DIY outdoor towel rack

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When the spa was installed we quickly realized we needed somewhere to hang our towels.  We’ve received many compliments on our towel rack so I thought I’d share it with you.


This is our DIY towel rack:

First, we went on a hunt for hooks. I found these at Home Sense for $4.99 each. I then saw them at a fancy schmancy store for $15 each!

Steps to getting this look:


1. I purchased a piece of untreated pine wood 3/4 inch thick by 6 inches high and 8 feet long (the size depends on how many hooks you need and the size you want the piece to be). I used untreated pine because it’s cheap ($7). The wood plank was cut to the desired length (6 feet).


2. Spray paint the wood red and let it dry.

3. Spray paint the wood white and let it dry.

4. Using sand paper, lightly sand the white paint so that the red paint shows. This gives the plank a distressed look.  


5. Seal the entire plank and also the hooks with a weather protector.

6. Using a drill, screw in rustproof screws to hang the hooks at equal distances.

7. To hand it on the fence, I drilled two holes at both ends of the plank so as to pass a long tie wrap that would hang the towel rack to the fence post.

8. Hang the hooks on the screws and install on the fencepost.


9. Hang your towels!

With the remaining two feet of the wood plank, I repeated the process and installed garden tool hooks (also purchased at Home Sense).

Enjoy!
Nancy

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