

Here's how it looked before paint, while I was still deciding whether to take it apart.

Here is my simple quilt ladder. I used a piece of oak hand railing for the frame (cut at Home Depot into 5 ft lengths so I could get it home). We mitred the oak at home to 22.5 degrees on both ends, determined by how far out from the wall I wanted it to rest. Then I cut (2) 1 1/8 inch diameter round dowels (48 inches long) in half using a chop saw for the four rungs. (Yes, there are a total of four--I could have taken a shot with no blankets!)

I tried to measure, mark, and glue everything before I started drilling, but I didn't have a good way to stabilize the project while the glue dried. So my helpful husband stepped in and pre-drilled all of the dowels for me, then set up (my) drill press and new Dremel to get a straight pre-drill in the railing. He's so smart!

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