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Kids 'teepee' clothes rack

After being handed my To Do list by Leah before the WA Day long weekend, I wasn't as thrilled as I normally am because it was filled with more chore-like tasks than fun stuff, such as;

Replace both toilet seats
Change light switches
Patch up walls

It turns out deciding on a new toilet seat is a bigger deal than you might think and I actually felt better than I thought I would after replacing them. Although that just comes down to the excitement from my girls when they saw the 'magic' one I installed in their toilet #smallthings haha

Anyway back to the purpose of this post. Thankfully I did get to whip up this simple but effective little clothes rack for some of my girls' 'fancy'/'showoff' clothes.

teepee clothesrack1.JPG teepee clothesrack2.JPG

Just comment or PM for the (simple) instructions 🙂 Hope you like it!

PS @Kermit this is the first thing I made using my new workbench.

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Jason

Great work @ProjectPete.

Reminds me of the dress up rack that @Mick0s shared a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for sharing.

Jason

Mick0s

Rats! I've been outdone again!
And I installed a family toilet seat a few weeks ago too!

You're not planning on making any tyre swans in the future... are you? *shifty eyes*

ProjectPete

Sorry I missed those two posts! But how great is the reaction from the kid/s @Mick0s!?!

No tyres in upcoming plans mate so we're safe there haha

Mick0s

Yep, Violet loves hers, now if we could somehow get her to put the clothes back on the rack...

Natalie

Could I please have the instructions, on how to do.

thanks Nat

Jason

Hi @Natalie,

Welcome to Workshop and thanks for joining in the discussion. I'm sure @ProjectPete will be happy to share instructions as soon as possible. I hope you find plenty of other great advice, information and inspiration on the site. Please feel free to share other projects you might be working on.

Jason

ProjectPete

Thanks for your interest @Natalie. The following should get your sorted.

Materials/tools

4x dressed pine for frame. Something like 42x19mm works well. I used 1.2m lengths from memory but use whatever works for you.
1x 25mm dowel to whatever length you need.
Undercoat (optional)
Paint (optional)
Wood glue or Rope to maintain structure (see below)
Drop saw
Drill
25mm spade drill bit
Pencil
Clamps
Painters tape (optional)
Paint brush (optional)

Steps

Trim the ends of your 4x dressed pine @ 15 degree angle using drop saw.
Stand 2 pieces of dresed pine, crossing them at top to create teepee shape. Mark where the pieces overlap.
Find centre of overlapped space and mark. Drill through with spade bit. Repeat for all 4 dressed pine.
(Optional) Paint your timber pieces. We only painted a small section of the pine for desired effect using painters tape to mask off. Your call on what you do.
Let paint dry then reate 2x teepee and push dowel through the holes you drilled.

To maintain structure you can either wood glue the dowel into the teepee crossover (which we did) or you coud drill a hole in the bottom of each dressed pine and run a rope through on each side, or simply use more dressed pine as a cross section.

Enjoy and please share pics of the work you do! 🙂

Mick0s

Dressed pine, not treated pine, for the first point under materials. 🙂

ProjectPete

Good pickup @Mick0s. @Jason can you please edit? Cheers

Jason

Natasha has fixed it for you. Thanks guys.

Jason

kate1

@ProjectPete

Hi could I please have the instructions for the teepee clothes rack thanks

ProjectPete

Sorry for the delay @kate1

It's been a while but it was something like...

Materials

4x 42x19x1.2m dressed pine
1x 25mm dowel (1.8m)
Paint colour of your choice
Painters tape

Tools

Drop saw
Drill
25mm spade drill bit
Paint brush
Pencil

Method

1. Cut one end of each length of timber at 15° with your drop saw.

2. Stand two lengths of timber with the 15° cut ends on the floor and cross them at the top to create the teepee shape, then mark where they overlap.

3. Mark the centre of the overlap area, then drill through it with the spade bit.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the other 2 lengths.

5. Stain, paint, or otherwise your timber to create the effect you're looking for.

6. To construct it, stand up one end fo the rack and feed the dowel intot he holes you drilled, then do the same for the other end.

Note - You may find the dowel fits snug in the holes and the rack will stay standing even with the weight of the clothes on it however, consider if you want to secure it some more just the be sure (most from a children's safety perspective). You can do this by adding some wood glue inside the holes with the dowel (protect your timber first if you choose to do this) or you can secure the bottom of the legs with more dowel or even rope.

Would love to see how you go with it 🙂

kate1

Thankyou
Will let you know how it goes

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