Ribbon roll storage
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RCooper @ thoughtsbyher.com on Mar 11, 2015Hello. I remember seeing others post on here on this topic and there are lots of good ideas. Take a look. http://m.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=Ribbon%20storageHelpful Reply
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Mary Bennett on Mar 11, 2015The first thing that came to mind with your question is a wooden dowel rod. You can usually buy them at places like Home Depot or any Home improvement store. Where to put it? That's for you to decide! In a closet, or smaller cabinet is where I have one. Above a shelf that I store lots of my sewing things. Mine is an old Sauder TV stand. The kind that is small, but has 2 doors on it, & 2 shelves inside. I set my portable sewing machine on the top to sew also. I found this stand at a garage sale about 24 years ago for $5.00 Dowel rods are wood, & come in different sizes around, & length. It works great for ribbon spools. Good luck!Helpful Reply
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Liliana Wells on Mar 11, 2015RCooper gave you a good suggestion. Good luck. Show us pictures of what you decide.Helpful Reply
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Lee Govan on Mar 11, 2015As a florist there are a lot of ribbon dispensers on the market that will hold anywhere up to 50 reels. Alternatively use dowels that can slip outof the holder ans set them vertically up the wall. good luckHelpful Reply
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512181 on Mar 11, 2015I saw them stored in a regular rain gutter that had been attached to the wall. I thought that was a great idea. I don't like them on a dowel, because I don't like taking the roll off the dowel if I want to use the ribbon somewhere else. I store mine in those magazine containers that store on a shelf and mark on the outside what colors are in each one.Helpful Reply
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Mary Karas on Mar 11, 2015I bought a hangar from Goodwill for .98 to organize my spools. It's metal and would normally hold 5 pairs of slacks. One end of each rod lifts slightly to get the slacks/spools on and off. I actually have 4 of them hanging on a rod in the closet of my craft room.Helpful Reply
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Julie Piggott on Mar 11, 2015I have seen someone use old Shoe boxes. Make dividing walls, make a little 'u' shape hole on one side, pop ribbon in box with a little hanging over the edge, and bingo, one ribbon holder. Also have seen old cello tape dispensers used, the plastic round sphere sort, are also great.Helpful Reply
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Lois on Mar 11, 2015I have seen inexpensive towel bars used and twine from wall to another tied to cup hooks so u can slip know off hook to got whatever roll u needto add or replace roll. I have seen tension rods used. I like this idea best. You can do this in cabinet or larger rods in closets.Helpful Reply
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Terri S on Mar 11, 2015me too, I'm a crafter. So I bought 2 lengths of chain, and some dowel rods and placed a bunch of ribbon rolls on each rod and hooked through the chain and hung up on the closet door in the room where I create. Works great, the rolls can be used while still hanging there, Oh, I hung the chains on over the door hooks.Helpful Reply
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Danielle on Mar 11, 2015https://www.pinterest.com/pin/113997434293482598/Helpful Reply
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Wendy on Mar 11, 2015I saw a post where they put cup screws in an old picture frame and then put the spools of ribbon on dowels and hung them on the picture frame. You could paint the frame to match your room.Helpful Reply
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Kellie White Butler on Mar 11, 2015I love the idea of putting them on dowels. I have a pegboard and have the hooks that will be large enough to just lay the dowel in the hook of it. This will create space for ribbon, washi tape, vinyl (for cricut), bakers twine, wrapping paper and so many more things. (^_^)Helpful Reply
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Joline Cosman on Mar 11, 2015@Marcella Hazelwood I hope I am not repeating someone, but I saw a suggestion on Pinterest to use a PANTS hanger. They have 4 to 6 "rungs" on them, and each one has a hinge and an open end, so you can store a bunch of rolls on each rung ! Hang on the wall, or in a closet.Helpful Reply
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Kellie Hoople on Mar 11, 2015I hang mine on a pant organizer for the closet, the type that the arms swing out. It holds a lot!Helpful Reply
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Marinet van Wanrooy on Mar 11, 2015Pringles cartons, cut them in half, or only an small piece of it over the full length. Have the same problem, didn't try yet :-)Helpful Reply
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Paula Gollihare Stephenson on Mar 11, 2015I used multiple sizes of PVC pipe and dowel rods (Lowe's), both wrapped in pretty Duct tape and hung them on my window facing! I now have ribbon rolls, washi tape, clips baskets.... whatever I wanted to hang is hanging on those rods!!! The PVC pipe makes inexpensive curtain rods too!! oma1159@gmail.comHelpful Reply
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Gail Flory on Mar 11, 2015I seen a desk top cabinet with several shelves. It had a dowel rod about 1/4 way up and a thin strip of wood to keep ribbon down in front. It was perfect. It won't let me paste a picture but if you want you can contact meHelpful Reply
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Bet957665 on Mar 11, 2015I have a black plastic rectangular bin that has holes on all 4 sides. I stood the rolls upright in the bin & pulled the end of each ribbon thru one of the holes. The bin keeps the spools upright & the holes allow the color & size of the ribbon to be seen easily. Sometimes I just pull the ribbon thru the hole & cut off what I need; other times I remove the roll completely when I'm not sure how much ribbon I will need. I like the bin idea much better than dowels. There's less chance the ribbons will get unrolled by accident.Helpful Reply
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Jan Shore on Mar 12, 2015My idea my take a bit of DIYing but it should not be too hard. Starting from the bottom. A square of wood, maybe 12 X 12, to the wood attach a tall round rather thick piece of wood, (just plain), drill holes spaced around the tall piece, screw or glue in approximately 6 - 8 inch dowels in your holes. There you have in a 1 foot space, storage for hundreds of ribbons. I have a shorter version of this and it is especially helpful. If you need a pic, I can get it to you.Helpful Reply
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Linda Green on Mar 13, 2015I had a shelf unit with 3 shelves that was made to store vhs tapes. I bought some plastic guttering at Lowes and cut three lengths, one for each shelf. I just set all my rolls of ribbon in the gutters and every roll is simple to remove and use and there is no messy raveling or having to "un-stack" rolls when one becomes empty. Easy-Peasy!!!!! Love it!!!Helpful Reply
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