How to Use pegboard in a Sentence

pegboard

noun
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  • Hang some on the pegboard and frame it like a work of art.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
  • One of the simplest looks like a pegboard—dots arranged in a square grid.
    — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • First, paint the pegboard to match the room or a contrasting color.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The pegboard comes with a variety of holders and hooks to keep small tools neat and tidy.
    — Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Two sides of the room have a work area made of wood, and one wall is covered in a large pegboard that’s filled with pictures.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2020
  • A couple of the walls were covered in pegboard with hooks and outlines of the pots and pans Julia hung on them.
    — Dorie Greenspan, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
  • On the left of the pegboard is a list of auction items, and on the right is a preview pane for viewing each auction’s eBay page.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2007
  • This year, their works won’t hang on hallowed pegboard.
    — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • But here’s the thing: A plain old kitchen spoon retrofitted with a hook can catch just as many fish as the most modern spoon on the pegboard.
    — Popular Science, 25 June 2020
  • Ryan's office, located in a little cube off the side of the house, is paneled in wide sheets of pegboard.
    — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 31 Jan. 2019
  • And a basic pegboard with hooks for hanging tools is a good way to use vertical wall space.
    — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Last week, my handyman installed pegboard ($25) on one garage wall.
    — NOLA.com, 19 June 2017
  • Around the back, Chen placed a kid-friendly zone, with a pegboard wall for hats and coats, and drawers set to receive phones for nightly charging.
    — Alexandra Lange, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The set is constructed in homage to her famous home kitchen, with pegboard walls and copper cookware.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, mount a pegboard lined with hooks or hang a wire lattice grid and arrange a variety of hooks to suit your items.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, mount a pegboard lined with hooks or hang a wire lattice grid and arrange a variety of hooks to suit your items.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
  • On one wall hung a pegboard of 21 different shirt collars.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Hang the pegboard on wall stud and equip it with bins for an innovative storage system.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The vibe Nods to the former bus repair garage include walls covered with pegboard and beer taps with school buses as handles.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The kitchen of chef and author Julia Child includes French heavy-duty copper and ironware, which hangs from a pegboard wall.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
  • Instead of stacking heavy pots and pans on top of each other (and using up valuable shelf space) just install a pegboard on a free wall.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The compact box includes necklace hooks, a stud pegboard for earrings, and a ring cushion with seven grooves.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2024
  • The walls were lined with pale plywood and pegboard that carried shoes from floor to ceiling, like an art installation.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022
  • Paint squares on a pegboard to designate spots for specific items.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Affix a pegboard with repositionable hooks to a wall or the inside of a tall cabinet door to hang kitchen supplies.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a tiny kitchen on the counter, with two induction burners and a sandwich press, shelves easily rearrangeable thanks to the wood pegboard on the wall.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • It’s not the only creative soundproofing hack in the space: Vinz lined pegboard light fixtures with carpet padding to absorb noise.
    — Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Starting at around $50 per drawer, Rev-a-Shelf offers kits that include a wooden pegboard base (which can be cut to size) and moveable dowels that hold your items in place.
    — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 26 Sep. 2019
  • For people who can’t install anything on their walls, leaning a pegboard with storage accessories can help to get a lot of items up off the desk while keeping them close at hand.
    — Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The rest of the stores in the area tend to traffic in ramshackle charm, but Beverly’s prefers precision, with items elegantly hung on a pegboard: the perfect pan, the perfect broom, the perfect whisk and so on.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021

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