We have live in our home for eight and a half years. We don’t often have company until lately. The boys have started having friends show up and it is something we want to encourage. One small thing I have noticed that we were unprepared for was a place for hanging coats and such.

Well I now have a solution for that problem. I recently found this oak peg hook with the cardboard wrap and price still attached at the Goodwill. With a price of only $2.00 I didn’t feel I could leave it in the store.  I wasn’t 100% sure what I was going to do with it but if all else failed I would save it for the basement bathroom remodel project we dream of around here.

Anyway, I sweet talked Andrew into hanging it up the other evening and am thrilled with it right behind our front entry door.  It doesn’t take up any space that was being used rather it fills a place that was bare.

This morning while I was decluttering I bumped into the hanging basket you see in the picture.  It has a great brown leather strap and was a steal for only $1.00 on another Goodwill hunting trip.  I thought the basket might be a good place to store hats and gloves.  Plus it adds a little character to the area.

For only $3.00 I have created an area that allows our guests to have a place to put their belongings.

What have you found at the thrift store this week?