How do I hang clothes under my standing desk
April 22, 2017 3:33 PM Subscribe
I'd like to install a clothes hanging rod underneath my standing desk, but I'm having trouble finding the right hardware online.
I want something that I can glue or screw into the underside of the wooden desktop. The difficulty is that all the closet rod hardware I can find online seems to be anchored on the ends, as it would be in a closet.
I want something that I can glue or screw into the underside of the wooden desktop. The difficulty is that all the closet rod hardware I can find online seems to be anchored on the ends, as it would be in a closet.
What about a towel rod or curtain rod?
posted by Secret Sparrow at 3:36 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by Secret Sparrow at 3:36 PM on April 22, 2017
Response by poster: Yeah, those are possibilities. Really, anything a hanger would go on could work. I'd worry a little about how much weight they'd support, but the main difficulty is with the mounting hardware. Those are good ideas, and I'll check them out.
posted by Cogito at 3:41 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by Cogito at 3:41 PM on April 22, 2017
How many hangers will you be putting on it? If only one or two, how about a sturdy door or cabinet handle instead of a rod? Somewhat like this, though the sort I'm thinking of is more curved and flush to the surface it's attached to.
posted by XMLicious at 3:54 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by XMLicious at 3:54 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
How about making it out of pipes, like this?
posted by primethyme at 4:08 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by primethyme at 4:08 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
I had the same idea as primethyme. Something like this.
posted by mudpuppie at 4:23 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by mudpuppie at 4:23 PM on April 22, 2017
Not permanent, but I've used this tension rod in between two wooden kitchen cabinets. It supports a fair amount of weight, too. I have four hanging metal pots of garden herbs supported by it, and the rod has never budged, so depending on how much clothing you're talking about...
It gets some bad Amazon reviews for being hard to install, but in my experience it locks just fine -- you just may have to twist a lot longer than you were expecting before it works. Once it's there, it's fantastic and I can't recommend it highly enough. Which, I mean, I never thought I'd be evangelizing about a freakin' tension rod, so that should tell you something.
posted by Andrhia at 4:58 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
It gets some bad Amazon reviews for being hard to install, but in my experience it locks just fine -- you just may have to twist a lot longer than you were expecting before it works. Once it's there, it's fantastic and I can't recommend it highly enough. Which, I mean, I never thought I'd be evangelizing about a freakin' tension rod, so that should tell you something.
posted by Andrhia at 4:58 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I'd like to put a good number of things on it. It's a very wide desk (~80") and closet space in my apartment is very limited.
The ceiling-mount brackets and grundtal rail look promising!
A tension rod wouldn't work because this is going under a desktop with no sides. There'd be no perpendicular surfaces to anchor to.
posted by Cogito at 5:43 PM on April 22, 2017
The ceiling-mount brackets and grundtal rail look promising!
A tension rod wouldn't work because this is going under a desktop with no sides. There'd be no perpendicular surfaces to anchor to.
posted by Cogito at 5:43 PM on April 22, 2017
Would a shower grab bar work? They come in a variety of lengths. You may need to use shorter screws to attach it to the underside of your desk.
posted by zombiedance at 10:54 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by zombiedance at 10:54 PM on April 22, 2017
Seconding the Grundtals — we use them in our kitchen and hang a lot of heavy pots and pans from them. They’re strong enough for clothes.
posted by migurski at 11:53 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by migurski at 11:53 PM on April 22, 2017
I use these to hold clothes on hangers to go upstairs after washing. I have it positioned under a door frame right by the stairs. I drilled an extra hole on one side as it's not meant to have weight pulling down in that direction so it only has screws on one side, but to be honest I probably didn't have to. It is thin but much stronger than you think & super easy to install. It has been in every day use for a year or so now and works just fine in it's nontraditional role. It worked so well I put some in my laundry area to hang damp clothes on to dry too.
posted by wwax at 9:12 AM on April 23, 2017
posted by wwax at 9:12 AM on April 23, 2017
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