When I moved into my older house, I expected quirks—creaky floors, stubborn windows, the usual. What I didn’t expect was to find the same kind of hook in three different rooms: the family room, the bedroom, and the master bathroom.
They weren’t towel hooks or coat hooks. These were ceiling or high-wall hooks, placed just where you wouldn’t hang a jacket or a bag. They looked oddly deliberate… and completely out of context in a modern setup.
That mix of confusion and curiosity is what sent me down the rabbit hole: What were these hooks originally used for—and what can I do with them today?
