Yesterday I worked on building the last piece of the perimeter cabinets in my walk-in wardrobe-a DIY necklace organizer. Last year I used this very simple DIY jewelry organizer that I did to sit on the worktop in our bathroom.
I loved this design. All of my necklaces that I do myself have closures of them because I like the versatility of having a neat in my necklaces so that I can add extenders if I want them to be longer for a certain outfit. So this design worked perfectly for me. I simply triggered the closure to remove it from the necklace holder.
So I wanted the same type of design for the closet, minus the small tablet on the underside for earrings. I no longer need the small earring tray because I now have a whole glass drawer for small objects like this.
In this sense, what I came up with is here. I built a drawer structure that does not contain a floor, put it on drawer slides and added two cabinet rods to the structure. If it is pushed into the cabinet, it looks like this …
And then it pulls out like a drawer so that I can easily access the necklaces …
The construction process was incredibly simple. I tore a 1/2-inch plywood (the same plywood with which I built my jewelry drawer) on six inches wide, and then I cut a long piece for the back and two short parts for the sides. I met them with 1.5-inch 18-gauge nails.
And then, to keep these parts square, I tore another strip from 1/2-inch plywood on 2.5 inches wide, cut it onto my miter saw to the correct length and nailed this upwards on the back, so that it was nailed on the upper edges of the side pieces and the rear piece.
And then I added the drawer slides, pushed the structure into the closet and added the cabinet rods. I used the same cabinet rods that I will use for the hanging memory in the closet. You can find them here (affiliate link).
And of course I will paint the same color as the cupboards so that it interferes as soon as it is painted.
I was looking forward to what it would look like with all my necklaces, so I went up and added them. I stumbled the height of the two poles, with the rear rod about two inches higher than the front rod. And I want to find a way there to add adhesive tape lights. I think it will look fantastic if they are illuminated from behind.
And this is how it looks when they are pulled out for easy access.
Overall, I really love the simplicity of the design. And it easily pulls out by just grabbing and pulling the bar. So it is not necessary to find a way to add additional trains.
I know that many people have suggested that I find a way to bring the necklaces at eye level, but I’m really so short that this works perfectly for me. I deliberately installed the GLA worktop slightly higher than the worktop height so that the necklaces could be a few centimeters higher than I originally planned.
My size and the fact that it pulls out for easy access makes this design work perfectly for me.
I am not sure how to complete these edges. Obviously, I can’t leave it that way if the edge of the plywood and the drawer slide are displayed.
I had two ideas to complete these edges. The first one is to repeat the design that I used in the cupboards …
There are a few problems, but maybe I could find out. First, these corbels at the top are 4.5 inches square. The frame for the necklace organizer is six inches high. So if I try to repeat this design, the lower tail would have to be longer. I am not sure whether this would drop the continuity of the design or whether it would work. In addition, there is nothing to nail to nail this upper edge, so it would be just free. I am not sure if it would remain. The only thing I have to nail for is the six-inch edge of the 1/2-inch plywood. Here is a model that I made about this potential design.
The easiest way to complete it would be the use of a narrow piece of wood that is attached to the edge of this plywood. I have this idea with a 1 “X2” (which actually tested 1.5 “wide, but if I go in this direction, I would tear it up to just 1”, which is everything I need to cover the edge of the plywood. I used my band saw to round off the lower corner of the piece to see what it would look like.
So these are the two ideas I had, but I know that they are incredibly creative and have a better idea. If something comes to my mind, let me know! I just want to keep it and I don’t want something to cover the front of the necklaces.
If I can find out this last piece, I will officially leave every single part of the Perimeter cabinets. This necklace storage was the last thing I had to find out and build, and this sanding of the necklace storage are the last parts of the puzzle.
