DIY Entryway Coat Rack

Hi friends,

This floating shelf coat rack idea was on my mind for a long time to organize our home entry way. When I got this beautiful candle votive as a gift I couldn't find excuses for making it any more (Thank you Chandana). First let me show you the end result.

 I am happy to share with you how to make it, incase you want to make one for yourself.


Supplies Needed:

• 20cm x 6cm wooden plank of 2cm thickness
• 18cm x 8cm wooden plank of 2cm thickness
• Wooden casing of your choice (optional)
• Wood glue
• 3 of 2inches Dry wall screws
• 3 Coat hooks
• Drilling machine
• 3 of 1inch finishing nails
• Spray paint of your choice
• Sand Paper 
• Pencil to mark

( I got all my wood supplies and screws from Home Depot, Coat hooks and spray paint from Walmart and I had drilling machine on hand.)

Let's get started!

Mark and drill 3 holes on wooden planks as shown. (Don't worry if you have never drilled before, its easy peasy job. Just follow the instructions on your drilling machine.)

Using dry wall screws, screw the two wooden pieces together at the drilled holes.

 Glue the wooden casing in place using wood glue and secure it with 1 inch finishing nails.

Sand the uneven edges with sand paper.

Take it outdoor and prepare the place for paint. (Cover the place with old sheets or unused carton or garbage covers.) Spray the entire work piece with 2 coats of spray paint. (Follow instructions on your spray paint)

Let the paint dry completely. Space the coat hooks evenly and mark the spots to drill. Now drill and screw the hooks in place.

Add the sawtooth hangers or key hole hangers to the back of coat rack and hang it on the wall.

Put photo frames, small vases or candles on the shelf to decorate it :) I used this beautiful candle votive.

I think this is a great way to both organize and decorate your entry way. I love to hear your comments. Thank you for stopping by.
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Reuse Six Pack Bottle Carrier

Use Self Adhesive Shelf Liners from Dollar stores to cover Six pack bottle carrier and organize your Craft Supplies.

 

You can also try the same trick on cereal boxes and use them to sort your Craft ribbons, Decorative tapes and Scrapbook stickers.

Here is a peek into my craft drawer. I Can't even imagine dumping all those craft supplies into the drawer without these organizers.

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Happy Birthday Pop Up Card

It was my hubby's first birthday after our marriage.
I wanted to make a 3D Pop Up Card with letters popping up in cake shape but I didn't find any templates online. All I found was simple happy birthday pop up card template and I worked with it. Here is the end result.

I found basic Happy Birthday pop up template here. I created a mirror image of the template in Microsoft Word (Because I wanted to make markings on backside of card but not front).

I drew some horizontal lines and made some markings on white card stock to make letters form cake shape. Next I started aligning letters from template on to markings i made and scored with pencil on the template so that I could catch letters impression on card stock as shown in picture.

 

Then I worked with cuts and creases.
 

 

Stuck the cut white card stock onto red card stock.

 

For the card front i cut hearts from colorful scrapbook papers and stuck them on white cardstock. (This part was inspired by one of my pins on pinterest) I used floral wires as stems to give that 3D effect.

Added few words I wanted to tell him using label maker I had.

Yay!!! Did it :)

And I baked this lovely homemade chocolate ganache cake and decorated it with strawberries :) Trust me, it was delicious ;)

I Love to hear your comments. Thank you for stopping by.

Colorful Photo frame to match your decor

Wouldn't you love if you find a photo frame that matches your decor for 1$? Absolutely Yes, right? However, it is tough to find one. But you can always find a blank wooden frames for 1$ in all craft stores and paint or Mod podge it colorfully to your decor needs.

 

1. Paint the inner and outer edges of frame with craft paint.

2. Choose scrapbook paper or gift wrap that matches your decor.

3. Use Mod podge to stick chosen paper on the frame and let it dry.

4. Mod podge a thin layer on the paper frame with even strokes. 

(Don't worry Mod podge will dry clear. Just give it time to dry completely.)

5. Just add your lovely pic.

Fun and easy project to do even with kids. Isn't it? 

