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Rustic Wood and Copper Pipe Jewelry Hanger
by
Amanda C, Hometalk Team
(IC: paid contributor)
7 Materials
$25
1.5 Hours
Medium
If you're anything like me you have quite a collection of jewelry and adornments. For several years now I have simply hung my necklaces from 2 nails creating a tangled pile of chains and rope. That's why I decided to make this jewelry hanger. All it takes is a couple of copper pipes glued to wood and some cup hooks. It is also extremely customizable to fit your needs and style!
Now my jewelry has a much better place to live. The copper and turquoise combo matches my decor perfectly! You could also use a different color to distress the wood with and use brass dowels (you can find at Blick art stores) if it's more fitting to your decor!
SUPPLIES:
STEP 1: Break a Copper Pipe in Half
STEP 2: Cut Your Wood Block Pieces
STEP 3: Sand the Wood
STEP 4: Paint the Wood Blocks
Next, take a dry brush and dip just the tips in the turquoise paint. Paint over your wood, but with sporadic strokes being sure to leave some spots untouched by turquoise. This gives it a distressed look helping give that rustic vibe.
STEP 5: Add Screws to the Wood Blocks
STEP 6: Add Cup Hooks to the Wood Blocks
STEP 7: Add Your Copper Pipe
For the second hanger, take the two pieces of copper you made in step 1 and slide them over the long screws on each end of the 6" piece of wood. Take your gorilla glue and apply it where the copper pipe and wood meet. Allow to dry. *To help keep the pipe in place while it dried I placed the end of a paintbrush underneath. Once the glue has dried it has a sort of yellowish color. Luckily gorilla glue is paintable! To disguise your glue simply brush light strokes of brown, white and turquoise over any visible glue spots.
STEP 8: Attach Picture Hangers
STEP 9: Put up Your Hangers
STEP 10: Hang Your Jewelry
No more tangled necklaces on a nail! *I used the outer copper pipes to hang chunkier necklaces that didn't fit comfortably in a cup hook. I also used the copper elbows to hang bangles from.
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Suggested materials:
- Gorilla Glue (Lowe's)
- 1/4"x1' Copper Pipe (Lowe's)
- 1.25"x8' Wooden Plank (Home Depot)
- Cup Hooks (Home Depot)
- Screws (Home Depot)
- Sandpaper (Lowe's)
- Acrylic Paints (Michael's)
Published June 11th, 2016 1:36 PM
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Jane Thistle on Jun 28, 2016Love it but too much work!!
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Ama17728317 on Jan 29, 2017Just love practical and art together, will put it on my do list !!
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