A poster rack is ideally suited to the artist’s needs, but even if you are not an artist, it is easy to see how many different items can be stored here. It will hold pictures, picture frames and anything that cannot be stored easily anywhere else. Straight grained softwood such as pine would be the best material to use for this open ended storage rack. However a sturdy piece of plywood would be perfectly serviceable as the rack’s bottom.

Two legs at either end of the storage rack are secured to a leg base, with both legs slanting inwards and joined to a leg brace, which will support the bottom of the rack.  Mark out with pencil the middle of both leg bases. Two uprights at either end are screwed to the mid-point of the leg base slanting upwards crossing the point where the legs meet the leg-braces and fixed to the upright brace.

When both the uprights have been joined to the leg assemblies, the bottom of the rack can be laid and fastened into position. Five slats, three quarter by one and three quarter inch thickness should now be laid across the uprights and fixed into place with flathead screws. One slat should be fastened at the top of each upright, one where the bottom of the rack has been fixed. The remaining three slats at either side will now be secured at equal distances on the structure.

Sand the wood and apply undercoat sealer. Then paint it in a colour to match its surroundings.