Yesterday I showed you my crib curbside find that I made into a subway art scripture sign. Then I teased you with the glass knob on it, pulling you in, hoping you’d come back today to see WHAT IS BEHIND DOOR #1!. I decided to make a jewelry organizer with the crib as the door. Yes it is big but it serves two purposes — art and storage. My favorite combination, and I can’t tell you how much I adore it!
So this where I left you yesterday…with the crib side all painted and stenciled with a scripture verse. Next I built the jewelry organizer frame behind it. Here is how I did it.
Supplies:
old crib side
(2) 1 x 4’s
1/4” luan cut to fit the back of your frame
1/2” x 2’s poplar (I used six 3’ pieces)
air brad nailer
air paint sprayer
wood glue
3/4” cup hooks (I used 67 of them)
electric drill
drill bits
primer
paint & supplies (I used Sun Safari by Dutch Boy)
30” continuous hinge (AKA “a piano hinge”)
pencil for marking
magnetic catch
mollies for hanging it in place
knob
1. I measured my crib piece and decided I wanted the frame to be the same size which was 30 1/2” wide by 31” tall. So I cut two 1 x 4’s to 31” and two of them 29”. I made sure the smaller ends were butt up to the longer edges so you couldn’t see the butt (from the side) when hung. I used wood glue to secure the frame in place and then I tacked it with 1 3/4” brad nails.
2. Next I measured the back and had Home Depot cut a piece of 1/4” luan plywood down to 30 1/4” x 30 3/4”. Then I wood glued and tacked that onto the back of the frame with 1” brad nails.
3. Now the next part is going to be based on your jewelry. I started from the bottom and wanted to allow two rows for bracelets. I cut two 1/2” x 2”s the length of the inside of the frame spacing them 4” apart from one another. Then I cut four pieces lengthwise for my necklaces spacing them 3” apart from the other and one 5” apart from the other. Then I predrilled all the holes for the cup hooks varying the distance between them according to my jewelry.
4. Then I primed and spray painted (with my air paint sprayer) all the pieces Sun Safari by Dutch Boy.
I laid all the pieces out to make sure it all fit right.
5. I screwed all the cup hooks back in first then I used Gorilla wood glue and my air brad nailer and tacked the dividers together.
Then I attached the dividers and the bottom bracelet divider onto the sides and top of the frame with 1 1/4” brad nails.
6. I used cup hooks and some metal cable chain (Brand: Blue Moon Medium Cable) to attached three lengths of chain from the inset of the crib door with cup hooks (predrill the holes first). This is where I will hang all of my earrings.
7. Then I laid out the crib door and the frame (predrilled the holes) for the piano hinge and screwed it in place.
8. Next I screwed some mollies into the drywall and attached it to the wall. I definitely needed my husband for this part as it is awkward to hold it open and drill it into the wall at the same time. I used two screws/mollies which are capable of holding 75 lbs.
After it was on the wall I realized I needed a magnetic catch to keep the door shut. So I attached one of those.
Then I had fun hanging all of my jewelry…
and then closed it when I was done…
{Squuuueaaaallll!} I am so proud of this. I stepped out of my comfort zone a little with all the measuring and building. But I did it…such a huge sense of empowerment!
Do you want some other ways to organize jewelry ?
Check out my paint stick jewelry organizer
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