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TOWEL RACK sa LINEN CLOSET sa MODEL & MINIATURE TOWEL RACK xx BATHROOM ACCESSORIES xx TOWEL & WASHCLOTH Paper and dish towel rack for the kitchen is built from pine and dowels. Wall-hung shelf and towel bar combination. Overall dimensions: 20" long, 10" tall, 5" deep. Wall-hung wooden rack stores a roll of paper towel, box of facial tissues, and a cloth towel. Overall dimensions: 22" tall, 12" wide, 7" deep. Bathroom towel rack has two rods for towels. Pine and plywood rack has an Early American flavor. Photo shows how to make a ladder towel rack. Est. cost: $3. Hand towel dispenser is 6" deep, 6" high and 18" wide and is built from pine. Four-inch holes in the face of the unit serve as towel holders. Photos shows how to make a towel rack from plastic plumbing pipe. Est. cost: $8. Photo shows how to make a five-tier storage unit from lengths of sono tubes (cardboard tubes used as concrete forms). Tubes are bolted together and painted. Unit pictured is used in a bathroom to hold towels, soap, etc. Est. cost: $17. Photo shows how to make a movable bath towel rack that hangs over the shower curtain rod. Est. cost: $5. Photo shows how to make a combination towel rack and shelf from clear acrylic. Est. cost: $5. Handy towel ladder for a bathroom is a wooden ladder tensioned to ceiling and floor with adjustable shower rod brackets. Clear-view towel caddy is sewn from vinyl and hangs from the ceiling. Estimated cost: $21. Tip: Ladder-style towel rack, 2-ft wide x 5-ft high, is free-standing and is built from pine and dowels. Estimated cost: $14. Tip: Three-panel screen has a pine frame with dowels set into each panel. Use for hanging towels, clothes, etc. Estimated cost: $36. Bathroom storage ideas. Two towel racks, a ceiling-mounted storage unit and a door-back storage unit. Towel storage rack is made "tinker-toy fashion" from wooden dowels and oversized wooden beads. Overall size: 22" wide, 10" deep, 32" tall. Features 3 shelves. Est. cost: $36. Bath butler. Freestanding towel rack built from birch lumber has a shelf across the top. Est. cost: $32. "His & Her" towel bars are made from wood and painted with turn-of-the-century man and woman. Est. cost: $13. Combination towel rack and book shelf has "parrot" end pieces and a smaller center parrot that slides on dowels to keep books upright. Est. cost: $17. Tramp art. A variety of projects made from soft wood that is notched, layered and then painted in a way reminiscent of the crude folk art carved by itinerants of the 1800s. (1) Wall-hung whatnot with three-dimensional pyramid shapes. (2) Two styles of picture frames. One has a crackled finished on chipped lattice strips that are layered in a ziggurat effect. The other has concentric heart and pyramid shapes around the border and a distressed finished. (3) Kitchen plate rack and towel bar. Kitchen towel rack is shaped like a lady with her arms extended and wearing oven mitts on her hands. A wooden spoon between the mitts serves as a rod for hanging a towel. Est. cost: $10. Towel rack has end supports shaped like dogs' heads. A branch "held in their mouths" for the towel bar. Divine salvation. Making the most of found objects. (1) Broken china is used as a mosaic on a wide wooden frame. (2) Quartet of mismatched doors and sidelights are hinged together to form a room screen. (3) Chips of ceramic tile are used to make a mosaic tabletop. (4) Ornate door handle is used as a towel holder. (5) Wall-hung shelf is formed from old corbels and weathered barn board. (6) Assorted ornate doorknobs mounted on a board serve as a wall rack. Simple wall-mounted towel bar consists of aluminum rod supported by walnut brackets. [Note: Aluminum may not be best choice as it can leave marks on wet towels.] Portable clothes or towel drying rack. Made from dowels and wood. Sets over a hot-air register. Bathroom accessory. Wall mounted towel rack also has holes for tooth brushes and drinking cups. Made of maple. Est. cost: $8. Bathroom ideas for easy-to-build towel racks, shelving, storage cabinets, etc. Hand towel holder. Wall mounted wooden towel bar with a heart-shaped cut out. Bathroom projects in wood. (1) Towel rack. (2) Toilet tissue holder. (3) Small wall-hung corner cabinet. Tip: Brass towel holder and toilet tissue holder are enhanced by attaching them to a piece