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10 Ways to Display Your Jewelry
Have you outgrown your dancing ballerina jewelry box? Looking for a bolder, brighter way to show off all of your pretty baubles? See my favorite ideas for showcasing your bling.
DIY: Shutter Earrings Display
If you liked my transformation of a shutter, then check out this DIY, where I show you how to make an earrings display out of some low-cost materials. This is a fun and fast DIY that will instantly transform an earring collection.
What You'll Need
- One shutter (check out an architectural salvage store or a junkyard for cheap shutters)
- Wallpaper samples, or heavy paper
- Mod Podge or wallpaper paste
- Scissors or a razor blade
- Paintbrush
- Flat edge tool, such as a credit card
- Three screws: two short screws for the back of your shutter, and one longer screw for the wall
- Screwdriver or power drill
- Picture hanging wire
Simple Style: Porcelain Glove Molds
I'm always coming across porcelain glove molds in antiques stores, junk shops, and flea markets. These handy finds, originally used for making gloves, are very versatile accent pieces. You can use them to display jewelry and other trinkets, or screw them into the bathroom wall to serve as clever towel racks.
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Do You Display Your Jewelry?
I've written before about how apparel as home decor is a growing trend, showed you how to make my shutter earrings display, as well as the DIY tree branch jewelry stand of a Su Casa member. In this photograph by Todd Selby, fashion designer and artist Natalie Wood displays her necklaces on the wall of her Sydney home like artwork. So, how about you?
How-To: Decorate a Dual-Purpose Space
Having lived in a studio in the past, I've experienced first-hand the trials and tribulations of trying to make one room play two roles. I have many friends living tiny apartments who try to cram the furniture meant for both a living room and a bedroom into the same room, and let me tell you, none have succeeded. It's not only studio dwellers that encounter these issues, though.
How-To: Spring Organize Your Bedroom
Spring is the perfect time to get your home clean and organized. To help you get inspired, I've whipped up a Spring Cleaning Checklist, which you can download and print out. The PDF lists cleaning and organizing duties room by room, to keep things simple.
Etsy Find: Jean Pelle Vanity Cabinet
My Etsy Finds normally fall under the categories of crafty things, textiles (napkins!), or artwork. But it's rare to find a furniture piece that's not just a reupholstered ottoman. So, I was surprised to come across this Jean Pelle Vanity Cabinet ($129).
Midday Muse: Luggage Furniture
We've all heard the expression, "living out of a suitcase." And, until now, it's been associated with temporary, not ideal living situations — "slumming it." But, Marie Claire Maison has envisioned tes valises in a whole new form.
How Would You . . .
This French Apothecary Shop Chest ($8,800) is the kind of cool storage unit I dream about. Dating from the 1880s and containing 50 drawers, I get excited just thinking about all of the baubles you could fill it with.
So, for this latest How Would You post, I'd like you to think outside the home-decorating box and find some creative ways to repurpose this chest.
Crave Worthy: Williams-Sonoma Home St. Helena Dresser
For all the hours you spend earmarking glossy pages, window-shopping, and curating your wardrobe, your garb deserves the finest dwelling the shelter world has to offer. Enter the Williams-Sonoma Home St. Helena Dresser ($2,250).
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