I have had a successful crafting weekend ending with this fun blanket ladder hubby and I made this afternoon! I will post about the other crafts soon, but here is how we made this shabby little ladder:
Materials:
1 12 foot cedar 1X2 board (cut in half)
1 dowel long enough to make 5 rungs (mine are each 15 inches long)
10 screws
Screw driver/Drill
Wood glue (optional)
White paint/paint brush
Sand paper
Materials:
1 12 foot cedar 1X2 board (cut in half)
1 dowel long enough to make 5 rungs (mine are each 15 inches long)
10 screws
Screw driver/Drill
Wood glue (optional)
White paint/paint brush
Sand paper
1. Mark where you want the rungs to go on the 1X2 cedar boards. Pre-drill small holes for your screws. Don't skip this step because it helps to prevent cracking & splintering your wood when you screw the screws in.
2. Cut your dowel for your rungs. I cut 5 pieces, each 15 inches long. We used a jigsaw. Yay, I love seeing a woman using power tools!! I look so strong & professional :)
3. Next screw your screws into the 1X2 boards on the outside just enough till you see the screw tip come through on the inside. If you want to put a little wood glue on the end of the dowel, now is the time. Then have a hottie hubby helper hold the end of the dowel up to the screw tip. Screw the screw the rest of the way into the dowel. We used a power drill to make sure it was super tight.
4. Once you have all of the dowels screwed into one side, repeat the process with the other 1X2.
5. To finish my ladder I wanted to distress it a bit so it looked less Home Depot-y and more Farm Barn-y :) So I hacked at it a bit with a hammer, and screw driver. I also had hottie hubby helper cut little pieces from an old rug with rubber backing to place on the bottom of the ladder to protect our wood floors and I nailed them in rubber side down to give it a little sticky and prevent slipping.
6. Lastly, I painted the ladder white and then sanded away in spots to create a weathered look!! Yay!