of oak. Towel holder is an elaborate ceramic piece representing a mermaid against a background of sand and seashells which has been mounted on a wall. Painted with underglaze and overglaze. Bunny bonanza. Five projects. (1) Wooden towel holder in the shape of a bunny. (2) Bunny bookmark. (3) Bunnies motif to paint on a T-shirt. (4) Becky Bunny sewn from fur fabric. (5) Jar bunny, a baby food jar to hold candy with a bunny head top. Hearts and roses for the bath. (1) Painted towel rack has rosebuds on each end and a blooming rose on the heart-shaped stringer. (2) Two cross-stitch motifs for hand towels. Birdhouse curtain and towel holders. Birdhouses, without sides, are mounted on heart- or star-shaped backgrounds and painted in country colors and antiquing glaze. Either curtains or towels are supported by these U-shaped hooks. Wall-mounted clothes bar with 4 hooks is topped with a folk-painted hobby horse. May also be used as a towel rack. A group of bathroom accessories to make. (1) Hanging shelves of wood and macrame, (2) macrame towel holders, and (3) loopy crocheted rug and toilet lid cover. How to get the most out of your seashells. Instructions for making a towel holder, a shell nightlight, shell bookends, shell paperweight, and a sea urchin nightlight. Four jiffy Christmas gifts. (1) Footie sock animals. (2) Jewelry jars. (3) Rattan towel holder. (4) Macrame and feather hatbands. Crochet a sling to hold guest towels. Kitchen wall shelf with ends shaped like chickens and a towel bar beneath the shelf. The country look. Fold-up herb drying rack is made from 1x2s and dowels. Also suitable for use as a portable clothes or towel rack. Roller-towel shelf. Plank shelf does double duty in small bathroom. Oval cutouts hold towels. Est . cost: $8. Tip: Make towel racks from wooden clothes pole and large screw eyes. Est. cost: $4. Rooster towel rack. A plaque cut from wood and shaped like a rooster hangs on the wall. The two "feet" serve as towel holders. Shaker dry sink and towel rack are reproductions of pieces in the Sabbathday Lake Community in Maine. Dry sink is 38" wide, 40" high and 17" deep. Base has two shelves behind a center door. Towel rack is 34" high, 33" wide and 7" deep, with two bars for holding towels. Bathroom cabinet/towel rack combination is recessed into a wall. Towel section is open. Cabinet is covered with a louvered door. Shaker-style shelves are designed to hang on Shaker pegs set into a wooden rail. Shaker-style towel rack also shown. Est. cost: $25. How to reattach a loose towel bar using toggle bolts for real holding power. Towel bars that stay put. How to mount a towel bar securely on drywall, hollow-core door, glass block, mirror, and ceramic tile. Strengthen hollow ceramic towel bars by filling with plaster of Paris. Mold your own bathroom accessories out of acrylic. How to bend acrylic into toothbrush holders, soap dishes, towel racks, shelves, etc. Water and wood. Decorative wooden cabinets and accessories for a remodeled bathroom. Several ideas illustrated. Instructions given for a wall-hung towel rack. Floor-to-ceiling towel rack holds many towels. Tip: How to insert a reinforcing piece of dowel into a hollow, broken, wall-mounted towel bar when the bar holders (ends) can't be removed from the wall. Recessed towel bar fits into the space between two wall studs. Simple gadget to hold a shop rag and/or towel for easy access. How to work Plexiglas, plus 3 easy projects: (1) Cube-shaped terrarium. (2) 3-shelf plant holder is suspended in front of window with rope. (3) Shelves and towel rack for bathroom. Wooden wall shelf and towel rack combination. Make an appliqued "cow" towel holder and matching stenciled towel. Modular storage shelf units joined by fabric covered wood stretchers. Shelf arrangements can be modified. Fabric divider panels can be constructed as towel racks. Old-fashioned, wall-mounted drying rack for herbs or towels has five wooden bars that pivot down for use and up for storage. Towel racks mounted over the toilet tank are flanked by decorative floor-to-floor ceiling plastic panels. Three attractive wall-hung towel racks you can build. One is an early American style with dowels that swing from side-to-side to hold the towels. A second incorporates a holder for toothbrush and drinking cup. Make a bathroom towel rack and a matching glass holder