Build Your Own Bathtub Caddy

Start by creating.

Build your own bathtub caddy.

Cut the vinyl border to size and apply to the bucket. Trim on table saw. Transform your home using salvaged materials by rebecca proctor and published by laurence king. This bath caddy is one of three amazingly simple projects you can make with rustic wood.

Justin screwed the layers together using 1 1 4 drywall screws in several places all into the spacers three on each edge and two rows of three around the book holder s frame. Then lastly all you need to do is secure the multiple layers of the caddy together. Diy wood bathtub tray. It took less than an hour to make.

If your bathtub is not as wide as mine then i suggest cutting the board down to where you have about a 1 1 2 overhang on each side. This board was a. Probably the easiest way to make one of these. Place the jointed edge against the table saw fence and rip the board to width creating two.

Make sure to cut openings in the vinyl border for the bucket s handles. Here is the cut list for the caddy that i made my tub has a strong oval shape so i have one handle. This bathtub caddy is made from from walnut. The first of which was to glue and nail the mitered edges of the caddy so it sits slightly higher than your tub.

Cut two pieces of the 1 x 2 x 8 down to the length of the long sides of your tray base the board you just cut. Easy diy bath caddy step 1. It is easier to do the major sanding before cutting this lumber. If you choose to paint your bucket you first have to apply a metal primer to the bucket.

I made this bathtub caddy for my mom as a gift for christmas. Keep both above the water with this simple bathtub tray. Get some 4 4 walnut boards and start by jointing the. Here it is as promised.

Start with a very rough grit 36 or. Wrap the border around the bucket and mark the length and width of the bucket on the backside of the bucket. The instructions for how you too can make a scrap wood bathtub caddy courtesy of recycled home. Rebecca s tutorial is straight out of the pages of her book but i ll add notes in brackets as to how we modified ours pictured below to suit our style and standard tub.

The 2x12 i used had been sitting my my garage for.