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DIY Necklace Holder

I’m not a very big jewelry girl. I do wear earrings (though not at the moment because Zoe likes to yank on them) but I never wear rings. And though I have a few necklaces I don’t wear them much

I thought that maybe if I had them out in a an organized way instead of stuffed in a bin that I might actually wear them. I sifted around on Pinterest and found this inspirational image

Storage & Organization - Etsy Jewelry
found here
So I set about making it. 
I went to Michael’s and got a $5 frame
And I sprayed it white. While I was waiting for it to dry I cut down a piece of leftover cabinet grade plywood we had 
I could leave it, stain it, paint it or do whatever to it – but I definitely didn’t want to leave it plain. I decided to use some craft paint I already had an painted a really simple diagonal pattern

Then I painted on a coat of modge podge to make it shiny and pretty 🙂

I had bought some glass knobs at HD and once everything was dry I took the plywood and knobs out to the garage to put them in

I had initially purchased 5 knobs, but I liked the way just 4 looked, so I went with using 4 instead

Once I was pretty sure about the placement I marked where I wanted them to be and pre-drilled the holes

Then I popped the knobs in

 The next step was attaching the plywood to the frame. I did a dry run to make sure it fit. It was a little big, so I shaved off about a blade width off one of the sides and then it fit perfectly

Then I used a glue gun along all the edges. If the frame was thicker I would have had enough room to use wood glue on the face of the plywood and the set the frame on top. But there wasn’t enough room. I wasn’t too worried though because the glue would be used all around on all 4 sides and I don’t own a ton of necklaces so it won’t be too heavy

Then after it all dried I put on all my necklaces. All 8 of them 🙂

I think it looks pretty snazzy! I may actually wear one or two of them now 🙂
The middle two knobs are slightly lower than the outside two, but I was lazy and didn’t use a ruler to place them, so, eh. All I need to do now is put a picture hanger on the back and put it up, but because I want my earring holder, headband holder and this to hang in a line on this wall…
…I need to make the headband holder first before we can get them all up. One less thing to get done to finish the bedroom! 🙂

Comments

  3. HA! 😀 I never wear necklaces. The only reason I even wear earrings (the same pair daily) and rings (also the same ones daily) is solely because I never take them off…not for sleeping, showering, working on the house, etc. The jeweler is always commenting on how dinged up and yellowish my ring gets on the palm side–I have had to get it redipped several times (woops).

    I'm just not organized enough to accessorize on a daily basis. F-that!