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How to Make a Towel Rack With Vintage Taps
By: Amy R. Hughes, This Old House magazine
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1. Three porcelain taps and escutcheons

2. Three dummy spindles

3. Two shelf brackets

4. Epoxy

5. Barn wood for shelves
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completed towel rack made from vintage taps with shelf installed in a green bathroom

Photo:  Matthew Benson
Overview
1: Calculate the Space Between Taps
2: Mark the Board For a Shelf
3: Position the Brackets
4: Screw the Brackets On
5: Mark the Tap Positions
6: Attach the Spindles
7: Glue the Escutcheons On
8: Set the Taps
9: Attach the Shelf Top
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about $100 for three taps and escutcheons, three spindles, and a pair of ornate brackets
Difficulty: Easy

Requires only the tools in a standard kit.

Cross-handle faucet taps can double as hooks. All you've got to do is mount them on a board—I used salvaged barn siding, but any scrap wood will do—and hang the assembly on a wall. For my project, I went a step further, adding a shelf supported by ornate cast-iron brackets, $22 each from Anthropologie. This way I can stack fresh bath towels on top and hang wet ones to dry from the taps below. Dummy door spindles, available at home centers for $4 each, anchor the taps in place, and vintage porcelain escutcheons hide the hardware.  added on 2009-11-15
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This Christmas, send an old-fashioned message to all the naughty people in your life and stuff their stockings with this realistic Lump Of Coal Soap! added on 2009-11-11
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