Pottery Barn, Shmottery Barn

I’ve never really been much of a jewelry person, but in the last couple of years, two of my friends {ironically both named Katie} have slowly started turning me over to the dark side. They both sell jewelry {for this company and this company} and I’ve hosted parties and gotten lots of free/discounted stuff.

The problem is, I didn’t really have a good place for all these purdy new accessories. So they just kind of sat in a semi-organized pile on my dresser.

Then I saw these in the Pottery Barn catalog, and I knew they’d be the perfect solution.

Of course, in true Pottery Barn fashion they cost more than any normal person would reasonably want to pay for them. And it doesn’t take a DIY genius to see that these wouldn’t be very hard to replicate at home.

An empty picture frame and some hooks. Not exactly rocket surgery, here

I had planned on keeping an eye out at Goodwill for the right frame to use, but then one day on a random stop at Hobby Lobby, I found this:

They had a bunch of *slightly* damaged frames from their framing department marked 90% off – so this one, originally marked at $37.99, cost me only $3.79!

It didn’t have glass, but I didn’t need it to. And it did have a *slight* chip in one corner, but since I planned on sanding and painting it, that didn’t really matter.

I sanded it – just a little, because I wanted that dark finish to show through when I distressed it.

Then I gave it a few coats of this stuff:

{Rustoleum Heirloom White}

Then took some sand paper and distressed it just a little:

Then I screwed a few cup hooks along the top, and the result:

Now all my pretty jewelry has a home. I’m planning on hanging it up eventually, but for now it’s just hanging out on my dresser.

I think I like it even better than the one in the catalog. Take that, Pottery Barn!