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DIY ballet barre

Alyce_Pham
Making a Splash

DIY ballet barre

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When redoing Savannah’s bedroom for her 10th birthday, one thing she asked for was her own little dance area. With a double bed, a desk, cube storage units and a set of draws, the available space for a dance area was pretty limited!

 

I decided to makeover her wardrobe and give her mirror sliding doors (doubling as her own dance mirrors) and try my hand at a little DIY for a ballet barre.

 

The project itself is really quite simple and thankfully I found Bunnings to actually have an amazing range of pieces perfect for the job!

 

Step 1

First step was to measure the width of space that I was going to build the ballet bar. To save space I opted for a wall mounted design.

 

Step 2

I got Savannah to stand facing the wall and pretend she was holding a barre so I could measure an estimated height the bar needed to be to ensure it wasn’t too short or too tall for her.

 

Step 3

A quick trip to Bunnings and I was able to purchase all the supplies. My shopping list included:

 

Step 4

Once home, the process really was quite simple. We cut the dowel to our desired length (ours is 80cm) and attached the two end caps.

 

Step 5

I checked the desired height again on the wall. I used a pencil to mark the positions for the brackets and then used screws to attach the brackets to the wall with a hand drill.

 

Step 6

The last step is screwing the dowel to the hand rails. I lined the dowel up to ensure it was centered and used the provided screws and a hand drill to attach the dowel to the brackets.

 

Step 7

The final step was to give it a quick wipe down and it was ready to use!

 

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I hope you loved this simple and effective DIY Ballet Barre and feel free to drop any questions or comments below.

Alyce_Pham
Making a Splash

Re: DIY Ballet Barre

EricL
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: DIY ballet barre

Hello @Alyce_Pham

 

Thank you very much for sharing your excellent D.I.Y. Ballet Barr project. Let me tag @KatieC to make her aware of your fantastic project. 

 

We look forward to seeing your next creation.

 

Eric

 

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KatieC
Retired Team Member
Retired Team Member

Re: DIY ballet barre

This is such a beautiful guide to creating a ballet barre at home @Alyce_Pham! You have done a spectacular job. Your daughter looks like she loves it too. Very well done!

 

Katie

 

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