever see are round and rectangular ones. Did you cut this down yourself or did you have a glass shop do it? Just curious.
Thanks for the post.
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cajunpen
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#4 posted 03-11-2008 09:06 AM
Nice coat rack. I like the angle also – it seperates it from most that you see.
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Jim Boehm
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#5 posted 03-11-2008 11:27 AM
I got the mirror at Lowes and then I traced the opening plus added 1/4” around for the opening and cut it myself. I actually had to add the trim on the inside of the mirror area because when I cut out the piece of wood that was boogered up, it created small chips on the edges of the veneer that didn’t look good. I thought that the trim added a different touch plus it took focus off of the fresh cut edges on the inside.
Thanks for the comments guys!
-- "Knowledge is King! It is never too late to learn something new." - Jim
jockmike2
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#6 posted 03-11-2008 11:35 AM
great looking coat hanger. Nice finish. mike
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CharlieM1958
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#7 posted 03-11-2008 02:42 PM
Nice piece, and very practical as well!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
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