Simple project: Key holder

I am currently in the planning stages of a decor project for our master bath, which I can't wait to share with you. In an effort to spend virtually no money on this project, I'm reusing a lot of the items from when we redid our bathroom in Dallas, before we moved to LA. There is one little shelf, though, which I know I won't be able to work into my new design. So, I decided to make it into a little key holder to hang by the front door.

Since I already happened to have four extra cup-hooks in our "random hardware drawer," this project was basically free and pretty much did itself! But the hooks only cost a few cents at the hardware store. And just about anything wooden that will hang on a wall could be turned into a project like this, just by screwing hooks into the bottom.

Here's a quick list of things that I can think of off-hand that would make cool door hooks, just by screwing cup-hooks to the bottom: a piece of dollhouse furniture; some wooden letter printing blocks (found at flea markets and antique malls – you could put several different ones together to make a word, and hang a hook on the bottom of each letter, or just use one huge initial with a few hooks across the bottom); a picture with a thick wooden frame; a mirror with a thick wooden frame (or a chalkboard or cork board...); a nice scrap of driftwood; or any number of the little oddities that turn up in old attics or estate sales.

Of course, ideas for stuff like this are easy to come by... it's actually setting aside the ten minutes to sit down and do them that requires the inspiration!