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DIY Star Burst Mirror

 

Supplies needed:

• Wooden dowels of 0.47cm thickness
• Wooden dowels of 0.3cm thickness
• Ruler 
• 3 color pencils or pens (optional)
• Small saw tooth knife
• Hot Glue gun and glue sticks
• Craft paint of your choice and paint brush
• Clear gloss Spray Paint (I used Krylon low odor clear finish-Gloss)
• Small Craft mirrors of varied sizes ( I used 1", 0.5" and 0.25")
• 9" round Candle mirror
• 8" round and thin wooden board
• Saw tooth hanger
• Wall nail 
• Hammer

Using saw tooth knife cut 12 wooden dowel pieces of 0.47cm thickness at 14" length each. Cut another 24 wooden dowel pieces of 0.47cm thickness at 13" length each. Cut 12 wooden dowel pieces of 0.3cm thickness at 11" length each.

 Save and Print the image template. Stick it down temporarily on center of your wood board using duct tape or little paper glue. (It was tough for me to eyeball for symmetry. So, just to make it easy for you I made this template.)

 

Mark the lines on wooden board by extending the lines from stuck template using pencil and ruler.

  

Stick the 14" length cut wooden dowels on black lines, the 13" inch dowels on green lines and the 11" inch dowels on red lines one by one using hot glue.

Place the wooden board on a small step stool (or something similar, to let you elevate the craft piece). Paint all the dowels on one side. ( I used Espresso color from Craft Smart acrylic paints.)

Turn the piece upside down and paint the other side of dowels. Let the paint dry completely.

Choose a place for spray painting, cover the place with trash bags or old sheets or newspapers and spray the entire craft piece with 2 coats of Clear Gloss Paint. (Read instructions on your spray paint before using.)

After the spray paint is completely dry, hot glue all around on the inner edge of dowels (the area indicated in the above picture) and stick the 9" candle mirror on it. (You got  to be little quick while doing this step because you do not want the glue to dry even before you stick the mirror on.)

You are almost done. Now place the small mirrors around randomly according to your desire. Once you decided on a pattern for your mirrors stick one by one using hot glue.

Add a saw tooth hanger to the backside of wooden board using hammer very gently (keep the mirror against carpet so that it doesn't break). And add a nail or two on wall where you want to hang your master piece.

Tadaa! Now hang it on the wall and admire your great job.

It made my living room look lot better. Hope this tutorial can help you, if you want to make one.

And I love to hear your comments. Thanks for stopping by.

Reuse Salt Containers in your Style

Want to know a simple way to reuse your salt containers? Here you go.

Just grab those salt containers and cut those top closures with X-Acto knife, then remove the Paper covering. Now just stick your choice of gift wrap or scrapbook paper on to those containers and Mod Podge all over. You are done.

Now you can organize pretty much anything in it. Stationery supplies, Kitchen utensils, Make up brushes, Paint brushes, Craft Supplies and what not I leave it to your imagination.

What do you like to organize with these lovely DIY containers? Let me know in your comments.

Thank you for stopping by.

DIY Customized Makeup Drawer Organizer

 

First let me show you how my makeup drawer looked at its best for a while. 

Yeah most of the days its messier than this and it was tough to find those thin eyeliners and lip pencils when I needed them. Most of the organizers I found at stores wouldn't fit in my drawer and I don't like those counter top display organizers where things can get dusty. 

So I decided to put my cereal box collection to use again and make a customized makeup drawer organizer. Do you want to know how I made it? Ofcourse, I love to share with you. (Let me tell you I do not have loads of makeup products like many do but I can show you a way how to organize yours.)

I Measured my drawer dimensions and started sketching how I want to organize.

 And the supplies used were Cereal boxes, Measuring tape, Scissors, Glue, Gift wrap and Mod podge.

For the face products section I could use the cereal bars box. Cut another cereal bars box at 3 inches height from bottom to make eye makeup section. 

I cut out a Larger cereal box and added a piece in middle of it to divide to make the behind sections for perfumes and makeup tools. 

 

I wanted pretty small sections for my lipsticks and cotton swabs so I drew desired size of each compartment on the cereal box carton, cut them and glued them.

Next I glued all the individual boxes together and filled any gaps with stuffed carton pieces.

Pretty long story huh? Yeah yeah yeah I am almost there.

 

Finally I covered this master piece with gift wrap and Mod podged all over to finish it. That is it! 

I think it just looks lovely and organized now. What do you think?

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