DIY Vintage Apron Rack

Hi friends! I’m back with a super fun DIY project using an old porch railing that I’ve turned into a vintage apron rack. I love how this project turned out and I’m so excited to share it with you today. Thanks to my parents, who are my best junk-finders, I was fortunate to score 4 large porch railings a few weeks back. They actually found these at a farm auction just sitting in the dirt. They promptly called me, as I have trained them to do at first sight of any and all things vintage-farmhouse-antique, etc. I’ve been looking for railings just like this for a while now, so of course I squealed with delight and told them to bid on the whole lot. We scored them all for $45. Boom.

All of the railings are about 7-8 feet long. I actually left one full length and put it in my dining room, but I’ve cut the rest down into smaller sections. This one for today’s project is about 3 feet long.

For the back of the apron rack we used this old, perfectly chippy, white drawer front I’ve had around the house for a while. We screwed it to the spindles and then added two hooks from Hobby Lobby. Very simple. Very easy. Super quick. The best kind of DIY, in my opinion.

I love how this turned out. Borderline obsessed actually.

I love how this little creation brightens up this corner. And did you notice the bundle of spindles in the toolbox? Those are actually from one of the other porch railings. I broke it down so I could have just the spindles. Yay spindles! I love spindles. Spindles are the best. OK, I think I’ve made my point…Moving on!

In case you’re curious how we hung it, we simply used long nails to hang it from on the wall (find the studs first so it doesn’t move on you). If you look closely you can see them. I didn’t want to screw it directly into the wall, like we usually do with a lot of our heavier stuff, just in case I wanted to move this to a different spot. This worked really well, so we went with it.

This little drawer front is amazing. This thing is seriously legit in the world of vintage. I mean, you simply cannot recreate that chippy white paint. Well, I can’t anyway. My skillz aren’t that good. If you can tell me how!

The hooks I used are from Hobby Lobby. I’ve use these a few times before on various projects and I love them. I actually used them for a DIY towel bar in our master bathroom. You can find them in this post.

So there you have it! Who knew an old porch railing would make such an awesome apron rack. I love how simple this project was to put together. It’s so fun to play around with unique pieces to create something practical and useful. What do you think? Let me know in the comments, I’d love to hear your thoughts. And be sure to track me down on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Thanks for stopping by friends!