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Clothing hanging system

Lacking a closet, I decided to create a wooden structure to hang clothing. It rests against a wall and works just fine. It started out being very simple but as time passed I saw more and more improvements that I could make.

Early version



Final version


Materials for Early version

Given 3 pieces of 6 foot long, 1.5 inch wide, 3/4 inch thick wood, I made this simple, effective structure that rests against a wall to hang your clothing from hangers. Each piece of wood is about $1.20 new. I used 24 screws, all 1.5 inches long. I estimate the total cost for the final version including wood and screws was $15.

Procedure

As you can see from the Early version photos, it began as just a few pieces of wood; its stability relied actually on the wall itself.

Later I decided to add more stabilizing pieces because the wood I used was fairly thin, and I found that I was hanging more and more stuff on it.

For the final stabilizing pieces that I situated at 45-degree angles, I did use a mitre box to get the angles just right. Early on I didn't bother.

A key point is that you must make the joints strong by using two screws for each. Also, if you don't have a T-square (I didn't have one), just use a standard piece of paper.

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