In my tour of the Mississippi ReBuilding Center last week, I promised to share a project made with materials I found there. So here is the metal wall grid that I made with my spoils:
Also featured: My chalkboard clock and eye magnets.
A while back I posted about metal wall grid displays I’d seen that I really liked. I remembered them when I spotted this among the piles of miscellaneous materials:
So I bought it, for a total of $3, and brought it home. For its transformation into a wall-worthy piece, first I pried off the metal brackets with pliers and a flat-head screwdriver. Then I sanded off a bit of rust, wiped it down well, and gave it several light coats of Rustoleum appliance epoxy in black. (That stuff smells terrible–if you use it, make sure to do your spraying outdoors or someplace well-ventilated.)
After letting it dry for 24 hours, it was time for the fun part, hanging and styling. I used two cup hooks to hang it up, and then went to town.
I think this was a former store display, so I can’t tell you how to get a piece just like it. But I have seen similar wall grids made from wire mesh rebar/remesh, or cattle or hog panels from feed stores. Or if you can’t find the perfect panel, you could skip the DIY and buy this UO wall grid. No one will know.
What is the size of the square? Not the outside but the individual squares. Trying to get an idea if it will work for a project
CW, the individual squares of this panel are 2 by 2 inches.
I love this Idea! You could also use the wire racks that you can assemble to make cubes to store things in or the canvas boxes. I have several of these because I tried to use them assembled into the cubes and found that they do not hold a lot of weight as a cube. So I was trying to figure out what I could use them for. So thank you very much for this idea! Very clever and cute.
So glad you like it, JoDee! Yeah, someone on Twitter suggested using those, too, which seems like a smart idea. The only drawback is that they tend to be on the smaller side, but I bet you could attach a few together with black zipties if you want a larger display.
What was the wire grid originally? This one looks like a better starting place than the wire fence ones I’ve seen elsewhere…
jj, I don’t know! I’m thinking it might have been a retail store display grid.