Clean Up, Everybody Clean Up: DIY Hanging Mop and Rack

I have been working really hard but not posting, I kept thinking I had not made enough process to show from the last post. I ran into more mental blocks, challenges, untested ideas and indecisiveness with this dollhouse than any other. So I will back up and update from here forward to keep from not posting. (this room is unfinished by the way:)

This is the first mop I have made and I really like it, even though it was fairly simple to make. I used the following materials to make it and the rack: cotton garden twine, wooden dowel, wood scraps, and garment closures, acrylic paint and dark stain. The pails came from Hobby Lobby.

This was taken before I added the loop

I sharpened the end of the dowel using a pencil sharpener

I think they are called hook and eye closures from the sewing section

I looped the garden twine around the dowel, glued and cut loops, then tied a piece of twine across the top

I used a mini hand drill (smallest bit) and added the "eye" piece, I just bent the ends through the hole

I wanted to show the great cast shadow on the ceiling