Monday, January 16, 2012

China hutch door remake

Years ago one of my sister-in-laws gave me a set of old china hutch doors.  I love a good treasure!  During our two moves since then I've thrown a lot of things out, but never could get rid of those doors.  I kept thinking they would be so beautiful as SOMETHING.  It has taken 19 or so years, but yesterday I had an idea for one of them.  Here it is ... china hutch door remade into a necklace holder!  The pictures aren't the best, but here is a peek.
The old door.  I thought about painting it, but decided to clean it up and keep the natural color.

I used decorative paper for the backing behind the glass and grid work.

Add some small brass hooks and there it is -- a way to hang necklaces so they don't get all tangled up!

I'm hoping it doesn't take another 19 years to figure out what to do with the other door.

3 comments:

  1. Perfect! Great idea, and kudos on seeing it as having potential for 19 years!

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  2. I love it! You could do earrings for the other door. Stretch some wire or string across two hooks and make a few rows of those...fun!

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  3. Great job Cary, now you can enjoy it everyday, plus it's useful.

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