kuntryquilter

All 4 walls in my sewing room is peg board, I love it. I have all my threads, sewing, serger, embroidery & quilting threads. all rulers, scissors and any thing else that will hang on my walls.

miriam

I went a bit more creative. I hung the IKEA rods in the windows for scissors - I have a pretty good collection of old scissors though. Then I hung an old ironing board top I fished out of the neighbor's trash - I pulled the legs off it. It has holes in it for pegs - magnets stick to it. If you mount a piece of wood behind it on 3 sides you can make a pocket to hold the big measuring equipment. Then I hung an old baby bed springs on the wall and clip things to it.

lwbuchholz

I have 3 different peg boards in spots around the room and I have used cup hooks and other types of hooks screwed into shelves and on the frames of the pegboards for hanging other things on. I suppose you could make a graph paper diagram of all you have to hang and make plans on adding to it and then you might find other ways to hang things. Have fun doing it!
Lynda

Debbie C

This is such a great idea to help keep things in their place. I used a black sharpie marker around each hanging item and I'm so happy with the finished results - a clean, organized pegboard wall!!

lawsonmugs

I have a pegboard that I put a frame around made out of yardsticks. Then I glued 2" long pieces of dowel in every other hole. This is what I hang spools of thread on. If the board was bigger I would put more dowels to hold tools.You could trace around the tool with pencil then paint in the shape with pastels or what ever colors, Just an idea for you. Post a picture of what ever you do.

cdmmiracles

I'm using peg board also.....but I used round shower curtain hooks (I used the ones that have love, faith, hope on the hooks) to hang it in the closet on the rod that goes across for clothes. works out pretty nicely! I have two hanging side by side with lots of space for my rulers and tools. Oh yeah, and I just bought a package of the hook things that go on a pegboard to use for hanging all my tools/rulers.

teddy300

I covered my pegboard with some floral striped wallpaper that I found at a thrift store.

ArchaicArcane

I'll add my vote for pegboard as well.

The one thing I can suggest is see if you can find a retail fixture supply place for the pegboard hardware. They should also carry the other items, like the bins and such. I managed to get 100 2" hooks for $12.75. Princess Auto (our version of Harbor Freight) was $1.49 for 4 of them and Home Depot was $2+ for 4 of the same hooks. The only difference is the ones from the retail store didn't have the plastic covers on the tips, they have a rounded ball on the end instead. I prefer the hooks without the covers anyway. Those covers just go flying when you grab something off the hook.

misschris

My peg board is cut as a chair rail and runs across the back wall of my sewing room. Just adds some interest to my room and easy to reach. Works for me.

KLO

When my sewing room is completed, I also intended to hang peg board but I think I will be using Sewnoma's idea too. I like the rails and think they will work great in different areas. Thanks for this idea!