A couple of years back, Karl (Amanda's Step-Dad) gifted us a beautiful Navajo Rug. We were very excited to display it, but 2 problems persisted. The first problem was the smell of mothballs. The rug had been stored in a barrel, from the time Karl's family closed their trading post many years ago. The other problem was that we had no way of hanging it. We tried to buy a rug hanger, but they were very expensive, and not really the style we wanted. The only other option was to design my own!
So after a couple of years of airing out the mothball smell, I embarked on a journey to make my own rug hanger. With the help of Amanda's uncle Pat's router and miter saw and my ingenuity I completed the task.
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| Routering the front design. On the back side I routered where the rug would be pinched between an aluminum bar and the wood. |
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| Completed front design! |
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| Drilling the aluminum pinch bar! This will get wrapped in a heavy duty cloth and then attached to the wood. |
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| Side-view of the final design! |
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| Decided to stain the rug rack Classic grey, because it would match the rug nicely. |
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| First layer of stain complete |
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| Finished product! I think it turned out really nice. Oh, yes i am bragging. |
Thanks Karl, for the beautiful art addition to our home!
