Budget Tip of the Day: Mirrored Hook Rack

Whenever I hit the thrift stores, I am always on the lookout for mirrors.  I found this one a few months back and had the perfect thing in mind.  I decided to turn this into a coat rack.  Just a few coats of spray paint and some hooks is all it takes turn something like this into a functional and stylish decor piece.

Here is the mirror before.  It was in pretty good shape.  It just needed a wipe down and some Windex.

I taped off the mirror and gave it 3 coats of white gloss spray paint.

I bought 5 satin nickel hooks at Lowe’s for about $3.00/each.  It was a little more than I wanted to pay, but they were the only one’s I could find that were small enough to fit in the space below the mirror.

That’s it!  Here it is on my wall.  There are some slight imperfections in the mirror that you can’t really see in person, but the camera has magnified them big time.  I am finding that it’s really hard to get a good picture of a mirror.  So try to look beyond the scratches.  I’m happy with the way it turned out.

Here is the price break down.

Mirror: $5.00

Hooks: $3.00/each

I already had the spray paint

Total Cost=$20.00

I hope you’ve gotten a little thrift store inspiration this week.  I’ve had a blast putting all these projects together, although I will say I’m exhausted.  I normally don’t do this many things in one week.  All of the tips I’ve featured this week are simple enough for anyone to do.  You should be able to find most of the needed items at the thrift store an any given day.  If not, just wait a week and go back.  Sometimes I find a bunch of stuff and other days I find nothing.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  Send me your pics if you try your hand at any of these thrift store decorating projects.