{"id":6555,"date":"2013-08-22T13:56:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T03:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2015-03-25T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:49:08","slug":"easy-makeover-house-shelf-thread-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/easy-makeover-house-shelf-thread-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Makeover: House Shelf Thread Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis project is almost too simple to be a DIY so I’m calling it a makeover. I picked up this house shaped shadow box shelf at a thrift store for $2 quite a while ago and it’s been sitting in my laundry collecting dust for over a year. The shelf is hand made but finished quite shabbily, so it was never going to display anything fancy.
\nI’m quite a late convert to chalkboard paint, but it’s matte finish was perfect to hide the shelves many imperfections and rough surfaces.<\/p>\n

My sewing room is quite small and needs a massive tidy up, so using the limited wall space to store my mess of threads gets one thing off the much needed surface space. Now I can see all the threads at a glance, which is not only pretty, but practical too.
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You will need:<\/h2>\n

Shadow box shelf (or similar)
\nChalkboard paint or black matte paint
\nPaint brushes, medium and small
\nNewspaper to protect surfaces<\/p>\n

How to:<\/h2>\n

\"painting
\nOn a protected surface give your shelf a coat of chalkboard paint. Use a small paint brush to get into all the corners.
\nOnly one full coat was required with a few touch ups.
\nFollow paint manufacturers recommended drying time.
\nHang with appropriate hardware for your wall. (I used some adhesive hooks temporarily to take the photos, but as the walls are solid brick, I’ll have to get the Mr to drill some screws in with his Hammer Drill on the weekend).
\nTime to tidy up all those messy threads.
\n\"organise
\nI really spent too much time arranging and re-arranging these!
\n\"rainbow
\n\"use
\nNow that my threads are tidy, it’s really time to tackle the rest of my messy sewing room.
\n\"Sewing
\nHow do you store your sewing threads?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This project is almost too simple to be a DIY so I’m calling it a makeover. I picked up this house shaped shadow box shelf at a thrift store for $2 quite a while ago and it’s been sitting in my laundry collecting dust for over a year. The shelf is hand made but finished quite shabbily, so it was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[81,215,236],"tags":[100,16,20,123,28,14],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n