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This Low-key Item Could Win You Some Extra Storage
Need additional hooks for storage or decoration? The unassuming Shaker peg rail could be your design saviour
It might be a modest-looking home item, but the Shaker-style peg rail is a design classic that will work hard in any room. Take a look at these ideas for inspiration on how to incorporate this practical and stylish storage solution in every room of your home.
Hang some cupboards
Why have one piece of storage when you can have two – or more? The owners of this kitchen have used their Shaker-style pegs to hang a couple of cupboards and a shelf unit. The nifty design helps to maximise the wall space, and the peg installation keeps things flexible. If they decide they need more hooks than cupboards, the owners can simply remove one of the cabinets.
If you’re planning some Shaker peg rail DIY in your own home, make sure you double up the hanging system as they’ve done here: the ropes at the base of the cabinets help to keep the units steady.
Why have one piece of storage when you can have two – or more? The owners of this kitchen have used their Shaker-style pegs to hang a couple of cupboards and a shelf unit. The nifty design helps to maximise the wall space, and the peg installation keeps things flexible. If they decide they need more hooks than cupboards, the owners can simply remove one of the cabinets.
If you’re planning some Shaker peg rail DIY in your own home, make sure you double up the hanging system as they’ve done here: the ropes at the base of the cabinets help to keep the units steady.
Organise the hallway
A wooden peg rail is the ideal storage system for a hallway, particularly if it has a ledge on top like this one. The simple hooks provide space for coats and bags, while the shelf holds baskets for hats, gloves and scarves.
The beauty of a simple peg rail is that you should be able to find one that fits in the area available. Here, the wooden strip slots snugly in the recess, making the most of every inch of space.
Is this item the unsung hero of interiors
A wooden peg rail is the ideal storage system for a hallway, particularly if it has a ledge on top like this one. The simple hooks provide space for coats and bags, while the shelf holds baskets for hats, gloves and scarves.
The beauty of a simple peg rail is that you should be able to find one that fits in the area available. Here, the wooden strip slots snugly in the recess, making the most of every inch of space.
Is this item the unsung hero of interiors
Keep your bath towels handy
If there’s more than one of you using the same bathroom, chances are you need quite a few hooks – unless you fancy a radiator stacked high with wet towels. This is where a Shaker-style peg rail comes into its own.
Position it along two walls to resemble a picture rail, and kit out your washspace with wall-to-wall pegs for towels, baskets, scrubbing brushes and anything else you need to hand.
How to store household linen – however little space you have
If there’s more than one of you using the same bathroom, chances are you need quite a few hooks – unless you fancy a radiator stacked high with wet towels. This is where a Shaker-style peg rail comes into its own.
Position it along two walls to resemble a picture rail, and kit out your washspace with wall-to-wall pegs for towels, baskets, scrubbing brushes and anything else you need to hand.
How to store household linen – however little space you have
Put up a few pictures
The Shaker look is usually pared-back and unadorned, but there’s no reason why you can’t break the rules and go for some pattern instead. The floral wallpaper in this bedroom is a pretty backdrop for the long line of wooden hooks, and the pictures hung off it add to the quirky feel of the room.
The Shaker look is usually pared-back and unadorned, but there’s no reason why you can’t break the rules and go for some pattern instead. The floral wallpaper in this bedroom is a pretty backdrop for the long line of wooden hooks, and the pictures hung off it add to the quirky feel of the room.
Suspend some mirrors
The bed here is also framed by a line of pegs, but this time the look is more minimal. The hooks have been used to hang a couple of mirrors and a squash racket for a look that’s both eclectic and cool.
The bed here is also framed by a line of pegs, but this time the look is more minimal. The hooks have been used to hang a couple of mirrors and a squash racket for a look that’s both eclectic and cool.
Make it fun
Shaker is a light and airy style for a child’s bedroom, and the line of pegs here works well on a wall of pale grey wooden panelling.
The hooks have this time been used to add some whimsical and fun decoration to the room, and again the elements can be swapped when the owners fancy a change.
Shaker is a light and airy style for a child’s bedroom, and the line of pegs here works well on a wall of pale grey wooden panelling.
The hooks have this time been used to add some whimsical and fun decoration to the room, and again the elements can be swapped when the owners fancy a change.
Double up with a shelf above
How’s this for a simple yet stylish idea for your kitchen walls? A bare wood rack, complete with a shelf and a row of pegs, is ideal for storing chopping boards, cups and utensils, as well as jars and books along the ledge.
The design of this shelf unit and peg rail is very plain, yet it looks gorgeous and is brilliantly functional.
How’s this for a simple yet stylish idea for your kitchen walls? A bare wood rack, complete with a shelf and a row of pegs, is ideal for storing chopping boards, cups and utensils, as well as jars and books along the ledge.
The design of this shelf unit and peg rail is very plain, yet it looks gorgeous and is brilliantly functional.
Pop some next to the sink
The oh-so simple design of Shaker-style peg rails makes them wonderfully versatile. As well as filling a wide expanse of wall, they can be cut to fit a tiny niche, too.
Here, the two areas either side of the window have been put to good use with a few hooks for hanging small items.
Are you a fan of the Shaker look? Share your thoughts in the Comments section.
The oh-so simple design of Shaker-style peg rails makes them wonderfully versatile. As well as filling a wide expanse of wall, they can be cut to fit a tiny niche, too.
Here, the two areas either side of the window have been put to good use with a few hooks for hanging small items.
Are you a fan of the Shaker look? Share your thoughts in the Comments section.
To really nail the Shaker look, it helps to add timber panels to the other elements in the room. In this gorgeous kitchen, the units have been complemented by a panel of tongue-and-groove and a matching Shaker peg rail with shelf.
It not only looks attractive, it’s practical, too – the walls are protected and easy to wipe, and the hooks provide easy-access storage for cleaning products, crockery and utensils.