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DIY Jewelry Holder

Many months ago, I came across these wood doors for $2.00.  Had to have them!  Last Christmas I made a sign with the tall door.  Since then, the doors have been collecting dust in my “not sure what I’m gonna do with these now” pile.

In Florida, while shopping with my sister, I found a pad of scrapbook paper I had to have.  No, I don’t scrapbook, but it was calling to me. ;)

With the two thing I “had to have”, I made a jewelry holder for my daughter.  Take a look.  A very easy DIY project!

My $2.00 doors. Can’t ya just see the possibilities??

syd jewlery board before

I cut the scrapbook paper to fit each section of the paneled door. The paper is adhered with Mod Podge.

syd jewlery board before hardware

Normally I would paint the door before adding the paper, but I was really just winging it here.

syd jewlery board soup cans

My highly complicated door lift! Ha! Campbell soup cans made it easy to paint around the edges of the door.

syd jewlery board white paint

I used several coats of paint and lightly sanded between coats.

syd jewlery board

These knobs were once used on my daughter’s bathroom cabinets.  So basically “free” since I already had them.

syd jewlery board hardware

These hooks came off of an old plague I bought while antiquing. (I save everything!) They received several coats of white spray paint.

syd jewlery board on wall

The finished jewelry holder. This cost $2.00 + paper. Not too shabby!

Linking to:

Finding Fabulous

Made in a Day – Made U Look

I Should be Mopping the Floor

Not JUST A Housewife

Savvy Southern Style

House of the Way – Twirl and Take a Bow

DIY Hand Painted Wood Sign

Happy Friday!

Last weekend, a couple of my girl friends and I went to a big antique show.  It was so exciting!!  (I will have to do a blog on the crazy things I picked up.)  Towards the end of the day, we came across these cool wood doors.  Piles of them.  For only $2.00 each!  I picked up eight of them without having an idea what I was going to do with them.  (That happens a lot!)

One of my friends suggested making hand painted wood signs for the Holidays.  Here’s how I did it.

I printed out the words I wanted to use.  Not having tracing paper, I just took a regular pencil and scribbled on the back side of the letters.  Then I traced the outline of the letters and the pencil mark transferred to the wood door.  Woohoo!

Now the tricky part for me was filling in the letters.  I only had paint and a paint brush, reading glasses and one working eye!  Depth perception is not my strong point!  It took me FOREVER to paint the letters.  Either I thought I was touching the wood with my paint brush and wasn’t or I aimed for the outlines and completely missed.  If it wasn’t so frustrating, it would have been comical!  I would strongly suggest a paint pen.  I didn’t have one.  And two working eyes would be helpful too. ;)

I should mention that before I painted the letters, I gave the center section a coat of off-white chalk paint.  (I still didn’t know what design I was doing at this point.)  After the letters were painted on, I painted the rest of the front with the chalk paint.  Then I taped off diagonals lines with blue tape and painted them red.  After the red paint dried, I sanded everything to distress it a bit then I applied a light-colored wax to seal it and age the off-white paint a little more.

And here it is… This House Believes.  And this house also believes you can Do-It-Yourself.  Had to throw that in! ;)   Just FYI… Doors in many different shapes and sizes can be found at your local Habitat Restore.  Some used, some new, and they cost very little.

I’m going to put eye hooks in the top edge of the sign and use either ribbon or a small chain to hang it outside the front door.  Maybe embellish it a bit with Christmas picks or decorations.

This was really an easy project to do!  And the first Christmas thing I’ve done so far.  I love the Holidays!  Have you started to think about decorating for the Holidays yet?

Painted Interior Doors

Painted Interior Doors.

My friend/neighbor/fellow DIY enthusiast, Janet, asked me to come over and check out some things she changed in her house.  I live in the best neighborhood with the bestest people ever!  Seriously!  So many of us love to DIY! (How lucky am I??)  We always have friends to give opinions, suggestions, ideas and help.

Anyhoo, Janet painted her interior doors dark brown.  They look fabulous!!  She had already painted the interior side of her front door dark brown and decided to carry the look throughout the first floor.  I think it adds a lot of warmth.  We have the same house.  Guess what I will be doing soon? :D

(Paint in Valspar from Lowes.  Satin finish.  Color: Waverly Homes Classics, Bark – WV42001)

What do you think about the change in the doors?

painted interior doors

painted interior doors

What a difference! :D