Wall Art ~ Jewelry Organizer

I'm so excited to share our latest project with you!!! (Drum roll, please!)

I'm constantly going through our things and trying to pair down. An overabundance of things can be a drain on your time, energy, and thoughts. After reading the Clearing out Challenge  from Always Rooney a few days ago I went through my stash of jewelry and purged it of everything that I no longer wore. It felt good to get rid of all of the clutter and organize things a bit. After sorting through the more delicate jewelry in my jewelry box I moved on to what I had hanging in my bathroom. This is where I kept all of my long necklaces and my earrings. 

After sorting through them I realized I hadn't gotten rid of much because these were all my favorites! I also realized what I have now known for several months; I needed a new place to hang all of my long necklaces and preferably a new place to hang my earrings as I was forever afraid that the toilet would gobble up an earring or two. 

I began designing a jewelry organizer in my head. At first it was a short, wide board with nails the entire length, but that would only solve my necklace problem. By the time Trey came home from working I had the design well on it's way. I wasn't certain that he would agree to this project as he is so busy with other things, but I kept my fingers crossed! He agreed and we began work on it first thing the next morning!

We began by disassembling a pallet, then Trey cut the boards to the right sizes and angles. Before long it was starting to take shape!

Trey had other responsibilities that took him away and I got to stay home and begin the painting process!

The next afternoon we sanded all the pieces down and applied the stain.

It was late that evening before we had a chance to begin assembling it, so Trey started putting it all together while I cooked supper. 

It was 10:00 p.m. by the time we pounded in the last nail and I couldn't wait to hang it!

I was even more excited, though, to actually hang all my jewelry on it!!!

I had the perfect amount of room to hang everything that I wanted!

I am so pleased with how this project turned out! We had so much fun designing and working on it together!

Simple things like this just make me smile! They give me that warm, fuzzy feeling all over. I find myself drawn to our bedroom just to take another look at our work of art.

Feeling creative!

~Clair