Quick Coat Rack

I was hoping the addition of the hallway coat closet would eliminate the pile of jackets in the family room.  Unfortunately, the kids still drop their coats as soon as they walk in the back door- on the floor, on the couch, wherever!

We looked at some storage/hook/bench solutions, but the space is limited by the back door.  We needed either something really narrow to go next to the bathroom doorway here...

Or something really shallow to go behind where the door opens.  Mike came up with this really simple solution...

We had the left over trim and knobs from the cabinet installation.  Mike drilled out where the knob screws were in the back, so that it would be flush against the wall once assembled.  He then used heavy duty screws to attach it to the wall (since we knew it would need to hold heavy coats).

After these photos were taken, we grabbed the little can of paint that  came with the kitchen cabinets for touch ups. A perfect match, so we were able to wood putty and then paint where the screws were.

The boot tray is doing a pretty good job of keeping the shoes contained to one spot.  I hope to remove it for late spring/summer, but for now it's been handy to keep the snow & mud off the hardwood floors.