I have a fetish for the sort of costume jewelry you can buy for $4 at Claire's, and whenever I add a new piece to my collection it goes in the same place as all my other cheap jewelry: tossed in a box on my dresser. This was supposed to be a temporary storage solution, although I don't think I can still call it temporary if I used it for two and a half years; and not surprisingly, the box of necklaces became hopelessly snarled.
This week I finally made myself clean my bedroom, which is where clutter goes to die, and I decided to finally do something about the snarled box of jewelry. For less than ten bucks, I picked up a pack of cork tiles, a box of cup hooks, and some cute scrapbook paper, and here is what I ended up with:
Not a snarled mess! Huzzah!
I made it by gluing the scrapbook paper to the cork tiles, then screwing in the cup hooks. Easy peasy. I had hoped to be able to use the adhesive strips that were packaged with the cork tiles to stick 'em to the wall, but the cup hooks were just a smidge deeper than the cork and they poked out the back; so I ended up nailing them to the wall. Probably sturdier that way, anyway.
Ta-dah!
Also on my dresser: on the left - my wooden jewelry box; a college photo of my mom; my mom's blue jewelry box; and a stack of whatever books I'm reading. On the right - the boxes where I toss my clutter, formerly including my snarled necklaces.
The dresser was $20 at Goodwill and desperately needs to be refinished. It's on my When I Have Free Time list, right under Learn To Sew and Write Memoirs.
While we're up here, would you like to see the rest of my room? Quick, before I fill it with mess again?
Here's my bed:
That's right - Where The Magic Happens. Hee.
The pillows don't usually actually live on the bed, but I made it pretty, just for you.
Here's Peter, awed by the cleanliness:
Here's the opposite corner, and the Dali poster I got in college:
And here is some art from Target, which I affectionally call I See London, I See France:
And here is an arty shot of my bedpost:
There you have it! Now, off to fill it back up with crap.
Wow. This looks AMAZING! So glad you got time for YOURSELF to get all this accomplished. Now....when are you coming to help me make my room look good?
Posted by: Holly | 01/04/2009 at 01:37 PM
Just after I get the rest of my house done, which should be just after my kids ship off to college. See you in about eighteen years!
Posted by: abi | 01/04/2009 at 03:08 PM
[this is good] Very impressive!! Love this... Inspiring, too... maybe I'll do something creative in the near future! or not... but maybe!! :-)
Posted by: Chelle | 01/09/2009 at 11:31 AM
Abi, I love your jewelry organizer AND your bedroom!
Posted by: mornaskye | 02/22/2009 at 05:43 PM