Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Tool Time Tuesday...Yard Stick Organizing Rack

Hi everyone! I have mentioned in the past that our house and the things in it are ever changing. Furniture moves in and furniture moves out. Between thrift store finds, saving furniture for our daughters when they move into their own apartments and "hand me downs" from my sister, our house is always "making room" for something.

Well, the littlest of ideas come from the need to squeeze in one more piece of furniture. My sister gave my daughter Courtney a small love seat couch for an apartment she might have in the future. Never wanting to giving up free furniture, I squeezed it into my sewing room for now. I love it ( Courtney might not get it), but things had to change in my sewing room to get it in.

One change was the wall where I had stored a big frame of all my quilt rulers. Move one thing here, move another thing there etc. It's definitely a domino effect of change.

Here's the OLD way I stored them. A peg board frame of quilt rulers.

quilt ruler rack

and here's the new version...today's Tool time!!

quilt ruler rack

Quick easy project that you can use for anything really, not just quilt rulers. Come on in to see!

The main parts are things I had already. I truly put this project together Monday morning before I went to work.

  • 1 or 2 yard sticks
  • 2 old curtain rod holders
  • the hooks...shower curtain hooks, or "S" hooks or large key rings



quilt ruler rack

This was a package of shower curtain rings I bought at the dollar store a long time ago, because I love the beads and the color. I knew I would find a purpose for them...other than the shower!

quilt ruler rack

The curtain rod hooks I have are mounted differently for different purposes. Use or buy the ones that work best for your situation.

The 2 types are...

  • the top bracket in the picture mounts with the "L" shape bracket to the wall or furniture.
  • the bottom bracket in the picture, mounts with the flat part of the metal underneath something.


quilt ruler rack

I used the flat bracket and mounted 2 brackets at each end of my sewing table just underneath the edge.

quilt ruler rack

I actually had these brackets mounted here before with a real curtain rod that held a roll of paper, but I removed that a while ago. When I measured the distance between brackets again to find a rod, I realized in was 36 inches...hmmm, that's a yardstick!!

Voila! A yard stick rack.

quilt ruler rack

The yardstick slips into the bracket hooks.

quilt ruler rack

For strength, I added a second yardstick.

quilt ruler rack


quilt ruler rack

The back of some curtain rod brackets have those screws that help hold the rod in place.

This worked great for the yardsticks too!!

quilt ruler rack

Just slide on your shower curtain hooks and add your quilt rulers.

quilt ruler rack

Easy to see and get to all your rulers!!

quilt ruler rack

It's a quick ruler too, when you need to measure something.

quilt ruler rack

Just bend the hooks open a little and the rulers slip right on.

quilt ruler rack


You can really use this to hold anything in your craft space. When you hanging things up where you can see them, it not only keeps things neat and tidy, you can also find things faster!

Hope you have a great Tuesday,
~Karen~

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16 comments:

  1. ...but what about the couch???? LOL!! Was curious to see it...

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  2. Darn...I was hopeful that you had come up with a way for me to store/display my yardstick collection. It numbers over 100.

    I may try this with some of the duplicates after I switch sewing rooms. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Yes we need to see the love seat! My sewing room so needs some seating but it would be a tight fit. Seeing yours might be the inspiration I need!

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  4. Love this idea, I have a vintage yard stick that I'd like to do something with, will have to try this. Love the aqua/turquoise hangers you used. Thanks for sharing.

    Mary

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  5. you share the best tutorials, love this! like the way you decorated the metal shower hooks, too

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  6. Good idea! There are so many other uses for shower curtain holders. Looking forward to see if you turn the loveseat into black and white for your room, or yellow and gray for your daughter's room! Enjoy! ~ Vickie

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  7. You've done it again! I love the way your mind works. Thanks for all you do.

    Happy Sewing!
    Nancy

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  8. You've done it again! I love the way your mind works. Thanks for all you do.

    Happy Sewing!
    Nancy

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  9. Hi there Karen, WOW is all I can say! I am so loving this idea I did something simular to my work table but this is so much more! thanks for posting! Found you on Pinterest (i simply cant get away from this place) and posted to Facebook (cant seem to get away from that either!) LOLOLOL anyway love your blog will be following shortly, hope you can stop by for a visit to boulder dam cottage blog too! :) kat =^.^-=

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  10. Cute and useful. I think I will stain and beat up my yardstick so it looks old!

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