Mount A Mini Thread Rack on the Wall – No Holes!
Are you looking to reclaim some of your table space and while organizing your thread collection by mounting your thread rack on the wall? Look no further, here’s a quick hack that takes just minutes to complete, and this process does not involve drilling holes into the wall.
Materials:
Thread collection
30-spool thread rack – (on sale at Missouri Star Quilt Co, with extra 15% off if you shop at this link)
Command Damage-Free Hanging Velcro Strips (holds up to 16 lbs) – $10.70 for a pack of 14 at Amazon through this link
When it comes to hanging without any holes, I recommend command damage free hanging Velcro strips. These Velcro strips are said to hold up to 16 lbs, and would be perfect for a small rack like this. I also like that they do not require any hole drilling in the walls, and that they are very safe and easy to remove. This mini thread stand rack holds 30 spools. Although it has legs that enable it to stand on a tabletop, I’m using this wall method so that I can claim back some of that table space for quilting, which is why I’m looking to mount this rack on the wall.
When you flip your rack over, you’ll notice that the legs of the stand are separate but I won’t worry about it too much because the Velcro strips will kind of tape them together, and the fact that it will end up flush against the wall means you won’t see any movement from these legs once the rack is mounted. First, detach the Velcro strips into separate units and Velcro the strips together into pairs. Essentially, this side of the Velcro strip will strip against the rack while the other side will strip against the wall once everything is unpeeled. In other words, we are creating double-sided tape. Plan your strip layout by laying them diagonally along the backside of the rack, while making sure the ends of each Velcro strip will not show from the front. This diagonal layout is what will help stabilize the legs to the unit.
Once you’ve laid out the strips, take off the sticker back portion just from just one side of each unit and stick the sticky side of the unit directly onto the rack. Set it diagonally while making sure that the ends won’t stick out on the sides. Repeat this step for all the Velcro units. When they are stuck to the backside of the rack, the legs will feel stabilized enough. I tried fidgeting with it myself, and the whole thing remained pretty stable.
When you are ready to stick the rack against the wall, go ahead and peel away the back sticker layer to expose the sticky sides that will stick to the wall. Once all paper backing is peeled off, you can stick the rack directly to the wall – I would recommend using a level, which is something that you will not see me do in the video! When you find your wall space, just stick it right to the wall and you are finished!
