DIY Blanket Ladder
Learn how to make a DIY Blanket Ladder for a fraction of the cost of store bought. This ladder is super easy and so pretty to display throw blankets in your home.
Yield: 1
Equipment
- Saw horses
- Safety goggles
- Thin work gloves
- Miter or circular saw
- Two 2 x 4 x 8′ pine boards
- One 2 x 6 x 8′ pine board
- Orbital sander
- Sandpaper
- 2 1/2” Trim head screws
- Screw gun
- Stain and polyurethane mix
- Paint Brush
- Rag
- Pencil
- measuring tape
- T-square
- Please note: Always use safety precautions when using electric tools. Make sure to wear those safety goggles.
Instructions
- Set up 2 saw horses onto a flat surface. Make sure to wear your safety goggles and gloves.
- Place two pine boards across the saw horses and carefully use your orbital sander to sand off and print or imperfections.
- Repeat step 2 on your third line board.
- Brush off any dust from your boards and saw horses.
- Mix your stain and use a brush to apply it evenly to one side of the boards at a time, wipe each side of the board with a rag after you brush on the stain and move on the the next side.
- Let your boards dry outside for 12-24 hours.
- Make sure to allow drying time for this Blanket Ladder DIY!
- Use a measuring tape and t-square to mark your cuts.
- *2 x 6 x 8′ pine board- mark every 15”, you will need 4-25” pieces.
- *2 x 4 x 8′ pine boards- mark each board at 5 feet, you will need 2-5 ft boards.
- Carefully use a miter or circular saw to make a clean cut along your marked lines.
- Sand the ends of the boards with a piece of sandpaper.
- Measure and mark one line of each of the 5 ft boards, 3” from the top, this is where your top ladder bar will be.
- Now measure and mark 3 more lines, 12” spaced apart from the 3” mark, this is where your other ladder bars will start.
- Place on 25” pine block in between the ladder sides so it is angled so that the opposite corners are flush with the opposite side of the 2x4 sides.
- Carefully use a drill and 2 wood screws on each side to screw the 25” blocks onto the 2x4 sides.
- Repeat steps 11 and 12 until all 4 25” boards are attached with the screws.
- Touch up the ends of the boards with stain, wipe and let dry overnight.
Notes
To skip the cutting steps, have your local hardware store make the cuts for you.
All you will need to do is sand, assemble and then apply stain. This is a great way to save a step or if you don't have all the supplies needed to cut the boards.
No worries if you do not have the saw and don't want to purchase it, just get your local hardware store to do cut it for you. It is also a good use way to use a scrap piece of wood.
You can also reinforce with wood glue.
Please note: Always use safety precautions when using electric tools. Make sure to wear those safety goggles.