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How To Make A Drying Rack

I fell in love with this cottage style drying rack on pinterest but for over $300 I decided to make my own!

So if you are sick of you $10 fold up drying rack from Ikea that takes up half your laundry room, here are the step by step instructions…..

1. Buy your materials:
   -1×2 material (total length will depend on size of wall frame and hanger frame)
   -A sheet of beadboard
   -dowels
   -chain for the 2 sides and screws to secure chains
   -hinges for the bottom
   -a catch hardware piece for the top
   -wood glue
   -paint & fine sandpaper
   -hardware to secure to wall
   -nails

2. Start by making your frame: cut your lengths for the frame and nail them to your bead board (I get the hardware company to cut my bead board for me).

3. Make the inside frame: cut the lengths so the inside frame will fit snuggly inside the wall frame. Do not nail together until after dowels are inserted.

4. Cut and inserts dowels into the 2 side pieces of the frame: use a drill to make the holes and glue to secure them in place. Once the glue dries you can nail the top and bottom of the frame to the sides of the frame.

5. Paint each frame seperately: After you sand the dowels really well so they dont snag your clothes, paint the wall frame and the inner frame seperately and let dry. I also applied a clear finish coat afterwards.

6. Hardware: install the hinges, chains (with screws) and catch hardware.

7. Secure to on wall! Done!

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  • Hi my name is Brion Egan and my wife is DeAnna. We are getting ready to retire and wanted to escape the cold Idaho winters that we experience here. We liked the St George area and it was close enough to home if we needed to come back for a day or two we could. We decided to build in Dixie Springs because it was close to a lot of different recreation and liked the neighborhood. We have a close family and when one plays all the kids and grandkids want to come and be apart of it too. We started our original home with American Heritage Homes in late spring of 2012. After interviewing several contractors I felt the most comfortable with Seth and Shem. They completed the home in excellent time and the workmanship and working relationship with them was excellent. Then, realizing after the first outing with our family we had under built and needed more bedrooms and room for the Grandkids, we needed to expand. I was able to buy the lot next to me and asked Seth and Shem to build me an addition onto the original home because we were so pleased with their work on the home. I was a general contractor in Idaho and have been involved in the construction industry for over 25 years. I new what I was looking for in a contractor. Most all contractors have the skills and ability to build and complete the project in a very acceptable manor. They might get to the finished product differently but they will get there never the less. It is the little things that separate Seth and Shem. The addition was very complicated because I did not want it to look like an addition. I wanted it to blend with the original home but yet I had certain ideas of what I needed. They walked with me from start to finish, starting with the design. Their input into the project was invaluable. There was constant communication with Shem during the construction process. He would always call me and ask if it was ok to proceed with a change if it became necessary, also I received several calls with him starting with, "Brion, I think we need to do this, or I really think it would look better if we did this, but always ending with I will do whatever you want. This and many other little things that go unnoticed is what made me so happy with them. Again, their ability to perform the work and their Honesty in their dealings is a fresh and unusual part of the construction industry. My wife Deanna summed it up in one sentence. "THEY ARE AWESOME." I would be glad to visit with anyone who has questions or is seriously considering American Heritage Homes for their next project, Seth or Shem have my number.

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