Boards that aren't 'cup' boards

@JudyEv (323706)
Rockingham, Australia
December 1, 2020 4:20am CST
JJ (@myklj999) said in a comment on a recent post of mine and I quote: You'd think a cupboard would be a board on the wall with nails sticking out to hang yer cups on by the handles. We made some boards like that although we don’t hang cups on them. Two are on the verandah and the other one in the laundry. The top one holds gardening gear and the pegs are what we call ‘dogs’ although apparently the full name is ‘dog spikes’. They are used when constructing a railway line. The centre photo shows a slightly classier one which has brass hooks and holds our hats. The bottom one has smaller brass hooks and holds, mostly, extension cords. The hooks are all mounted on lengths of jarrah and were really easy to make. You can never have too many hooks or too much storage space.
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@xFiacre (12538)
• Ireland
1 Dec 20
@judyev a place for everything and everything in its place. Wish I was that organised.
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 20
That's my motto too! My mother used to say that was her father's adage, and it's spot-on. If everything has a 'home' then you always know where to find it. Drives me mad when people don't put things away properly as I absolutely detest wasting time looking for things (can you tell I'm getting annoyed just writing about it?)
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
@Fleura Haha - just settle down now. But you're quite right. If you always put things away, you can always find them when you want them.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
We have too many hats for those few pegs and, if I mention the cobwebs in the top photo, will you promise not to go looking for them?
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 20
Ours are in the garage and in my husband’s workroom.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 20
@JudyEv He would. Not me so much.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
I'm sure you'd be lost without them.
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• United States
1 Dec 20
I could use those hooks in my garage and it would make things so much neater and organized. All your stuff looks super organized and tidy. I might have to put that on my "to do" list as I have a running list of projects for my son when he visits.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
I don't have hooks for the coats but there isn't really a good spot to put more hooks. If we hung them outside, they'd be covered in cobwebs in no time.
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
1 Dec 20
This sort of reminds of an old Gallagher bit. He asked questions like, "Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?" "Why do we call them buildings if they are already built?" lol
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
There are certainly some odd sayings.
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
2 Dec 20
@JudyEv The English language is loaded with nuances for sure.
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• India
1 Dec 20
Making a railway line sounds fun
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
I'm not sure that the gangers thought so! lol
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• India
1 Dec 20
@JudyEv They probably travelled by air
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@Cheyee (8369)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Dec 20
"You can never have too many hooks or too much storage space" Very true. My house became massive trash can become I don't have storage space and enough hooks.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
It's hard to keep things tidy if you don't have cupboards or shelves.
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@Cheyee (8369)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
1 Dec 20
@JudyEv very true.
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@RebeccasFarm (84408)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
1 Dec 20
Clever Judy. Love things like this. I need so much more cupboard space here in this dump.
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• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
2 Dec 20
@JudyEv I bet it is lovely Judy that sounds so awesome now.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
When we designed the house we put in cupboards the length of the passage. I forget how long it is but it holds everything I need it too. I thought I had a photo of it but I can't find it.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 20
@RebeccasFarm It is 9 metres long with a couple metres taken out where the bar is cut into it from the other side. The rest has six shelves so it holds a LOT of stuff.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
1 Dec 20
You are so right, I need more hooks in the kitchen and more storage space everywhere in the house.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
2 Dec 20
@JudyEv Anything "empty" in the house is immediately used by my husband. I confess that I place empty boxes on the shelves so that he does not know that it's "empty". He has to get rid of a lot of his things.!
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 20
@LadyDuck Oh, that is very clever. I regard myself as cunning but I hadn't thought of that. lol I'll be borrowing that idea. He has already taken over many of my shelves.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
I am lucky to have plenty of storage space now. I even have empty drawers in some rooms. lol
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@Tampa_girl7 (48855)
• United States
1 Dec 20
I just wrote about hooks yesterday. I have them on the backside of my fireplace mantle.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
I remember. You said some had fallen off. Have you put more up yet?
@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Dec 20
We have those in the garage.
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@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Dec 20
@JudyEv Have one a lot like your middle one in the utility room also. It holds our coats.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
They're handy, aren't they? We have quite a few in the workshops too.
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 20
English is a fascinating language, I love to trace the way meanings change over time. In olden times people didn't eat at a table, they ate at a board (hence bed and board - and now boarding houses etc). I was surprised that @myklj999 hadn't noticed cup-boards before - or do they have another name in the US?
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 20
@myklj999 I know. And if the cupboard was bare, presumably she had nothing either, never mind the dog.
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 20
@myklj999 Did you just make that up, or is that something that dates from your schooldays?
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
@myklj999 Our son loved MAD magazine.
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@TheHorse (203760)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Dec 20
I do this kind of thing at the Montana cabin. Here, it's a random walk.
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@TheHorse (203760)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Dec 20
@JudyEv Yeppers. I have many.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 20
Hooks look good in cabins.
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Dec 20
I agree. You can't have too many hooks or too much storage space. I seem to be running out of both all the time.
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Dec 20
@JudyEv That's usually the case. I have a lot I need to sort through to see what I can get rid of.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 20
Whenever I buy something new, I try to get rid of something but it doesn't always work. lol
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
1 Dec 20
my dad had those in his shed i think he put things back on them 1/2 the time
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
Hal the time isn't too bad I guess. Better than 'never puts things back'.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
@DocAndersen I harass Vince too about not putting things away. It must help - he's better than he was!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
1 Dec 20
@JudyEv i used to harass him about that
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
1 Dec 20
It looks so nice and tidy in all the photos. I will show you how our cups are stored in the cupboard which is how they were when we moved in but my cups are different then were here.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
We used to have a cupboard like this and they're still very common but I have my mugs in a drawer now.
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@snowy22315 (168439)
• United States
1 Dec 20
How did you affix your wood to the brick wall?
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
There are special screws you can use. You drill a hole then insert a plastic plug affair then screw the screws into that. Some of our terms for the items are 'wall plugs' and 'masonry screws'.
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@FourWalls (61328)
• United States
1 Dec 20
Question one: why are you listening to JJ? Question two: why are you quoting JJ? Hanging hooks are very convenient. They are for people who don’t have exercise equipment to hang their coats on.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
As I said earlier, I had a moment of weakness - and I'm in love with Emoci. Currently Vince has two belts, two T-shirts and a pair of jeans slung over the arm of the treadmill but I can shove them up enough to be able to hang on. I do have to remove the shoes though.
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@thelme55 (76376)
• Germany
1 Dec 20
A very organized board.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
It's very handy although we have more hats than hooks.
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@LindaOHio (153180)
• United States
1 Dec 20
Really cool organization. You're right. You can never have too much storage space!
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
The hooks are handy for certain items.
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@Nevena83 (65287)
• Serbia
1 Dec 20
This is very useful.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
It helps keep things tidy.
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