THIS IS A HOME DECOR/CRAFT PROJECT
to organize your necklaces. (or customize it for hanging other things such as scarves, purses, hats, belts, towels, ...endless possibilities!)
Today I made a jewelry hanger which I will mount on the wall and will use to keep all my gorgeous necklaces from getting tangled up. This can be hung in a closet or right in your bedroom so that you may use your jewelery as part of your decor!
This is a very easy project even for those of you who are not very handy with tools! It can be made several ways but I will tell you the simplest and quickest!
Before you get started what you will need; 1. 1"X3" pine board length of your choosing. I suggest between two feet and three feet. The pine I purchased was $1.99 for a ten foot board. Reasonable. The big box stores will cut the boards to size for you for free in the back!. You do have to buy the leftover wood though. Save it for another project or make two of these!
2. Closed eye hooks or open hooks with screw ends. Choose either gold or silver finish depending on your decor. Box of 50 is $3.99
3. Leftover latex paint from a .home project? Or acrylic paints from the craft store work great too. They usually run about $.69-$.99 a bottle and you won't need more than one bottle.
4. Sandpaper block or just a piece of sandpaper. After having the boards cut and before painting you will want top sand those super rough ends. A block is about $2.99. Buy medium grain you will be able to use this again for other projects!
5. Power drill with a 9/64 drill bit. You can use a slightly larger bit if you have to. IF you don't have the drill you can use a hammer and a bigger nail to tap tap into the soft pine a bit to start a guide hole for your hooks. That's what the drill is for, we will not be drilling through the pine except on the two ends where we want to be able to screw out into the wall. A good power drill is worth the investment! They even make them in ladies sizes now so they are easier to grip in your hand!
Might I suggest a Pawn Shop ... I have gotten oodles of tools there. Just make sure they work and always double check that the correct charger for the battery is in the box! You can save so much money this way!
6. Tape measure. You need this to mark out how far apart you want your hooks to be. I chose two inches personally.
7. Optional picture hangers for the back if you do not want to screw this directly into the wall like I am! These come in a pack at, the store and have little teeth on them for,grabbing onto the nail or screw you put into the wall.
See the photos posted of what my tools for this project looked like. And... See my steps and final outcome photos!
Steps for a fab necklace organizer: 1. Buy the wood and have them cut it.
2. Sand the rough edges.
3. Paint all sides that will be visible when hung on wall. (front.top, bottom, sides)
4. With a pencil and tape measure mark in the center of the the board (its OK to eyeball the center, from top to bottom) all the places you want to put a hook. I found the center point and then went an inch out from each side. Then spaced them two inches apart on each direction.
5. Pick up your power drill and be careful! Tools are to be respected! (there are always free workshops at the box stores on how to use tools if you are afraid! Drill only half way through the board. Its okay if you go through but try not to! Remember to keep the drill at a 90 degree angle to the wood as you are drilling. This ensures a straight hole drilled. Hit the reverse button on the drill each time to let the drill back itself out of the hole! At this point you can decide if you want to drill 2 extra holes, one at each end so you can later screw this to the wall. Or we can attach a picture hanger on the back for less permanency.
6. The holes will look messy afterward and you will think you just ruined your pretty paint job, but don't worry! Take that sandpaper and lightly sand back and forth over the holes. Some wood will back back into the holes. Don't stress.
7. Screw the Eye Hooks in! They don't have to be screwed in all the way down, just make sure they aren't wobbly.
8. OK, you are basically done! You can embellish with more paint,
or hang a simple picture hanger on the back. (maybe 2 depending on how long your board is!)
9. So, go hang it on the wall! If you have a Level it's always a good idea to use it so you can hang things straight. You can even get hands free ones that shoot laser light and make it super easy!
10. You're done! Hang you necklaces now! This could be tweaked easily by spacing larger hooks farther apart and you could hang scarves, bras, purses, hats... Just about anything!
Congrats you did it! Feel free to
These are my tools and supplies! The pine board! My drill
the sandpaper bar, measuring tape and the leftover paint from
another home project!
Below LEFT see my DRILL BITS: Be sure to choose a drill bit that
is SMALLER than the screw end of your eye hook or screw, You
want a SNUG fit!
BELOW RIGHT You will see all of the project as I am working
including the eye hooks and at this point I have painted the board.
Here is a CLOSE UP of the EYE HOOKS I used. You can used OPEN HOOKS too. I used these because I happened to have a GIANT BOX of them lying around. It may be more handy to have an open hook. However, I think it looks SUPER COOL to have the closed loop. And as long as you dont screw them in ALL the way, there will be planty of space left to hang things behind the EYE LOOP.
Here I am in the process of screwing in the EYE hooks. Just be sure to line them up straight! Very easy to twist them in by hand!
THE FINISHED PRODUCT!! LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO ADJUST ONE OF THE HOOKS, it is screwed in a little bit more than the others, but seriously, who cares! This is going to look fabulous on the wall with all my colorful necklaces and beads hanging from it!!
to organize your necklaces. (or customize it for hanging other things such as scarves, purses, hats, belts, towels, ...endless possibilities!)
