Hanging Idea 1 — Door Handles
Old door handles look placed great on a distressed piece of wood. This is an interesting alternative for hanging towels in the bathroom or as a coat rack.
1 To begin distressing the timber, apply a coat of sealer to the front of the timber and allow to dry. Follow this with a coat of the crackle medium and then brush on a coat of white acrylic. You do not need to wait for the crackle medium to dry to apply the white. The white will react almost immediately with the crackle medium. Allow to dry.
2 This is optional but if you want a more dramatic distressed look, sand back sections of the white paint.
3 Mark four equally spaced points along the timber. These will be the positions of the door handles. Drill through these points so that you create four holes, all the same size as the dowel.
4 Attach the door handles to the timber by gluing small pieces of dowel (each the length of the inside of the handle plus the thickness of the wood) into place. Don't worry about trying to find matching door handles, it's more interesting if they are all slightly different. You should be able to pick up old door handles from junkyards and markets.

Hanging Idea 2 — Silver Pegs
This is a great way of keeping paper such as bills, postcards, coupons or kids drawings organised.
1 Spray paint your wooden pegs silver. Spray one side and when dry, turn the pegs over to spray the other side.
2 Attach an eyelet into each end of the dowel rod and spray paint silver.
3 Hang the dowel across your wall. You could nail or screw the eyelets on the dowel to the wall or if you don't want to fix it to the wall permanently, you could use picture rail hooks and fishing line to hang it from the picture rail.
4 Position your pegs along the wire and start organising those papers.

Hanging idea 3 — Old Cutlery
A cutlery rack made from old cutlery is the perfect addition to any kitchen.
1 Apply a coat of white basecoat to the timber, followed by a coat of the blue acrylic. Allow time to dry between each coat.
2 Using pliers, bend the old forks and spoons. If you don't have any old cutlery at home that you want to throw out, you can pick these up very cheaply at second hand stores.
3 Measure and mark where you would like your bent forks and spoons to go. These should be equally spaced apart. Glue the spoons and forks into place with araldite.
4 Attach the paper cut outs in between the spoons and forks. These are glued on like a stamp — just dampen the back of each sticker with a wet cloth and stick into position.