Dover.

So, we've all seen these, right?  Dover sells them for $12.99 a pop.  I didn't want to drop $25+ to get my two rarely-used saddles off the ground in my garage.  Have drill, will screw.

Supplies:

Not including my drill, total cost was $11.08.

Made huge mostly because I wanted you to see the manager's name.

I could have saved $0.40 if I had bought both my rope hooks at Wally's.

Not pictured:  the 32" piece of poplar that I got for $2.

Steps:

1.  Mark the half-way point of the wood.  Start hacking with the tiny saw.

2.  When the blade of the saw starts sliding out of the back of the handle, contemplate suicide tape that bitch.  When it starts sliding out of the front, derpedly tighten the screw holding the blade with all the strength born by the frustration that this little project has already caused.

Ghetto fabulous.

3.  When you've successfully hacked as many of the corners as you can and you don't seem to be progressing towards two separate pieces of wood, contemplate suicide utilize (gratuitous) body weight and a sharp corner, like the edge of the driveway, to crack it.

4.  Insert eye screw into wall.  Deets on this later.

Eye screw.  Wall.

5.  Figure out the point at which the rope hook has to be in order to be flush with the wall and stay upright.  I used tape.

Voila.

6.  When that position is figured out, screw in the rope hook.  I pre-drilled holes to make this easier.