A little driftwood and a LOT of ideas

I was given a box of driftwood from a good friend at work (whom I ADORE) and I think she was as excited about what I was going to do with it as I was thinking what TO DO with it . . .

I did some exploring on the Internet (almost always my first source for inspiration) and saw a couple of things but nothing that really popped out at me . . . I was distracted (as I always am) when I'm googling anything and ended up on Pinterest . . . again . . . and saw a necklace thingy that had knobs on it and thought . . . hey . . . I could use the driftwood for that . . . so off to Pier 1 I go this morning to look for knobs . . . I know they have a clearance section and sometimes you can get them for super reasonable prices . . . and sure enough they had some . . . I wanted an eclectic look so was looking for four of five different ones . . . on sale of course . . . and ended up with four very different looking but still kind of matching knobs.

First of all I had to dry the driftwood out because I'd left it in the box in the yard beside my house and it rained all day . . . further delays to a project . . . watch some TV . . . let it dry overnight in the basement and then start to cut off the ends . . .

I set out to saw off the pieces that didn't work with my plan . . .

Cut off the smaller bits with some small shears . . .

Got rid of some of the bark with the putty knife  . . .

Then I sanded the sh*t out of it . . .

Drilled holes from the FRONT with one size larger than the screw

Drilled holes using a larger bit on the BACK so that I could countersink the nuts

Here's a picture of the back

Attached the knobs . . . and here's the end product . . .  the little one on the top has two round hooks on it for hanging lighter things . . . I would have used the one with the knobs as a jewellery hanger but decided to give it to my friend WHOM I ADORE (as mentioned above) as a gift . . . she's going to let me know what she does with it and I'll post a pic of what she does . . . I've come up with another idea for some of the other driftwood so stay tuned.

You could also use is kitchen door knobs, small hooks, door handles combined with S rings; you could milk paint OR spray paint the driftwood . . . I think there are numerous possibilities . . .

Would love to see what you would do

TOTAL COST:  $5.42
TOTAL TIME:  1 Hour