DIY Coat Rack Bench

All winter we've had a never ending pile of coats, boots, hats, scarves, gloves, etc. sitting in our entryway as you come in from the garage. We had a coat rack, but it was missing about five arms, and always seemed to be drowning in coats. I have been day dreaming about building a coat rack bench ever since we moved in to our house.

Aaron to the rescue! My husband is THE most amazing person I know, just sayin'. If I can dream it up, he can build it. He started working on it during Christmas vacation. He spent all of a morning and some of an afternoon drawing up plans, after I showed him a few pictures on Pinterest of the style I was looking for. We talked about what would make the most efficient use of space, and all that fun stuff. Then we headed to Home Depot.

Here are some pictures of the process. We'd already scooted our old coat rack and boot pile to one side in the before picture, so just imagine it sitting in the corner. :)

 I picked out and stained the trim. It adds a really nice finishing touch to the over all look if I do say so myself.

Ta-Da! Finished coat rack shelf. Well, almost. We still need to lacquer the bench, but that won't change what it looks like. And I am going to buy some dark wicker baskets to put in the shelves, and maybe a couple underneath the bench. But you get the idea. I'm so tickled with it! Now all we have to do is teach the kids how to hang up their coats. Ha!