DIY Project: Jewelry Display

For all you fashionistas and Visual Merchandisers, here's a chic and easy DIY project prime for featuring jewelry in your bedroom or store. After all, beauty is meant to be admired, right? 

The supplies that you'll need  for this DIY jewelry display (5 items): 

1.) A window pane minus the glass which can be found at junk shops or antique stores. Don't forget that you could score one at a local yard sale. Be sure to peruse Craigslist and make your list of places to check out. Whether any are listed or not, drive around a few neighborhoods and you may just hit the jackpot!

2.) However many squares your window pane has is the number of clipboards you'll need. Since my window pane has six squares, I'm using six clipboards.

3.) Burlap - my favorite textile. Its texture is amazing; and it's a mesmerizing addition to just about anything from jewelry displays like this one to grand weddings to intimate dinner parties. You'll need burlap squares for each one of your clipboards. They'll go from the bottom of the clipboard to the middle of the metal clip, almost reaching from the right to left of the clipboard. Again, since I have six clipboards, I'm using six burlap squares.

4.) Fabric scissors, ones that are not dull.

5.) Twine to hang the clipboards to the top of each square in the window pane. I especially love this natural unpolished jute twine because it's durable with an organic chic look.

**If you decide to hang this in your room or store, you'll also need the necessary tools such as a hammer, a screwdriver, nails or hooks, etc.**

Instructions:

*Begin first by laying out all your supplies and double checking to make sure you have everything. 

*Then begin cutting your burlap squares to fit your clipboards with your fabric scissors. Remember, you don't want them to reach all the way to the top of the clipboard, but make sure they are long enough to be clipped onto the board securely (You may need to iron your burlap first).

*After cutting, clip them onto each board (I like mine to have a slightly rough edge).

*Next, using your scissors and your twine of choice, hang each clipboard onto the top of each square within the window pane. Tighten the twine so that no clipboard is dragging but sits nicely in its assigned square.

*Lastly, place the first necklace on the clip of the clipboard to be displayed, and follow suit with the remaining jewelry and clipboards.

Voila! You have a beautiful jewelry display by you for you and the world to enjoy. I displayed the window pane pictured below over a hanging rack of clothing that complemented the same colors shown here. After a week, I then leaned it against the front of a table with colors that tied in with new necklaces. I hope you've enjoyed this lovely, no-fuss DIY project, sure to have all your friends or customers swooning for this jewelry display. Don't forget to mention thecultureofdesign.com packed with design advice! ;) 

Speaking of DIY projects, please check out one of my favorite DIY blogs Red Fox Blog by clicking here! My friend Nathalie launched this blog last year and has been such an inspiration to me. She's one of the reasons why I started The Culture of Design. I'm so thankful for her, her willingness to answer my unending questions prior to my publishing this blog, and her creative quirkiness. I just adore her. Be sure to follow her! Here's my adorable friend Nathalie of Red Fox Blog...