Baby Clothes Rack

We built a wall-mounted baby clothes rack to hang and store clothes in our nursery to make up for the lack of closet in this room. You can buy the PDF plans for our DIY Baby Clothes Rack in our shop.

You know the proverb, “necessity is the mother of invention”? Well, Brent and I found ourselves needing to apply this saying to our baby clothes storage situation in the nursery.

The problem: The nursery does not have a closet therefore there was no designated space to store and organize baby clothes.

I can’t tell you how many hours I would sit in the nursery and just stare at the wall we designated for clothes storage and try and brainstorm ideas for how to store the clothes.

I was frustrated because I knew I wanted something specific, I just didn’t know what that something was.

We could have used a dresser but with the crib, changing table and a wood reading nook tent we are building, we didn’t have room for anymore large furniture.

I spent hours searching for ideas everywhere but everything I could find would take up too much floor real estate.

I had two criteria in mind: I didn’t want it to take up a lot of space and I wanted it to look like a display you would see in a store since the clothes were going to be out in the open and not behind closet doors.

Then, I came across an image of dowel rods holding a sack of potatoes and a light bulb went off. Seriously, inspiration can come from the strangest of places.

Since starting Gray House Studio I have come a long way in my ability to visualize designs and concepts and the fact that I could see a baby clothes rack from this idea makes me pretty proud.

I explained my vision to Brent and he executed my idea perfectly and even threw in a few other great suggestions because he is awesome like that and thus our wall-mounted baby clothes rack was made!

On the top dowel rods are hanging shirts, pants and some of my favorite onesies.

I ordered wood hangers to make it look more like a display. Plus, is there anything cuter than baby wood hangers? They are so tiny!

We purchased these metal wire baskets from Target.

We bought them first so we could build the width of the baby clothes rack frame around them so they would fit perfectly.

They had gold handles which were not the style we were going for and would not hang on the dowel rods anyway so Brent removed them.

Brent had the great idea to create leather straps out of some leather scraps to hang the baskets on the dowel rods. This worked really well and tied the look to the nursery wall storage bar on the opposite wall.

We added a shelf at the top to add a few decor items. I stole the fox artwork from the gym shelves but it fits with this room better anyway because we are incorporating little foxes here and there throughout the room.

To see how we built our baby clothes rack, check out the video or follow along with the steps below.

How We Made Our Baby Clothes Rack

The metal baskets work really well.

They are the perfect depth for storing lots of onesies, hats, socks, etc. and are really easy to grab but still look nice and organized.

I purchased wood baby hangers because I thought wood hangers would look nicer out in the open.

We will probably store shoes on the bottom shelf once he has shoes but for now it is holding extra blankets.

I love all of the nursery projects we have made so far but the baby clothes rack is definitely one of my favorites because I think it is unique and Brent really made my idea come to life.

By being vertical and hanging on the wall it takes up no floor space but has plenty of storage space to keep baby clothes organized.

Plus, it looks nice enough to be out in the open displaying clothes.