Decorating with jewelry for the greater good
| November 23, 2011 | Posted by Kristi under Around the House |
As a Chick with Cents, there is one thing I love just as much as spending less to live fabulously. Any guesses? Anyone? Bueller… Bueller?….
It would be not having to spend a dime!!! And, at the same time, living sustainably for the environment. Reusing & Re-purposing! It gives me a rush – a high!!! I love it!!!
So last week I showed you how I re-purposed a piece of fan coral into a nifty, thrifty jewelry holder. I called that post: “A fresh look for jewelry”, because it really freshened up that room nicely.
In that post I promised to show you what I did to organize my necklaces in my summer cottage.
So, without further ado…
My “Art”
(Sorry that it is an awkward camera angle, it’s a very small cottage & tight corner) So, you can see I used an old frame (which, I found in someone’s trash =) ) and hung that on the wall first. Then, I took finish nails & lined up about a dozen inside the frame about an inch down from the top to hang my necklaces on.
To hang the frame, I didn’t get too fussy because my walls are made from re-purposed plywood, so holes are not an issue. If you were to attempt this in your own home you may want to put a wooden insert into the frame and then hang that with one nail… As you can see in the pics I just hung it up with a nail in each corner…
Then it still looked like it was missing something… Well someone gave us this fantastic box of old maps. =) I just cut the desired map to fit and slid it in place. The nails & jewelry hold it in place perfect. The little painting below was my finishing touch to the “collage”….
Total cost: $0. All items I had around the house anyway =)
The moral of my story is this. Our landfills are getting full and whether or not you have the money to run out & buy whatever your heart desires, why not re-purpose something? Some of the most fabulous household items & accessories that I have seen are made from re-purposed & reused items. An old really ugly lamp from the 70′s given a fresh coat of paint & a new lamp shade looks shabby chic! A bureau from the 50′s that may or may not have been solid wood, with a fresh coat of paint & glass nobs looked like a high end designer find! An old rope off a sailboat coiled up turns into a nautical looking rug!
Start looking around you at old “junk” and picture a coat of paint on it… Or a fresh fabric… Or a totally different use than what it was intended for.
Think – outside – the box or use!!!
You will find yourself spending a whole lot less, feeling better about yourself & saving our planet one item at a time.
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