A Project Completed: Jacket Rack

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A Project Completed!

It started with an old ladder and not enough jacket storage. I have way to many clothes and insufficient closet space so I was looking at solutions on Amazon like this (add link) and decided I could make something instead.
I considered using a stack of milk or apple crates to build the side supports but all of my crates have stuff in them… So I used an old ladder that I had lying around as the side supports instead.
Materials: I used a ladder I had picked up years ago for free to someday use in a project. I picked up the dowels for a dollar each at a Habitat Restore a few months ago because they looked useful. The supports were created out of scrap wood left over from packing materials. The shelf was taken out of somewhere in our house at some point. The paint was left over from samples we considered for our house. The screws were random leftovers.
Materials:
I used a ladder I had picked up years ago for free to someday use in a project. I picked up the dowels for a dollar each at a Habitat Restore a few months ago because they looked useful. The supports were created out of scrap wood left over from packing materials. The shelf was taken out of somewhere in our house at some point. The paint was left over from samples we considered for our house. The screws were random leftovers.
1st: I had my dad cut the ladder in half (I cannot cut a straight line for the life of me) and even up the ends.
2nd: I used a sanding sponge to take off a layer of grime and any large splinters.
3rd: I measured my hanging jackets to determine where the bars should be.
4th: I measured between the sides of each ladder piece where the supports for the bar would be.
5th: I cut some scrap wood to the sizes I needed and measured again then drilled holes big enough for my dowel rods.
6th: I sanded all of the pieces with my medium grit sanding sponge and then painted the supports and shelf with some left over sample paint. I gave everything 2 coats of Sherwin Williams Juneberry.
Once it was dry I took all the pieces upstairs to the space it was going to be and attempted to assemble it…
I put the supports in place and dry fit everything to make sure the pieces were in the right places. I then predrilled and screwed the parts together. After a few trial and errors the Jacket rack is assembled! It easily holds all of my jackets and they are easy to see.
I did not buy anything for this project. All of the materials and tools used were things I already had on hand.
Tools:
Circular saw and table saw (could have all been done with one or the other)
Drill and driver (this was useful so I didn’t have to constantly change out the bits)
Medium grit sanding sponge
Paint brush

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