Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Pinterest Project Fun

Pinterest Project number two, done...well, three if you're counting the pumpkin project. This pinterest inspired project idea spun from the picture below - of a peg board turned jewelry holder. After I finished my knife project, I realized I had a bunch of left over paint that I wanted to use for this peg board project that I felt was eerily similar to the original picture...


The original tutorial instructed that Lowes was the place to go! So I drove 15 minutes out of the way and made the trip. I found my peg board ($5) and was on a hunt for some S-hooks to hang my jewelry. This was not the easy task I originally thought. One hour later and two Lowe's associates down, I had purchased a pack of only 6 S-hooks ($1.40) that the nice man had to physically bend to be able to fit. I'm all about gettin' gangsta with it, but for $1.40 per 6? No thanks.

I also picked up two baskets for my bangles and watches, and painted them as well.


*Disclaimer - the associate said all stores carry different items so your local Lowe's may have what you're looking for. 

Yesterday I ran to old faithful, Home Depot, and was able to find the S-hooks I needed in a pack of 100! I can't remember the price (or the exact size) but it was fairly cheap, and no bending necessary! In addition to the S-hook pickup, I also picked up a piece that I use to hang my scarves.


I give a big thanks to the hubs for doing the hanging for me, while I tended to picking up the house and doing laundry last night... you know, woman's work. When I was finished, it was a nice surprise to see the finished product hanging in my closet. Love.

In the famous words of Jay Z, on to the next one...

8 comments:

  1. Looks great! You are becoming the regular DIY-er!

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  2. Lindsey,
    You are inspiring me! Mary and I made Halloween luminaries last night and I was thinking they were cute enough to warrant a blog post - but I don't have a blog. Hmmm, what would my blog be called? I may have to ponder that one...
    Great stuff! I'm looking forward to reading more.

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  3. wow what a great project! I'm getting addicted to pinterest too, so many great ideas!

    Stumbled upon your blog, hope you can visit mine and hope we can follow each other?
    ~Pau
    www.lilbitsofchic.com

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  4. Looks amazing!

    Don't forget to enter my Shabby Apple giveaway!

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  5. This is way random but I saw you commented on Cup of Jo's blog for her necklace giveaway...and thought I'd let you know I'm doing a similar giveaway with a VERy cute personalized stamped necklace!

    You should come check it out...hey two entries is better then one right?! :-)

    xoxo
    Aarean

    colorissue.blogspot.com

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  6. Millie - you should totally start a blog! I'll brainstorm some clever names for your blog. ;)

    Paulina - I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my Pinterest Obsession. It's bad. Like, borderline pill popping. Following you!

    Sarah - LOVE the giveaway! Fingers Crossed.

    AaReAn - Thanks for the comment! I just found your giveaway and threw in my entry. I like my odds. ;)

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  7. love love this project! we just bought a new house, so this is so what i want to do in my closet. i have sooo many costume jewelry... and this is just fantastic! thanks so much for sharing, and i want to see more of your posts in the future. following, and cheers!
    jasmine

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  8. HI there. I love this! What kind of paint did you use? Did you spray paint this? Brush on the paint?

    Sarah

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