Today I made a jewelry hanger which I will mount on the wall and will use to keep all my gorgeous necklaces from getting tangled up. This can be hung in a closet or right in your bedroom so that you may use your jewelery as part of your decor!
This is a very easy project even for those of you who are not very handy with tools! It can be made several ways but I will tell you the simplest and quickest!
Before you get started what you will need; 1. 1"X3" pine board length of your choosing. I suggest between two feet and three feet. The pine I purchased was $1.99 for a ten foot board. Reasonable. The big box stores will cut the boards to size for you for free in the back!. You do have to buy the leftover wood though. Save it for another project or make two of these!
2. Closed eye hooks or open hooks with screw ends. Choose either gold or silver finish depending on your decor. Box of 50 is $3.99
3. Leftover latex paint from a .home project? Or acrylic paints from the craft store work great too. They usually run about $.69-$.99 a bottle and you won't need more than one bottle.
4. Sandpaper block or just a piece of sandpaper. After having the boards cut and before painting you will want top sand those super rough ends. A block is about $2.99. Buy medium grain you will be able to use this again for other projects!
5. Power drill with a 9/64 drill bit. You can use a slightly larger bit if you have to. IF you don't have the drill you can use a hammer and a bigger nail to tap tap into the soft pine a bit to start a guide hole for your hooks. That's what the drill is for, we will not be drilling through the pine except on the two ends where we want to be able to screw out into the wall. A good power drill is worth the investment! They even make them in ladies sizes now so they are easier to grip in your hand!
Might I suggest a Pawn Shop ... I have gotten oodles of tools there. Just make sure they work and always double check that the correct charger for the battery is in the box! You can save so much money this way!
6. Tape measure. You need this to mark out how far apart you want your hooks to be. I chose two inches personally.
7. Optional picture hangers for the back if you do not want to screw this directly into the wall like I am! These come in a pack at, the store and have little teeth on them for,grabbing onto the nail or screw you put into the wall.
See the photos posted of what my tools for this project looked like. And... See my steps and final outcome photos!
Steps for a fab necklace organizer: 1. Buy the wood and have them cut it.
2. Sand the rough edges.
3. Paint all sides that will be visible when hung on wall. (front.top, bottom, sides)
4. With a pencil and tape measure mark in the center of the the board (its OK to eyeball the center, from top to bottom) all the places you want to put a hook. I found the center point and then went an inch out from each side. Then spaced them two inches apart on each direction.
5. Pick up your power drill and be careful! Tools are to be respected! (there are always free workshops at the box stores on how to use tools if you are afraid! Drill only half way through the board. Its okay if you go through but try not to! Remember to keep the drill at a 90 degree angle to the wood as you are drilling. This ensures a straight hole drilled. Hit the reverse button on the drill each time to let the drill back itself out of the hole! At this point you can decide if you want to drill 2 extra holes, one at each end so you can later screw this to the wall. Or we can attach a picture hanger on the back for less permanency.
6. The holes will look messy afterward and you will think you just ruined your pretty paint job, but don't worry! Take that sandpaper and lightly sand back and forth over the holes. Some wood will back back into the holes. Don't stress.
7. Screw the Eye Hooks in! They don't have to be screwed in all the way down, just make sure they aren't wobbly.
8. OK, you are basically done! You can embellish with more paint,
or hang a simple picture hanger on the back. (maybe 2 depending on how long your board is!)
9. So, go hang it on the wall! If you have a Level it's always a good idea to use it so you can hang things straight. You can even get hands free ones that shoot laser light and make it super easy!
10. You're done! Hang you necklaces now! This could be tweaked easily by spacing larger hooks farther apart and you could hang scarves, bras, purses, hats... Just about anything!
Congrats you did it! Feel free to
These are my tools and supplies! The pine board! My drill
the sandpaper bar, measuring tape and the leftover paint from
another home project!
Below LEFT see my DRILL BITS: Be sure to choose a drill bit that
is SMALLER than the screw end of your eye hook or screw, You
want a SNUG fit!
BELOW RIGHT You will see all of the project as I am working
including the eye hooks and at this point I have painted the board.
Here is a CLOSE UP of the EYE HOOKS I used. You can used OPEN HOOKS too. I used these because I happened to have a GIANT BOX of them lying around. It may be more handy to have an open hook. However, I think it looks SUPER COOL to have the closed loop. And as long as you dont screw them in ALL the way, there will be planty of space left to hang things behind the EYE LOOP.
Here I am in the process of screwing in the EYE hooks. Just be sure to line them up straight! Very easy to twist them in by hand!
THE FINISHED PRODUCT!! LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO ADJUST ONE OF THE HOOKS, it is screwed in a little bit more than the others, but seriously, who cares! This is going to look fabulous on the wall with all my colorful necklaces and beads hanging from it!!
GOOD LUCK AND EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS or PICS of your FINISHED PROJECTS!
Love it Cara! I have started doing the same things at home, like homemade laundry soap...Just made some today! Good Luck!!!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteLove the necklace organizer!! I bet you could do that with clips too, for kids artwork, or papers you need.
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