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I enjoyed building the quilt rack so much I decided to build another for a towel rack. My bathroom is all redwood so I used all redwood for the rack. I hid the dowels on this one just to try something different. When I finished it, I decided to make new door handles/drawer pulls. And then a couple of washcloth racks. All of this redwood was resawn from an old column taken down when a 100 year old house was demolished. (a buddy salvaged the column and gave it to me). Finish is 3 coats of BLO (more to follow later as this wood soaked it up like a sponge). The BLO was applied in 1 day and was dry within 4 hours! It looks SO much better than the stainless steel crap I had before! Many thanks to Patron for his advice when my bandsaw threw its tires. His “Goop” salvaged my weekend.
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Roger
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#1 posted 314 days ago
A gr8 idea for extra towels in the bathroom. When guests are visiting, this would be ideal. That is a humungus bathroom. :)
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patron
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#2 posted 314 days ago
a vast improvement for sure
now you have some chrome upgrades
for the shop rags
glad to help andy
happy it worked for you
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Boxguy
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#3 posted 314 days ago
Andy, you are on a roll here. The improvements look great.
Looks like no room in the house will be safe at this rate. I see a rack for hanging coats in the shop, pots and pans in the kitchen, guest coats by the front door, bird feeders on the porch, and flower pots in the yard…the possibilities are endless.
Seriously, this looks like you are having fun and working hard as always. Thanks for taking time to take us along on your journey.
-- Big Al in IN
Monte Pittman
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#4 posted 314 days ago
This I really need. Looks beautiful. Now if I can just get kids to pick up their towels.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
grizzman
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#5 posted 314 days ago
that is a real cool job there, i think im going to come up with something like this for mine, as when we do have family or friends stay over, its hard getting the towels a place to hang and dry…thanks david, thanks andy…you done good…....only problem here is either this picture was staged, or your wife has left youm i have never seen the counter in my bathroom look so uncluttered…lol…....grizz
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LittlePaw
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#6 posted 314 days ago
Looks really nice, Andy! Super job that looks professionally done!
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Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#7 posted 314 days ago
Looking mighty nice Andy. Any project is fun when you are using nice woods and it is obvious you are having that fun.
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gfadvm
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#8 posted 314 days ago
Thanks for all the kind words. This project was a lot of fun. Grizz- This is MY bathroom so you won’t see a lot of ‘products’ as my daughters call all that crap on their shelves,counters,etc. Greg- I think the best part of this fun is considering the former life of this wood as a column in front of a house for almost 100 years. I love wood with a story/history behind it. The tiny,tight growth rings in this redwood are amazing. Don’t know if that means the tree grew really slowly or was very old (or both?).
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
BertFlores58
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#9 posted 314 days ago
Working for recycled wood is really a lot of fun. Not that easy but very challenging too. You had proven it in your upgraded bathroom. I like the shelvings, doors and fixtures that were made from wood. Nicely done and good use of wood. Woods such that will last longer because the trees on those days are nourished without pollutants unlike the ones from today’s lumber.
-- Bert
Blackie_
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#10 posted 313 days ago
Very nice Andy
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vonhagen
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#11 posted 313 days ago
nice job andy, your bathroom makes mine look like a out house. i got old wanescoat that is from the 40s and it needs to be remodeled, i just need time to do it. i got a hundred projects on my house but dont know where to start.
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peteg
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#12 posted 313 days ago
Boy, you’re building up the brownie points with her indoors, realy nice job
Pete
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thedude50
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#13 posted 311 days ago
dude your making me look bad
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