Hooked up

We have found that when we are re-using or up-cycling old things we often need to adapt them in some way to make them work. Last year, at a vide grenier (which means empty the attic, or to us a car boot) we purchased two coat hooks. We liked them because they had a 20’s–30’s feel about them. As it happened, the fittings we bought for the downstairs shower room were similar, so it felt right that they should go there. However, Brian had told me that he was having issues in fixing them as the screw holes for the hooks were rather too close together, he said that they would not be suitable for attaching to plasterboard. So I left him thinking about a solution. And I love what he has done. Brian decided the best route was to attach them to some bases, fix those to the wall and then fix the hooks to them. With an art-deco feel in mind, he went about making them.

The final result really works and fits in with the rest of the shower room.