Hanging Jewelry Box

Women have tons of jewelry.  If you're like me, you have so much it ends up a mangled mess you don't know how to organize without it getting tangled or lost. This is a little wood working instructable that will show you how to make your own hanging jewelry box. 

You can use all kinds of hardware to build this. I used drawer pulls for dangling earrings, command hooks for necklaces and rings and circuit boards to hold stud earrings.

You can customize this box to your needs.  I hope this helps as at least a guide in making your hanging jewelry box.

Material used:

3/4" plywood cabinet shelf 16 " X  21" 
Pretty printed paper of the same size
1/2 x 2 1/2" boards
cabinet pull handles
cabinet hinges 
Perforated circuit boards 
command decoration hooks
school glue
metallic spray paint
picture hanging hardware

Tools:

chop saw
drill
sand paper
hammer
masking tape
straightedge
measuring tape

Use mod-podge or a wood and water mixture 1:1  to decoupage on your printed sheet of paper. Lightly run a ruler edge against the paper to try and push out bumps. Sometimes, you have to lift and resmooth areas to get them to not bubble up.

Now, is a good time to spray paint your perforated circuit boards gold. 

Let your paper dry completely. 

Then flip your board over and drill holes for your pull handles. 
A neat trick is to use a piece of tape to measure out the spacing of the holes then remove and transfer to the board. 
I spaced mine 2 1/4" from the edge. 

Keep in mind placement and hardware used  can be customized. 

Place your handles and screw them in.

While you've got it flipped around, go ahead and put on your mounting hardware. 

Use cabinet hinges that are a little tight but not the ones with the springs.

Cut some blocks of wood to fit under your hinge a little so it brings it out from the plywood a little. 

Predrill pilot holes in to these blocks then put a screw through the hinge block and then the plywood. I used about a 1" screw. 

Then super glue the perforated circuit board under the hinge. 

I adorned the front of the hinge with some plastic jewels. 

You will need to cut your 1/2"  x 2 1/2"  to box out the ply wood.

Use pilot holes and then screw them onto the edges of the plywood. 

Use the tiny clear command hooks to place along the top edge of the box for hanging necklaces and rings. 

Placement is up to you but I would use your longest necklace as a guide of placement.

Apply your hooks to the wall. You can also use that handy tape trick here.

You now have an organized jewelry display. 

Mine didn't hold all my jewelry but you can make multiple ones or you can make a huge one. It's totally up to you.