I’ve decided to start doing more posts on my various art and craft projects – honestly I don’t know why I haven’t been.
As I’ve mentioned, I’m building a dollhouse, but this post is not about that exactly. The thing is, once it’s finished it has to go somewhere, and the only place I could think of was on top of the armoire in my bedroom. (It’s not tall.) Unfortunately right now that armoire is home to my jewelry. Idea: Replace the jewelry boxes I made during quarantine with what I’ve always wanted, something apothecary-style, and put it on a shelf by the door where there is about a foot of spare real estate.
I shopped around on the internet but to get the exact thing I wanted would have cost around $120, which I didn’t really want to spend. But my roommate mentioned seeing a little drawer thingie in unfinished wood at Michael’s, so I went to their website and checked it out. Bingo!
Pictured to the left – I ordered two of these for less than $10 apiece. I removed the silly ball handles and feet, and glued the two pieces together.
Meanwhile I ordered some fancy teal wood stain: SamaN brand interior water-based finish in turquoise. It was kinda pricey but sooooo gorgeous.
I stained the outside of the wee units and drawers, then used regular teal paint on the inside of the drawers. I lined those with some scrapbook paper I already had and they look so cool!
I also ordered some lovely little drawer pulls to replace the silly balls. They’re smaller than a lot of the other ones on the market, which was important since I didn’t want the pulls to cover the entire drawer fronts. The whole unit is maybe 9″ tall so I didn’t have a whole lot of space.
I did go over the whole thing with some sandpaper to distress it a little; it was looking all shiny and new and that would never do. I faded out the edges of the drawers and the corners so they’d look a little worn. I loved the effect!
Last, I made little labels to go in the label holders, and now my new jewelry situation is ready to receive. I just have to move all my jewelry over – I may still hang something on the wall to hold necklaces, it just depends on how much I have. Some things I never wear can go in the bottom larger drawers – or I can declutter them! What a thought!
