For the organized naturalist, this Quadruple Sea Stone Wall Hook from Uncommon Goods is just beachy. We like this for any entryway or, as the web site says, a sophisticated mudroom. To save on the $200 price tag, this is surely something our savvy readers can do themselves, too.
From Uncommmon Goods:
These long coat hangers feature sea stones taken from the shores of New Hampshire. The stones get their uniquely round shape from years spent in the ocean being tumbled with sand and waves. Each hook features copper hardware, a light-colored hardwood back, and a completely unique stone.
The stones are functional as well as beautiful - their round shapes won't deform coats or snag loose pieces of clothing as you walk by. For each stone "harvested" another rough quarry stone is "planted" in its place. In the same spirit, for each tree used for the backplates, ten times the number of trees are planted to conserve the future of our forests.
(via Book of Joe)
Copyright © 2008 Apartment Therapy
This has to be the silliest marketing copy I've ever read.
"...from the shores of New Hampshire"...?
How hilarious. Is New Hampshire somehow different from the thousands of miles of coastline in the rest of the country?
I guess that's why Marketing departments have a two drink minimum, so they can think up silly copy like that. ;->
But yeah, these would be easy to copy. Use rocks you "harvest" yourself from any coastline, it'll be more special that way, and don't worry, the ocean will happily replace them. LOL!!!
What a riot. :->
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It looks like they've got some kind of posts attaching the rocks to the wood. I wonder if you'd need to try to drill holes into the rocks for the posts; probably glue wouldn't hold whatever you wanted to hang up. Of course, it would probably be okay to just glue rocks directly to the board.
view Joan A.'s profile
But I do agree with Boomer; the copy is just really silly.
view Joan A.'s profile
OK, I agree the marketing copy is a bit silly, but I still think these are cool looking. And yes, you could copy them, but do you really want to be searching for rocks and drilling holes in them? What a pain! (And besides, shouldn't we be against knocking off other people's designs anyway) I say if you like it, don't copy it, buy it!
view sarahlily's profile
The NH coast is only a few miles long...so I think it is special!
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A while back, Anthropologie had cabinet knobs made of natural rocks and whatnot. I don't know if they're still available, but if so you could just screw a few into a hunk of wood to approximate this. I remember thinking that the Anthro knobs were ridiculously priced (maybe $12 each?) but it would still come to a lot less than $200 or a trip to New Hampshire.
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I've been planning for a couple of years to do something similar for knobs for my kitchen cabinets - epoxy the rocks to plain, cheap knobs. I could just do a few more and mount them on a strip of wood since I'll already be drilling holes in the cabinet doors.
Great idea - thanks!
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Speaking in defense of marketing copywriters everywhere, I think there is something quaint, vivid and romantic about "from the shores of New Hampshire."
Y'all have no sense of adventure!!!
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
"Quadrubple"?????
Spell check, please!!
view Kathryn's profile
Maybe that's a play on "rubble" or something...
view lisa2 in austin's profile
I made knobs for my dresser a few years ago after I saw price tags of 30 per handle. They finished product looks great. I made 20 handles for under $20. Gorilla glue is the bomb!
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plus1 - Sorry, nothing against NH. From what I've seen it looks wonderful.
What I was going after was the absurd sound of it it all. I'm no rock hound but to me those look no different to what must be millions of river rocks you can find at the bottom of any stream in the woods in any state.
Oh, for the wood part, I've seen people use old dresser drawer fronts for things like this.
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My favorite river rock (only one I ever kept). Found it at the bottom of Lewis River (WA) above one of the falls. Not sure what the red part is but it looks enough like an old cave drawing or something that I held onto it even though I know it's just random.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7878321@N03/1110583533/
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So, when it's YOUR specific rockography, it's not silly. Ok, I get it.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
heh heh
I never said it wasn't silly - it is. But then I'm not gluing it to a board and selling it for hundreds of dollars either.
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Funny...this exact project is featured in the new issue of Real Simple! The instructions: "Using polyurthane-based glue (such as Gorilla Glue), attach a stone to the end of a wooden drawer knob, then screw each knob into a plank of wood. Mount the plank on the wall."
view Anna at D16's profile
For a rustic kitchen I once had (in a rustic cabin in a rustic woods) I made knobs like this for the kitchen cabinets (which were rustic, too--ancient planks from a barn). At that point in time I had a drill press. I drilled holes in the backs of the stones, glued in metal rods that were threaded at the other end, screwed them into the cabinets and screwed nuts on the inside. It looked so good I can't tell you.
But is gorilla glue really THAT strong? I've never used it for anything, but I'd certainly use it if it was that good. I've always used pain-in-the-neck epoxy where strong adhesion was needed. A simpler substitute would be terrific.
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Gotta say, I like the concrete lightbulb wall hook better.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90524731@N00/1029578463/
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