Multi-Purpose Shelves!

So I’m browsing some of my favorites sites and come across this crazy picture and think.. well that’s sort of riduculous, paint cans as hooks?? Dumb idea… but then I started thinking about it… and started liking the idea even more!

You see, we don’t own a garage.. so our ‘mud room’ downstairs houses my hockey gear, my work bench, all of our shoes, the furnace, the oil tank *sigh* – no wonder it’s never clean. One of the biggest problems however, is just keeping the every day ‘clutter’ out of the way – keys, dog leashes, mail, wallets, etc..

Does this not solve that problem or what?

Now I’m not going out to purchase a bunch of paint cans for hanging up on my wall – however I do have some, and could just use a metal punch then drill a hole to mount it to a stud on the wall.

Personally however, I’d rather have something different than a big paint can coming from the wall, so I’ll be keeping that in mind when I go searching for shelving. This could serve as a cool coat rack and shelving unit it one! Yep, now I’m starting to think.

Read about how to create the High Functioning Coat Hooks at Instructables.