DIY: Jewelry hanger

I don't know if you know this but I am super obsessed with jewelry, I love everything about it and I am a firm believer that you can't have too much jewelry on (this is of course not totally true but I love to wear lots of jewels). I have been in need of a new way to hang my jewelry so that I know what I have and it won't get tangeled up in a drawer or worse forgotten about. So after scouring Pinterest to find a great idea I decided that I didn't like any of them and developed my own method. 

Supplies:

Frame

Cup Hooks

Paint (for frame)

Spray paint for hooks

I had gotten a free sample of this gray paint a few months ago with no real plan for it but I decided that it would be a perfect complement to the Pink I was going to use for the hooks. So I painted the frame a dusky gray. I snagged this frame from a garage sale for $10, which is way over priced since it was broken (but it was a Young Life fundraiser so I donated a little extra cash). It was also cracked but I repaired it using wood glue.

A great idea!

So pink and perfect

To paint the hooks, I stuck them in the top of a shoe box since this would allow me to spray all sides of the hooks and not my arm. This was actually super genius, if I say so myself. I painted them a few different times to make sure that I got all of the sides painted.

I decided that I wanted something similar to a chevron print as the pattern for these hooks. I didn't really want them to be in a line and this gave some exciting visualization but not too much. I drew the pattern out on newsprint so that I could make sure it looked good. I found that about one inch apart and three hooks per side worked best for me.

The frame

These are actually much more even than the picture suggests.

I hung the frame using two nails that it rests against since I took off all of the hardware so that it would be flat. I then laid the pattern against the wall and pushed a pushpin where I wanted each hook to go before removing the pattern. I then screwed the hooks into the wall (this was actually kinda hard work).

I have loved having this in my bedroom, it allows me to choose my jewelry everyday and remember what cool stuff I have. I am not sure what I will do as my collection of jewels grows but that is a problem for another day. I do have a few empty hooks so it won't be that bad. Let me know if you give this a try.