DIY Cork Jewelry Board

I'm a very visual person. If something gets pushed to the back of the closet, or hidden between other clothes, it never gets worn. The same goes for my jewelry. For the past 10 years or so I've been using a six-drawer wooden box from Hobby Lobby to store everything but if I don't see it all the time it's out of site, out of mind. I had to laugh the other day when I started pulling jewelry out of the box, saying "Where in the world did this come from?" "This is definitely not mine!" "I have never seen this before in my life!"

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Time for a more visual display!

I've seen all sorts of creative ideas online lately and, since I have plenty of room on the closet wall, I decided to make a large cork-board display for myself.

I took a plain old cork board (you can use any size, depending on how much jewelry you want to display) and painted the wood trim turquoise. I love bright colors, but have always been too chicken to use them in my house of earth tones, so this closet project was the perfect opportunity to try something a little more bold.

I also bought a little stencil to paint some birdies on the cork.

For earrings, I put a little wire across the top. It's jewelry wire that I happened to have on hand already. You could use twine or ribbon too. I attached it to the board with some wooden tacks that I found a Sprawlmart a long time ago. It would be cute to glue some little buttons on the ends of the tacks. {note to self!}

Finally, I added a few hooks to the bottom of the frame, from which to hang necklaces.

My shoe box contraption is right below this, so it acts as a nice little shelf for extras. I used an old pottery flower pot to hold bracelets, a crystal ring holder, and a small dish for post earrings. I'm considering spray painting the shoe shelf but, until then, it has a little piece of fabric over the top. I also got the stink-eye when I inquired about painting the ugly cedar walls. Boo hiss.

Now to finish purging jewelry and hanging up the rest!

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