Kids teepee clothes rack

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A simple rack in a teepee shape to hang kids clothes.

• The project
• How to build a teepee clothes rack
• Tools and materials
• Other clothes racks

The project

I whipped up this simple but effective clothes rack for some of my girls' fancy show-off clothes.

How to build a teepee clothes rack

 

Step 1

Trim the ends of your dressed Pine at a 15 degree angle using a drop saw.

Step 2

Stand two pieces of dressed Pine with the cut ends on the floor, crossing them at the top to create a teepee shape.

Step 3

Mark the space where the pieces overlap and drill through with a spade bit. Repeat this process for the other two pieces of dressed Pine.

Step 4

Paint your timber pieces (optional). We only painted a small section of the Pine using painter's tape to mask off. 

Step 5

Let the paint dry and then push the dowel through the holes you drilled.

Step 6

To maintain structure you can add wood glue inside the holes where the dowel sits and the timber crosses over. You could also drill a hole in the bottom of each dressed Pine piece and run a rope through on each side, or simply use more dressed Pine as a cross section.

Tools and materials

• 4 pieces of 42 x 19mm 1.2m Dressed Pine

• 1 x Porta 25mm Tasmanian Oak Dowel

• Undercoat (optional)

• Paint (optional)

• Wood glue or rope to maintain structure

• Drop saw

• Drill

• 25mm spade drill bit

• Pencil

• Clamps

• Painter's masking tape (optional)

• Paint brush (optional)

Other clothes racks

Mick0s shared this dress-up rack for the kids built in a simple A-frame.