DIY Towel Hook Rack

This DIY Towel Hook Rack is the perfect addition to our master bathroom and a great way to store towels!

We’ve been busy working in our master bathroom and I was hoping to be able to share the full reveal with you at the end of the month, but since I haven’t had the easiest time shopping for all those pretty finishing touches, things have been pushed back for a while. One thing we were able to create, was our DIY Towel Hook Rack. This was such a fun project to put together and I love the finished product.

A picture of the completed towel hook rack.

Believe it or not, but the wood is actually a left over stair tread from when we did our DIY staircase makeover. I loved the stair treads so much, that I wasn’t willing to let any of that beautiful wood go to waste and we ended up having the perfect piece left over to create our towel hook rack.

Here’s How We Built It:

Supplies:

Wood, we used a leftover stair tread (We used these)
Stain, we used Minwax Jacobean
Finish, we used Minwax Polyurethane, Fast Drying in Clear Satin
Table Saw
Chop Saw
Brad Nailer
1 3/4″ Brad Nails
Measuring Tape
Wood Glue
Drill & Impact Driver
3/32 drill bit
Towel Hooks, we used these
Mounting Hardware, we used these

Step One: Cut Wood To Length

Since we already had a partially cut stair tread, which was a great width and length, we were starting with a nice foundation….

A picture of the stair tread ready to be made into a towel hook.

We could have easily squared off the bullnose edge, but that’s what I loved about it…

A picture of a stair tread being made into a towel rack.

So, with another partial leftover stair tread, we used our table saw to rip down the material, using the bullnose from that tread to add to our towel rack…

A picture of a stair tread being cut on the table saw.

That stair tread was a little bit shorter in length, so we ended up trimming our towel rack to size…

A picture of the stair tread being made into a towel rack.

A picture of the towel rack being cut to size.

Step Two: Attach Bullnose Edge

With the towel rack cut to size, we added the bullnose edge. First, we applied a bead of wood glue…

A picture of wood glue being applied to the towel rack.

Then Todd set the bullnose edge onto the towel rack…

A picture of the bullnose edge being applied to the towel rack.

We made sure it was flush on all sides, and then he nailed it in place…

A picture of Todd nailing the pieces together.

Step Three: Touch Up Stain

There were a few little areas that needed touched up with stain, so I quickly added more stain and wiped it off…

A picture of the stain being touched up.

Step Four: Attach Hooks

For the actual towel hooks, I used a set of these beautiful hooks. I love them. They come with their own unique mounting hardware, which is pretty cool!