flea market mudroom hutch flip

I'd been looking for a mudroom hutch type entryway organizer for a while, but didn't feel like spending the money for the serious piece of furniture that I had in mind. I wanted something like Pottery Barn's Wade Tower that runs a cool $3,000 with tax & shipping- pictured here:

​Being on a budget means I had to get creative, so I kept my eye on furniture I could buy used and fix up the way I wanted it.

My husband came across this coat rack that had a long life at a local church and they were looking to unload. Do you see the potential in it? 

​Flip your screen upside down and you might start to see it...

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First thing we did was remove the hooks and flipped the whole piece upside down. We filled in any cracks or gaps in the wood and cut a board of wainscoting down to size using a circular saw. We glued it on the back and attached it using finishing nails. Then we attached some trim to the top, bottom, and a 2" x 4" across the top where the hooks will go.

Then I put the little ones to work; nothing like some good ole child labor to do a project on the cheap (Just kidding - I did most the painting, but of course they were dying to "help").

The last step was to add some Liberty coat and hat hooks that I bought for $3 each off Amazon and voila! 

Products used in this project: 
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• ​Board of wainscoting
• A circular saw.
• Spackling
• Paint scraper
• Paint brushes
• Rust-Oleum Zinsser Primer
• Rust-Oleum chalk white paint
• Liberty coat and hat hooks ​
• Finishing nails​