DIY Accent Wall & Coat Rack

By [ E ]

November 22^nd, 2015

A LITTLE BACKGROUND

For a while now, we’ve been wanting to make a nice accent wall and coat rack right at the entrance to our house. Yvonne made a great plywood bench a while back, but it was just sitting against a plain white wall. After doing some research, we found a Lowe’s video on a bathroom renovation that we both really liked. We stole the idea of using Peel & Stick wood laminate and copper tacks as the base layer of the accent wall. Naturally, we went to Lowe’s to buy the materials.

To start, we were working with a blank white wall around 96x70.

We went with the more weathered wood look.

Copper tacks helped keep the planks on the wall and added a nice rustic element to the texture of the wall.

Wall Install

The great thing about working on Peel & Stick laminate is that you only need a utility knife to make the cuts. We started on the bottom left corner and worked our way up. The only complicated cuts we had to make were around the electrical outlet and the top row where we had to cut the panels in half. After finishing the panels, we pre-drilled the holes for the copper tacks. The tacks ended up not only being decorative, but also helped keep the panels in place.

The utility knife was a great way to make the cuts in lieu of a mitre saw.

Took a few tries but we got the cut out just right for the electrical socket.

Pre-drilling a hole before hammering the copper tacks in helped make it an easy job.

Coat Rack

Originally, we were planning on using wooden dowels for the coat rack. But after using so much wood for the wall, we felt we had to use a different material. For our previous Bar Cart project, we used metal pipes for the frame of the cart which we felt would work well for the hooks. For the hooks, I bought a 1/2” 3” pipe, 1/2” flange, and 1/2” cap. To match the color of the tacks, we spray painted the hooks with Rustoleum Sienna Mist spray paint.

Get ready to get your hands dirty when putting these pipes together.

Did about 4-5 coats of spray paint to get it nice and even.

PUtting it all together

To put above the hooks, we bought a plain white floating shelf. We decided to go with four coat hooks spaced evenly apart. At Home Depot, we found these really cute wall mountable succulents which helps add some color to the wall. We finished the project right in time for the cold front that came in this weekend!