Clothes+Herb Drying Rack
If you’ve visited our home, you’ve certainly seen the original version of this drying rack. It’s almost always full of clothes in the wintertime, full of bundled herbs in the summertime, and when it’s empty it folds down against the wall beautifully. We adore our drying rack and it’s delightful to imagine a few will be making their way into your homes!
It all started when our last cheap plastic accordion-style clothes drying rack inevitably broke. Bradley studied a few old designs and drew up his own that was most space-efficient for our very small house. We used the original drying rack for about two years. Then when it came time to design our first offerings for Hark & Heed, we knew the drying rack had to be the first, even though it’s rather complicated and difficult to make. The fifteen(!) separate pieces require forging several unique shapes, chiseling, filing, riveting, and so much more. Bradley revised the design to be even more space-efficient, more durable, and even more beautiful of course! The new design uses an ancient layout technique called ‘proportional geometry’ where parts are made relative to each other instead of utilizing numerical measurement.
The wood arms are finished with tung oil and were milled from a red oak tree that fell by our house. The metal components are forged and filed mild steel finished with pure Swedish boiled linseed oil. Each rivet is stamped in a sunburst die. This is truly an heirloom piece.
The drying rack comes with two black oil-finished screws. For optimal wet-clothes strength, be sure to install it into solid wood or a stud behind your drywall. We don’t recommend using hand-forged nails to install the drying rack. Please reach out with any installation questions!
Flat against the wall the drying rack is 42.5 inches. When upright it extends out 37.5 inches. Keep in mind, this is a handmade item and there will be variations among each finished piece.
If you’ve visited our home, you’ve certainly seen the original version of this drying rack. It’s almost always full of clothes in the wintertime, full of bundled herbs in the summertime, and when it’s empty it folds down against the wall beautifully. We adore our drying rack and it’s delightful to imagine a few will be making their way into your homes!
It all started when our last cheap plastic accordion-style clothes drying rack inevitably broke. Bradley studied a few old designs and drew up his own that was most space-efficient for our very small house. We used the original drying rack for about two years. Then when it came time to design our first offerings for Hark & Heed, we knew the drying rack had to be the first, even though it’s rather complicated and difficult to make. The fifteen(!) separate pieces require forging several unique shapes, chiseling, filing, riveting, and so much more. Bradley revised the design to be even more space-efficient, more durable, and even more beautiful of course! The new design uses an ancient layout technique called ‘proportional geometry’ where parts are made relative to each other instead of utilizing numerical measurement.
The wood arms are finished with tung oil and were milled from a red oak tree that fell by our house. The metal components are forged and filed mild steel finished with pure Swedish boiled linseed oil. Each rivet is stamped in a sunburst die. This is truly an heirloom piece.
The drying rack comes with two black oil-finished screws. For optimal wet-clothes strength, be sure to install it into solid wood or a stud behind your drywall. We don’t recommend using hand-forged nails to install the drying rack. Please reach out with any installation questions!
Flat against the wall the drying rack is 42.5 inches. When upright it extends out 37.5 inches. Keep in mind, this is a handmade item and there will be variations among each finished piece.
If you’ve visited our home, you’ve certainly seen the original version of this drying rack. It’s almost always full of clothes in the wintertime, full of bundled herbs in the summertime, and when it’s empty it folds down against the wall beautifully. We adore our drying rack and it’s delightful to imagine a few will be making their way into your homes!
It all started when our last cheap plastic accordion-style clothes drying rack inevitably broke. Bradley studied a few old designs and drew up his own that was most space-efficient for our very small house. We used the original drying rack for about two years. Then when it came time to design our first offerings for Hark & Heed, we knew the drying rack had to be the first, even though it’s rather complicated and difficult to make. The fifteen(!) separate pieces require forging several unique shapes, chiseling, filing, riveting, and so much more. Bradley revised the design to be even more space-efficient, more durable, and even more beautiful of course! The new design uses an ancient layout technique called ‘proportional geometry’ where parts are made relative to each other instead of utilizing numerical measurement.
The wood arms are finished with tung oil and were milled from a red oak tree that fell by our house. The metal components are forged and filed mild steel finished with pure Swedish boiled linseed oil. Each rivet is stamped in a sunburst die. This is truly an heirloom piece.
The drying rack comes with two black oil-finished screws. For optimal wet-clothes strength, be sure to install it into solid wood or a stud behind your drywall. We don’t recommend using hand-forged nails to install the drying rack. Please reach out with any installation questions!
Flat against the wall the drying rack is 42.5 inches. When upright it extends out 37.5 inches. Keep in mind, this is a handmade item and there will be variations among each finished piece.
