My mama’s Birthday was on Saturday. I spent the week in my dad’s sweet shop whipping this little ditty up. I knew she needed a new coat rack, but when looking around prices were outrageous! There are all sorts of fun modern ones out there, but I figured I could make one.
My original inspiration came from this blog post on how to make one. I emailed it to my dad and he thought it needed a sturdier base. Anyways, we kind of just “winged it” so I have no real instructions. I suppose you could use the other instructions and just attach a round base. I also used dowel that I bored holes for and glued in, instead of screwing on square branches.
Overall I’m so please with it! I painted it Valspar’s Inchworm, because my mom’s house is all kinds of eclectic. Next up I want to build a kitchen Cart and maybe a picnic table!
My Dad's workshop
unpainted. The branches were done sort of free-form
we used wood filler to fill any gaps for the pegs
Te very sturdy base
mid-paint
The Family Chapters 
I love my Coat rack so much!!!
a. awesome coat rack…i LOVE it.
b. awesome workshop…
super cute!
so great! I will try to make such a coat tree on Sunday.
Looks great, how did you round the end of each dowel?