Children's Coat Locker - Cubby (6 to 9 sections)?

Question

I am looking for a reasonable-affordable Coat Locker-Cubby for my new daycare. I searched online but they are terribly expensive. Can anyone recommend where I can possibly find a reasonable afforable priced Children's Coat Locker - Cubby with 6-9 sections?

Or is there a way to make one? Are there directions my husband can use to build one?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

get a 5/8" X four by eight piece of plywood and cut it three times length wise first in half then the two halves in half you will now have four twelve inch by eight feet pieces cut two of the eight foot pieces so you now have four twelve inch by four feet pieces take on of the twelve by eight pieces and cut eight twelve by twelve pieces everything is going to be i/8" short the thickness of the blade take one of the four foot pieces and nail it to the end of the four foot piece and another at ther other end and two in the middle cap it with a four foot piece then set a side take a second four foot piece and put the four one foot by one foot peices on the same was Set this structure atop of the first cubical section with the four foot piece as the top then "toenail" the four loose separater in alignment with the lower cubies Finish off by getting a four by four piece of the thinest and least expensive material you can buy Tack it to the back to keep stuff from falling out the back and to stregthen the new eight cubicle unit you have just built for under twenty five dollars    ENJOY

Answer 2

I think before I bought the lumber, cut it to fit, notched it to create cubbies, found a way to safely hang it, I'd be investigating alternatives.

   In one sense, your day care should be regulated, in part, by some health dept. and various other agencies. That might dictate a lot of deep cleaning on a regular basis, among other "rules" of operation.

  If it was mine, I'd go for plastics, even in looking at items in an Office supply store. Tubs/bins that have snap lids, or plastic box type units, similar to stacking milk crates.

  A coat bar, or hooks, might be as easy, and some determination should be made regarding whether any children in your charge should have access or not. Coat/garment hangers are a bargain in plastic, and a rod can be a shower curtain rod, a large dowel, a section of pipe.

  I worked as a maintenance Mgr, in a private school with a day care program, and they had stringent rules governing their operation. The plastics would allow you bleach cleaning on a regular basis, without endagering the children, or the environment.

Just my two "sense"