Make Yourself Your Own Drying Rack

Drying racks can be an expensive purchase, but you can make your own version for a fraction of the cost at home!

The version I will be showing here is for A4 sized projects, but you could make a larger version using oven racks and double the number of plate stands.

You will need:

Two multi-pronged wooden plate stands, two pieces of wood (a long shelf cut in half), a pencil, a drill, eight screws and multiple cooling racks - these can be bought at a pound store.

The number of cooling racks you will need will depend on how many prongs your plate stand has, as this can vary. Count the number of prongs on one side of the stand, and purchase that many cooling racks.

Also, make sure that the shelf is wider than your plate stands, and that the two pieces of wood that you use are both longer than the width of the cooling racks and width of the legs of the plate stand combined. For example, if your cooling rack is 25cm wide, and the legs of your plate stand are each 2cm wide, the length of both of your pieces of wood will need to be 30cm or longer.

 Firstly you will need to mark out where your plate stands should be positioned on your first piece of wood. The plate stands will need to be standing upright, with the prongs facing towards each other, at opposite ends of the wood. The drying racks should be able to fit between each plate stand.

 Attach both plate stands to the first piece of wood by drilling one screw through each leg on the underside of the wood.

Place the second piece of wood on the top of the plate stands, and position one of the cooling racks between the highest prongs of the plate stands. Mark where the legs will need to be positioned on the wood in order for the cooling rack to be able to move - not to tight and not too loose.

 Remove the cooling rack, keep the plate stand legs within their marks and repeat the drilling process through the top of the wood.

 Now you can slide each cooling rack onto every level of prongs, giving you plenty of space to leave your creations to dry!
This is perfect for drying the handmade paper shown in my blog two weeks ago!

Come back this Friday for a simple way to give your jars a splash of colour!

Sian