I woke up today, and for some reason I wanted to build a ladder. I Googled some images and came up with a basic plan.
Buy List:
2- 2x3x8 stud
$1.86 each at Home Depot
2- 1 1/4" x 48" wood dowel
$3.87 each at Home Depot
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Cut List:
-Cut dowels in thirds. Each section should be 16" long.
-Cut 8" off each stud.
I measured 4" from the each end of each stud and made a line. From that 4" line at the bottom, I measured every 16 inches and made another line. In all, I had six lines, each line indicated where a ladder rung would be. In the middle of each line I made a dot.
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Using a 1 1/4" drill bit, I drilled holes in the middle of each line (use the dot you marked.) I had 12 holes all together.
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Next, I smothered each hole with a good amount of glue and placed a dowel in each hole.
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Let the glue dry.
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I spray painted my ladder black.
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I also distressed the ladder, by sanding it all over.
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Display. I wrapped a banner I made (maybe I will post a tutorial on the candycorn banner at a later time) around the ladder and tied a wreath on one of the rungs.
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A little off topic, but I found some cute stars and spray painted them black or orange and attached them to my grapevine.
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Here is my whole front porch. I finally got it decorated for Halloween. I also used the rest of my landscape timbers from
THIS project and made miniature pumpkins.
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Yay! The good thing about this ladder is that I can use it year round...