Thrift Store Find - Cotton Spools

I found these empty wooden cotton spools and bought them as I had seen an article where they had been used to store bits of ribbon. Nowadays the spools are plastic and not nearly as nice. I think I am going to attach some to the side of my craft table as hooks for extra supplies. Another idea is draw pulls. You can paint, stain or decoupage so many ideas...... Have you got any ?