DIY Nail Polish Shelf (It's made out of what? No Way!)

NAIL POLISH SHELF

Can you guess what it is made out of?

Foam Board!  Yep! That's what I said!

Now here's how I used to keep my polishes.

I don't have a large collection, but I knew there had to be a better way to organize them.

So how did I decide on a polish shelf?  By looking on youtube of course!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSk8-qFIvVA  - I recommend watching this video for more instruction!

Above (I think) is the link to a youtube video by theeasydiy.

So thank you Easy DIY!

SUPPLIES:

2 foam core boards

yard stick and/or metal square

pencil

X-acto knive

hot glue gun and several hot glue sticks

Since I was making a much smaller version of the shelf, I made up my own measurements.

The following shelf will hold up to 48 nail polishes.

Cut the foam boards as follows:

20"x18" (this will be the back of the shelf

 5 strips 2"x20"

2 strips 2-1/4"x18"

5 strips 1"x20"

This is a picture of my husband, Gary, cutting the strips for me.

(he's much better with an X-acto knife than I am)

I'm not ashamed to say it!

The above picture looks elongated - but actually the shelf is 20" long and stands 18" tall.

Mark lines across the width of the backboard,  

4-1/2" apart using a square to get them at 90 degree angles  (three lines total)

Now use a hot glue gun to attach three of the 2"x20" strips onto lines.

Glue the remaining 2"x20" strips to the edges of the board, for the top and bottom.

Next, attach the side pieces.  I double secured each shelf with an extra line of glue along each one.

I wanted an "end cap" on my shelves, to keep the nail polishes from sliding off.

So I then glued the 1"x20" pieces on top of the edges of the shelves, as well as the top and bottom.

Attach Command strips to the back to attach to your wall.

Close-up of the "end cap" on one of the shelves.

And that's all there is!

Here is a picture of my Nail Polish shelf in my closet.  It looks great!

I even made a little "Nail Polish" label to cover up a boo-boo on the shelf.

This whole project cost me less than $5.  Yay!

 

Thanks for reading, and remember to:

Keep Calm and Kerri On!