I got an idea from magazine photos for replacing our collapsed family coatrack with a bench with a row of hooks above. I used our former entry bench plus some planks that were waterbed salvage, plus some wood from our former couch, plus some hooks we already had. After some crappier-than-usual carpentry--I was out of practice--it all came together. It would almost look nice if I painted it, but paint doesn't hold up at my house.
It ended up being almost a double win, because the following week the laundry drain clogged and water went across the basement floor where all the coats had been piled before.
I used more of the pallet wood from the couch to make new seats for a pair of outdoor cafe chairs. The seats will need some more Danish oil or something for a finish next spring, especially on the sawn edges.
I also de-upholstered a rocking chair seat. There turned out to be two layers of fabric tacked over the original upholstery, plus a layer of something in between them that maybe used to be vinyl, but that had turned into slightly crumbly tar. The springs were in poor condition, and I used more pallet wood to convert the rocker to a hard-bottom seat, with plans to find or make a decent cushion for it.
I finished a lingering display shelf project. The frame is from a wooden door screen we picked up for free, the shelves are tongue-and-groove scraps used as bed slats for a bed we were given, and I cut the shelf supports from more of the couch wood. It came out looking fairly good; the screen frame had been painted in a nice color.
We've also been dehydrating cabbage, onions, and celery.
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