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Would you like to know how I organize my jewelry?
Here’s a before pic of my scrapbook room. I know. Messy, messy. You can see the tool drawers I had for all sorts of embellishments and “stuff.” It took up way too much space on my old countertop. (Each of these drawer units cost between $20-$25 retail.)
Here’s an after pic of the closet in my scrapbook room. You can see that I repurposed one of the drawer units for alphabet letters and misc. embellishments.
What did I do with the other units? Since jewelry organization has been a thorn in my side for YEARS, I repurposed one of these hardware storage units for some of my jewelry. I do have a decent amount of jewelry, all inexpensive and mostly found at yard sales or passed down.
I needed better organization for my earrings and bracelets so one of these units was perfect for my bedroom. As you can see above I used labels (found out a yard sale, of course) on the drawers when I stored my scrapbook embellishments in them. These labels helped me to identify the contents. Big mistake. The labels did not come off well. We used goo gone, fingernail polish remover and soaking. You can tell below that some of the sticky is still left on the units.
In order to find some way of making the unit more attractive, the first thing was to spray paint the unit white. I actually made my first attempt at spray painting (which is funny since my husband is a painter), but he finished the job for me. I just have to get him to give me some pointers. Then I grabbed some labels and my corner rounder.
I sized the labels for the different drawers and then used white dots and shaded them according to my drawer colors.
Here it is! I know this won’t earn any great prize on pinterest but I repurposed something rather utilitarian and made it useful and much prettier to look at it (as well as organized the heck out of it!)
Coming up: how I organize my necklaces. Can you stand the suspense?
Linking with: The Thrifty Home, Savvy Southern Style, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Sew Can Do, Between Naps on the Porch, Making the World Cuter, Today’s Creative Blog
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What a great idea!! i can never figure out how to organize all my jewelry.
i would love for you to jump over to our party and share this idea with us.
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Thank you for the compliment! I’ve had so much fun having things organized!
Great idea!!
Thanks! Come back and visit!
Very, very nice! I can see you’re a ‘jewelry gal’! I recently purchased the ‘little black dress’ jewelry organizer at The Container Store. It’s super cute but limited as to what it can hold. This is awesome! (Found you on Penny Pinching)
I really don’t wear a ton of jewelry (unless I’m going out), but this makes me want to dress up more and be a good steward of what I have. Thanks for visiting!
Thank you so much for sharing this jewelry box redo with Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party. I really like this. It is so cute.
Debi Bolocofsky
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
Hi, Debi! Please come visit me again!
Sorry this is late, but better late then never. Thanks so much for sharing with last weeks with Wednesday’s Adorned From Above. The link party is open now for this week.
Debi Bolocofsky
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
That’s a great idea for organizing your jewelry! I love it! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional
Thanks, Jessi. I’ve enjoyed linking up with your blog each week.
What a fantastic idea! Sure wish I had that much jewelry
Thank you for sharing it all with us.
I really do have a a ton of jewelry, most of it inherited or passed down or thrifted! I rarely ever buy anything new.
Great idea – now the bed needs some froofing up …
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Working on a redo of the bedroom (starting with yard sale curtains!(
Brilliant idea….total organization! Thanks for linking up on Centerpiece Wednesday!
Karin
Thank you. Love your blog!
Great idea! And I know exactly what you mean about actually wearing your jewelry only when you can find it!
Too true!
Thanks for stopping by!
I love this! I am going to try this ASAP!
Morgan @forgivenformerfeminist.blogspot.com
Please let me know how this works for you. Have a great day!
Cute idea. Love the way it turned out. Would love to invite you to link up and share over at Curb Alert’s! Friday Block Party. Hope to see you there! http://tamicurbalert.blogspot.com/2012/08/friday-block-party-13-come-join-us.html
Tami @ Curb Alert!
Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed day!
What a great idea! Love it!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Hi Marty. Just came by to introduce myself. I’m a fellow blogger living in Greensboro too! I saw your comment saying that you live in Greensboro on Southern Hospitality’s ticket giveaway to the Southern Bloggers Conference. Suzy @ Worthing Court
Hi, Suzy! Good to know you’re in Greensboro. Do you go to a local church? I enjoyed looking around your blog. Are you actually going to the Southern Bloggers Conference? I’ve thought about but haven’t decided. Have a blessed day!
Great idea! I am forever trying to figure out the best way to organize things ( and failing!)
I love to organize once I set my mind to it, but I can’t tell you how long this jewelry was unused before I did something about it! (our little secret
Very orderly! Im in need of some organization.
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
Thanks for visiting. Organization makes me happy!
Very neat idea!!! I am no re thinking my organization skills!
Candice
http://www.lillythroughthevalley.com
Fabulous idea! You are so organized… I’m jealous! Thanks for sharing with us this week!
Take care,
Trish
What a neat idea… I don’t have nearly enough jewelry to do this, but if I ever do, I will keep it in mind!
I somehow inherited/found all this jewelry! I don’t spend money at all on it but I’ve acquired some! Thanks for stopping by.
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I need me a scrapbook room.
Please come by & say Hello if you haven’t already. (And follow back)
Kristina
http://www.yomichaelmichael.com
What a great system! Love the color coding! My Get Social Sunday link party is live. Would love to have you come link up your homepage and promote your blog!
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I love being organized. It just makes me feel like I accomplished something. Have a great day!
Marty, that looks great and very efficient. You did a wonderful job.
Thank you, Michele. It’s not the prettiest solution but it is effective. Thanks for coming by!
Great solution. My jewelry i in a constant jumble and is in definite need of some serious help!
Thanks for sharing on Show & Tell at SNAP!
xoxo, Tauni
This looks so organised..may be I can do something like this for my little girl….she has more jewellery than me I think
Found you through Monday Mingle…and I’m your newest follower now…off to see some more of your work….hope you can see some of my work whenever you can…
I love how organized it is!
I am a huge jewelry person but keeping it organized can be such a challenge. This is a great idea. I would love it if you would share this on Tout It Tuesday. http://www.claimingourspace.com/2012/08/tout-it-tuesday-19.html
Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday. Hope to see you tomorrow.
now follow you through GFC and found you through the mom’s monday mingle!
This idea will come in handy at our house to rein in both of my girls’ growing jewelry collection. I especially like the color coding.
What a great idea! I’m so glad you shared it.
Thanks,
Lisa
http://www.moretobe.com & http://www.pnpcoaching.com
Nice blog. I want to know more about this in future.
Wow, LOVE the organization! I am an organization freak myself so I can really appreciate this space! Great Job!
Nice repurpose! Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
What a great idea – my jewelry is always a tangled mess and can never find half the things. Now I’ve got some inspiration. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do:)
Love this idea! I can’t find how you organized your necklaces though…do you have a post on that? Or do you put your necklaces in the same containers as the other jewelry?
Thanks for this tutorial….did you post one about how you organize your necklaces? That’s where I need the most help!
Thanks
Hi, Ashley. You were so nice about my jewelry organization post, and I wanted to tell you I never wrote the one on my necklaces! They’re all organized but not on the blog yet! Soon I hope! Thanks for stopping by Marty’s Musings.