Ladders. In your stockings, these are not so good. In your bedroom, however, displaying all of your treasures, they are great!
Great as a bookshelf, stacked with shoes, filled with treasures and trinkets or with scarves draped across them – you can pretty much fill them up to your heart’s content.

1: 5 Shelf Storage Ladder, $149 from Freedom
2: A Frame Shelving Unit, $249 from Howard’s Storage World
Buying new can be a nice, easy way of achieving the laddered look – or inspire something you create yourself. Like the concept of the A Frame Shelving, that could easily be replicated using a second hand A Frame ladder and then boards between each of the steps.

1: Ruby Boutique have uploaded a great tutorial to their blog with step-by-stepĀ instructions of how to create your own ladder clothes rack. We <3 the finished result, pictured above. Check it out for yourself here.
1, 2, 3: A variety of “wooden ladder” finds currently available on TradeMe.
Going vintage can also be a great way to source your wooden ladder – or look out in antique stores etc. You can keep the shabby chic look, or sand and paint/varnish for your own twist.
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