Winter brings cold weather and piles of coats. Build these simple homemade coat racks and you can get those jackets off the floor and onto the wall.
Decide how much wall space the coat rack should take up, and cut the lumber to match. My space was very narrow, so I built two 20-inch-long racks.
Using your square, mark a straight line on the board at your desired length. Then use that same square as a circular saw guide to get a straight cut. Line up your saw blade with the line, and position the speed square along the saw’s plate, or shoe. This will keep your blade from wandering and creating a wavy cut.Using your orbital sander and up to 120-grit sandpaper, sand the lumber smooth. Make sure you keep the orbital sander moving as you go.
Locate the studs in the wall with your stud-finder. Determine how far from the centerline of the board each stud is located, and mark those stud positions on your board. Ideally, your coat rack will be supported by two studs, but one stud and a drywall anchor should be sufficient if the spacing doesn’t work.
Once you have the mounting holes countersunk, position and pre-drill the holes for your coat hooks without the countersink. For kids’ jackets, I space my hooks at least 6 inches apart. For adult jackets, I place the hooks at least 12 inches apart. Again, you can cheat these spaces a bit to cover your mounting holes with the hooks.With the cutting and drilling done, finish sanding. I always run over everything with 120-grit paper first, then move on to 150, and finish with 220.
Once the hooks are installed, get those jackets and sweatshirts up off the floor and onto their new home on the wall.Jean Levasseur became a professional writer over a decade-long career in marketing, public relations, and technical writing. After leaving that career to stay home to care for his twin boys, Jean has continued to write in a variety of freelance roles. When he's not chasing the kids around the house, he's also an avid fiction writer and a growing woodworker.
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