displaying the family jewels ~

 As part of our bedroom makeover, I was challenged with how to organize, store and display my jewelry collection.  I absolutely love jewelry and wear different pieces every day!  Our bedroom is small and I have this weird little wall next to the closet that I wanted to utilize for this purpose.

I decided to use a ladder to hang my necklaces on.  So that search started, and of course, I was originally drawn to an old barn wood ladder.  I painted it and was ready to hang it when I became concerned that it was too splintery and might cause me bodily harm!  Goodwill came to the rescue when I came across a new ladder made of nice smooth wood for a $1.99.  It got a couple coats of glossy white paint and was ready for its new job.

My tangled mess of necklaces is now perfectly organized.  {sigh}

I already had the printers drawer.  Mickey was able to hang it and sort of build up the bottom with felt pads in the back, so it would tilt just enough to hold earrings and baubles in place in the little compartments.

The old music cabinet is something I have had for years and have always stored my jewelry inside.  It was olive green with some sort of strange wash over top that just made it look dirty.  I just applied a couple coats of creamy paint and hit it with some sandpaper in a few spots.  A coat of poly and it has a whole new look!   Oh, and I added a new ceramic rosette knob purchased at World Market.  These old cabinets are really very functional pieces.  In this case, I placed a plastic container on each shelf inside to corral my earrings, bracelets and pins.

 

And you  may have noticed the word LOVE up top there.

These old metal letters were my favorite find along the Rt. 127 Worlds Longest Yard Sale this year!  We veered into a little town and stopped in a few antique stores where I came across a huge selection of these tin types.  Immediately smitten but worried because most of the items in this joint were so pricey, I didn't think I stood a chance at getting any.  I figured I would have to buy the whole lot for like a thousand bucks or something.  But nope, I got to pick what I wanted for a buck each!  Finally, the Worlds Longest Yard Sale was worth the effort!  Mick just used screw eyes on the insides of the top of the ladder and strung wire across.  The letters have a lip at the top and they hung perfectly.  I have another project to share with you soon utilizing more of these found letters.

Thanks for coming by...hope you are having a good week!

Keep dreaming ~

Polly