Being Organized Isn't a Crime

This post isn't about makeup products or hair or skin care, this post is about the time I came home with a bunch of necklaces after a shopping trip and realized that I've completely run out of room in my jewelry box area and something needed to be done.

I've known for a while now that my accessories were getting out of hand and that my only option was to start moving vertically. So on Sunday, I gathered some supplies and came up with this to create a super mega organizational wall!

I'm not going to lie to you folks. This is not everything I own. Not even close. But this is wall now holds most of the necklaces I own, along with some large earrings that take up considerable real estate in my jewelry drawers.  

The whole project probably only took no more than 3 hours and it was surprisingly cheap! But that all depends on how fancified you want to get with this. 

Materials:

Cork Board $8 at walmart

Wood Frames. I had these on hand, but you could find similar ones at a Dollar Store

Cork Tiles. Also on hand, but can be found at Walmart for about $5, or craft stores.

Felt in black and white. Around $4 at Jo-Anns. The white was a remnant piece, so even cheaper! 

5/8 in. Cup Hooks, I had these on hand, but you can get 100 for $4 at Home Depot

1 in. Black Paneling Nails, Less than $3 at Home Depot. These also come in white, light brown and dark brown. 

Picture hanging hooks, on hand. 

Tools:

Scissors

Xacto knife

Hammer

Something with a flat edge, like a butter knife or putty knife. 

I don't have step by step photos of this because it all came together pretty fast. So I will do my best to explain it all in words. 

I started with the small 4x6 frames. Once I took out the back and the glass, I used my Xacto knife to cut the cork tiles the same size at the back of the frame and a piece of white felt about 1/4 inch bigger all the way around. 

I simply laid the felt down, cork on top and popped it into the frame and closed up the back. No glue no nothing! 

I figured out the placement of the nails by just laying the earrings on top and made sure to put the nails in at an angle. 

At the bottom of the frame, I screwed in 3 cup hooks and that's it! Small frames complete! 

The larger board was even simpler. First I started by spray painting the molding a chrome silver. You could use anything here, acrylic paint, fabric, new molding, embellishments, there are really endless possibilities. I choose some spray paint I had on hand because it was simple and quick. 

Cut a piece of felt slightly larger than the board. Lay that on top of the cork board and using the flat edge of something like a knife or chisel, push the felt into the molding until all four edge are under the molding and it's nice and taught. 

From here I laid out my necklaces on the board to see how many would fit and how I wanted them to line up. Then I hammered in the paneling nails at an angle like this...

 And that's it! 

Use the picture hooks to get everything on a wall, or use the small frames as table top frames. And you're done!

There are really endless possibilities to this project. I chose to use black nails on black felt for the larger board so that I can move the nails around or add more as I need them.  I didn't use very ornate frames or anything because I wanted simple clean lines but this is definitely something you could have fun with. And for about $15-$20, this is pretty much an organizational steal. 

I loved the way this turned out and how much more accessible my things are. I've seen many versions of wall boards for jewelry floating around the internet, but this whole display is perfect for me in just about every way. 

Now if only all those pearls and stones were real...