Cathryn
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Hanging rackOld cot sides make really useful hanging racks. Add chains and hang them in (high) kitchens with herbs, pans, utensils of all kinds - or in shed as a "tidy". (  must go tidy shed to make space for hanging tidy rack)
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Lozzie
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Ruby - your post is one of the reasons I have fallen in love with this website.
I have spent part of my morning perusing the pages of eBay looking for an old-fashioned drying rack like this:
and have been utterly flabberghasted by the prices.
Every day is a bit of a struggle when you are trying to find ways to stay true to your Downsizer-ness: Even now, after years of training, I often still find myself automatically going for the "can I get it on eBay?" option before someone like you pulls me back into the fold with a timely reminder that it is more fun and more satisfying to MAKE IT YOURSELF.
Cheers! OK am just off to look for an old cot on eBay. 
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Cathryn
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 Hurray - so glad to have helped - forget ebay (although I use it sometimes) Look on local shop notice boards - or at mother and toddler group places, local freeads or newspapers - you know the sort of thing - much cheaper - no posting involved. You'll get hooked though. And have you been to local auctions yet?
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Lozzie
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I might also try doing a reverse freecycle (ooh that sounds like a BMX stunt) - posting a "Wanted" add rather than an "Offered".
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wellington womble
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I wonder what you could use for metal-joining-together bits (carpentry is not my strength, you may have guessed!) Some cots come with curly bits that you could drill holes in, I guess.
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Cathryn
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If you have a look in hardware stores there is an amzing variety of metal bits to link together other bits of metal. I suppose what you need will depend on the cot design - and how close you match it to the one in your head.
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