11 July 2012

DIY jewelry display

I was flipping through Southern Living's recent special edition, "100 Makeover Ideas" (couldn't find a link) and came across a bulletin board covered in fabric to hang large pieces of jewelry. Theirs was framed (in what looked like crown molding that had been cut to fit). I decided I'd attempt to make it, 'cause Lord knows I have three jewelry boxes and I am about to die to find a way to separate big, bulky pieces from smaller, daintier ones. 

Then, I remembered I had this window frame! Holla!

 Here is the finished product:



What I used:
* roll of corkboard (make sure it's not the super thin kind)


* 3 pk. of foam boards (I put these behind the cork because the cork alone wasn't thick enough and it would've caused the thumbtacks to poke all the way through to the wall)




* fabric (I had an old linen-like shower curtain leftover that I'd started to cut up to use on something else)

* staple gun and staples (make sure the staples are big/long enough to go through the cork, foam, fabric, and into your frame, if you make yours that way)

* D-hooks and picture hanging wire // materials for preferred method of hanging your frame

* thumbtacks or some sort of pushpin (I just used clear thumbtacks because I didn't want too much going on with color, etc)

Basically, my "layers" were"
1 - frame
2 - fabric
3 - corkboard
4 - foam (just one sheet is thick enough - out of the 3 in the pack, I only needed two, side-by-side, and I had to cut one of them down so its edges weren't visible)


Hope this explains it. Loving mine so far. 
One step closer to organization!



2 comments:

Tracy said...

Good job!!!!!!!!!!!

Abigaylemae said...

Love this!! The hubs and I recently discovered a barn loft with two massive stacks of old windows just sitting there...Used two for picture frames a few weeks ago, but have been stumped on what to do with the others - You have inspired me! :O)