Moving can be a fun thing, but finding a new place for all of your things may not be.

After a recent move, I discovered the lack of closet space in my new downstairs and went in search of a clothes tree. Nothing suited, so I crafted my own.

With a few old doorknobs, some paint, dowel rods, a drill and a plank of wood, a clothes/towel/coat rack easily can be made for your bathroom, bedroom or mudroom.

Paint the wood to match your décor or use an old cabinet door as your base. Recycling an old piece of wood keeps with the integrity of reusing old knobs.

For a bathroom rack, use old faucet handles for your hangers — you know the kind, with the "H" and "C" on them. For a coat rack, use the extra original glass knobs from your replaced doors. Check architectural salvage stores for old knobs, and you will be surprised by what you can find to craft with.

The base can be made as large as you like, with as many knobs as you may need. Make the base run horizontally for a coat hanger or vertically to hold small decorative hanging candles or other small items.

For this project, you will need a piece of wood, a drill, wood dowels, three doorknobs, hot glue, paint and sandpaper.

Begin by purchasing the dowel to fit the inside the doorknobs' stems. Each knob is different, and you may have to get different dowels for each knob. The dowel should fit snugly. Cut the dowels long enough to fit the whole way into the doorknob and through the base.

Paint the base the desired color and allow to dry.

Drill a hole into the base for each doorknob. These holes should be the same size as the dowel rods or a tiny bit smaller. Again, if your dowel rods are different sizes, your holes also will have to be different sizes. Keep track of which knob goes on which dowel.

Insert your dowel pieces into each hole by pounding them in with a hammer or mallet. Sand the back of the base to make the end of the dowel rod flush with the base's back.

Fill the hole of the doorknob with hot glue and insert on the secured dowel rod. Allow the glue to dry.

Touch up any paint that may have been nicked or scratched in the assembly process.

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