I come from a family that whenever possible (when it wasn't raining) hung their clothes on a line outside to dry. Sure we had a drier but it always felt nicer to have clothes dried in the fresh air. I even have a clothes line in my tiny backyard. The problem is, what with the rain, I really only get to use it a couple months out of the year. I bought a drying rack from IKEA and use it in my laundry room for sweaters and other clothes not fit to throw in the drier, but I longed to hang my clothes to dry. That's why I was so thrilled to use one of these bamboo poles as a makeshift clothes drying rod in my laundry/weight/work/storage room!
To hang the pole I put two hooks in the ceiling about 8 feet apart. I was able to find a stud in both cases but if I couldn't I would have used a molly to screw the hooks into.
Next I held my bamboo pole up to the hooks and marked where I needed to add my chain on the poles.
I (full disclosure, from here on out when I say 'I' I really mean 'Jeff') cut two pieces of sisal rope about 18 inches long and two pieces of chain about 6 inches long.
I then wrapped the rope around the pole several times very tightly.
After securing the rope to the pole, I threaded the rope through a link in the chain and wrapped the rope several more times around the pole.
I now had the chain tied to the pole and repeated the steps for the other end of the pole.
Now the easy part! I hung the chain to the hooks in my ceiling.
Perfect! Now I have a place to hang my yoga mat and wet clothes to dry!
PS. Don't judge the weight/storage/work/laundry room. It's not pretty but it's the most functional room in the house...
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Oh, and that large pipe that's stuck through the foundation, that mitigates radon in the basement. Just an FYI.
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