after we installed our entertainment center, we had an extra piece of base board laying around. and if you know me, you know that i can’t throw any piece of wood away. i know, i’ve got issues.
but you knew that.
it started out 8′ long, so i used a hand hack saw to cut it in half. 
it started out white. i used Annie Sloan’s duck egg first. then i lightly sanded it to bring some of the white up. 
then i dry brushed some paris gray and louis blue. using a very very rough wire brush, i scraped the entire board in a single direction. i wanted to get some rough and visible scratches to show.
first a coat of clear wax, then dark wax. so super easy.
then, using some old hinges that came from this shutter headboard project, i secured the hinges. i wanted an industrial look….so this worked perfectly. a bunch of super glue did the trick to hold the hinges at an angle. we’ll see just how ‘super’ this super glue is.
now, there’s a perfect spot beneath the surfboards to hang wet towels and wetsuits.
there’s even a perfect secret shelf for the wax on each hinge. i’m letting my husband believe i planned it that way. 🙂
can’t wait for the boys to start getting in the water. i did spy them doing this over the weekend with their Daddy. made me weep!
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