from stuffed, plaster-coated gloves. How to install a wall-hung towel bar. Towel rack and shelf combination for use at the beach keeps things free of sand. Wooden device with an enclosed glass marble holds towels more securely than towel bars, hooks, etc. Tennis balls, cut and mounted to a wall, make holders for towels and clothing, even while wet. Make a towel rack that attaches to a hot water radiator. Handtowels and wash cloths will dry quickly when placed on this towel bar. Bathroom built-ins made from solid oak. (1) Towel and magazine rack built into wall. (2) Corner vanity. (3) Medicine chest built into wall. How to make towel bars, hooks and toilet paper holder from oak, to blend with wall paneling. How to make oak faucet knobs and a towel bar of oak and chrome. Tip: How to turn a teak boat grab rail into bathroom towel racks and toilet paper holder. Small wooden four-bar towel rack. Tip: Circular holes cut in the base cabinet door of a bathroom cabinet serve as towel holders. Towel bars that stay put. A foolproof way to provide rock-solid support for wall-mounted fixtures in the bathroom. Small wooden towel bar features gilded edges and a motif of wild roses and blackberries motif across the back. Oak towel ring is supported by a second oak ring attached to an oak wall plate. The "secret" is knowing how to fabricate and join the rings. Pipe dreams. Use copper pipe fittings and wooden dowels to make a magazine rack, towel bar and other items of furniture. Wall-hung decorative shelf can be configured as a coat rack, mug rack, or towel bar. This slatted shelf measures 10"x38" and attaches to the wall with wooden brackets and hidden "keyhole" hangers. Wooden towel rack consists of two decorative turned towel rods supported by ball-shaped ends. Rings and rosettes. How to make a wall-mounted wooden towel ring. The same style mount is also adapted to support a dowel with finials for use as a curtain rod. Part 1. Rings and rosettes. Part 2. Replica of an early Victorian towel rail (rack) typical of those made around 1860. Wall-mounted towel ring is made from wood. Roller towel holder supports a continuous loop of cloth toweling for drying hands. The holder attaches to the wall. Pine towel rail is typical of those made about 100 years ago. Three 24" towel bars are supported by two turned 30" uprights. Towel rail project is typical of those made in England from about 1860 as an item of bedroom furniture. Assembled from turnings using dowel and spigot joints. Simple wooden towel bar. Wall-mounted towel rack features tapered arms that fold flat against the wall when not in use. Based on an original Shaker design. Victorian towel rack. Make a decorative wood turning. Split it in half. Install three Shaker pegs in each half. Mount vertically on the wall for a hand towel rack. Towel ring. Wooden ring attached to a decorative wooden plaque is used to hold towels. Wall mounted towel holder uses "V" grooves to securely grip wet or dry towels. Wall-mounted wooden brackets support a towel bar and glass shelf. Wall-mounted towel rack features three tapered arms which fold back against the wall when not in use. Country wall shelf (19"x23"x6" deep) features two open shelves, a towel bar and a decorative top molding. One board towel rack has enough arms to hold plenty of dish towels, yet it folds flat against wall when not needed. Holiday decor to needlepoint on plastic canvas. (1) A tea-towel hanger with two cups for greens or candy canes. (2) Christmas candle holder. (3) Coasters. Towel holder consists of a crochet-covered ring that is attached to a bar with a crocheted strap that buttons. A small hand towel or dish towel can be hung on the ring. Animal head towel holder of wood uses imbedded marble and gravity to hold the towel. Bathroom bench features a unique towel rack made from a driftwood tree. Wall-hung planter box has a built-in towel bar. Wooden bathroom accessories you can make includes a towel rack and toilet paper holder. Tip shows how to make some simple towel racks from dowels suspended from the ceiling with fishing line. Wall-mounted towel rack features swiveling towel bars for small towels or washclothes. Towel ladder is recessed into a wall between two studs. Shaker-style wooden racks. (1) Quilt rack. (2) Folding utility rack. | |||||||||
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