How to Make Rolling Clothing Racks More Stable

Widen the base of your rolling clothes rack. Every clothes rack has a base, which is where the bar and the vertical supports connect to the wheels. The wheels are held in check by a frame, which may act as a bottom shelf on the rolling rack. Remove the wheels. Cut a wide square or rectangular base from a plywood board and screw a wheel to each corner of this new base. The wider the base you cut, the more stable the rack will be and the less likely it will tip over. Screw the vertical supports so that they're centered on the new, wider base and use 90-degree angle brackets to add additional support. Your rack should now be a flat, wide board on wheels with the actual clothes rack centered on the base.

Adjust the height of your rack so it is as low as can be while still keeping your clothes hung up. The lower a rack's center of gravity, and the lower the weight on it is, the less likely it will be to tip over. Not all racks adjust, but some have different height settings so you can adjust for the clothes you're storing.

Put heavier loads lower on the rack. For instance, placing work boots on the base of the rack and then hanging shirts and dress pants on the rack above will make sure that the weight on the bottom can help counterbalance the weight on the top. On the other hand, if you're hanging winter coats on the rack, you may need to place additional weights on the base to help balance them out. Dumbbells, cast iron or any other, heavy item will work as a weight as long as the base will support it.

Brace the rack when it's in storage. For instance, hook a bungee cord to the rack and wrap that cord around a support pillar before hooking the other end back to the rack to anchor it in place. Or you could put chairs around the rack so that it won't roll or topple. If the rack falls over while in storage, it could be until next season before you find out, and by then the damage will have been done.