A while ago, Maren introduced me to one of my new favorite blogs: ikea hacker. It’s basically about taking an item bought from ikea and disregarding the instructions completely, using one’s own creativity instead. I love it, I’ve gotten so many great ideas for my future house/apartment from it – my personal favorite is the desk turned dog bed :)
Anyway, I had a few spare hours to myself last week and headed out to ikea to snoop around. In addition to buying a tea set, clothes hangers, a picture frame and a little shelf that I still have no idea where to put, I got a toothbrush holder. Yes, a toothbrush holder! However, I never intended to use it for storing toothbrushes.
I repeat – there will be no storing of toothbrushes!
Are you curious yet? Good. Now, let’s go through this step by step!
1. Buy one “Lillholmen” toothbrush holder.
2. Nag boyfriend for half a week until he remembers to borrow a drill from work
3. Drill tiny holes in said “Lillholmen”.
4. Apply jewelry.
Congratulations, you just made an earring/ring stand!
Oh wow!!! haha that’s beautiful!!!
Thanks Riqz! I’m a wee bit proud, if I dare say so myself :D
very cool! i’ve been looking for new ways to display my jewelry .. this is a neat idea!
I’ve seen a lot of much prettier stands on ebay, but I don’t think this one is bad at all for a quickie DIY :)
Hei! Den var jo stilig!
Jeg er svært så fornøyd selv!
Wow, det var skikkelig genialt :D
Mange takk Camilla! Jeg er så fornøyd med at den ikke roper JEG VAR EN TANNBØRSTEHOLDER! Jeg tror ikke jeg hadde greid å gjette det ihvertfall :)
Så smaaart! :D
Jeg kan være litt lur innimellom! ;)
Ganske så smart :) Man kan lage ting ut av det meste og da blir det mer eget :)
Jeg er stor fan av å trikse med ting på egenhånd, det er gøy å ha noe som ikke alle andre har :)
Haha, inspirerende!
Er på tide å ta seg en kreativitetstur til IKEA gitt, fikk plutselig en masse idéer :-)
Det er skummelt å sitte på ikea hacks for lenge, man får altfor mange ideer! Jeg gikk gjennom hele arkivet på to kvelder, selv :P
That’s great – and beautiful!
Thank you so much, I’m happy to see people like my little DIY :)
Things don’t always have to be what they seem to be!
oy, oy, oy – en sånn skal jeg også lage meg! Er ikke så begeistret for de vanlige smykkeholderne. Også kjenner jeg har jeg har lyst på verktøy. Slipte noe greier forrige uke, det var jo dødskult! Og en drill! og en skrudings – eller kan en drill brukes…? Må ta en prat med pappa…
Jeg har fri tilgang til alle verdens verktøy, det er dritbra :D “Marius, jeg må henge opp hundreogørten bilder” “Ok, tar med skruer hjem fra jobben”. Passer meg helt ypperlig!
Åh, så fin den ble! Smykkestativ er ganske gøy & dekorativt igrunnen. Har et minimalistisk juletre som jeg bruker til denslags selv! Tar bare på stjernen i desember! ;)
Jeg har sånne fra ikea, de funker helt fint. Men syns liksom jeg trengte noe eget til øredobbene, ellers blir det så mye rot :)
det var kreativt, maja!!
Mange takk Jorunn! :)
I love, love, love this. You are a genius.
I bet your friends would love them as gifts… Just saying.
You are completely right, I hadn’t thought of that! And you know what.. I still haven’t returned that drill..
Wow, just what I needed! Beautiful idea and well done!
Uhm, I don’t have a boyfriend to nag… you know any alternative for that? :-)
In my experience, dads love to lend away drills to their “little girls”! Mine never managed to get me into hunting (lord knows he tried), so you never know – an interest in power tools might be the next best thing ;)
One of the best hacks that I’ve seen! Usable, cheap and cute!
Thanks a lot Mary! :)
I love this – I had been eyeing a far more elaborate earring/jewelry stand at Potterybarn, however this is just as functional! The earring holes are the key! Can I ask if you used just a regular drill or if you had a use a special drillbit for this project? THANKS!!
They really are, I haven’t seen any jewelry stands sold around here with holes for earrings :)
I used a regular drill, no fancy equipment whatsoever :)
Wow – this is such a great idea. I currently have all my earrings hanging on the rim of a giant vase and I have been wondering what I could do instead. And here you have it! Well done!
Thanks a lot Sonja! I don’t know if you have noticed, but Ikea have released a similar-looking but much larger “accessory holder” this year. I’d drill holes in that one instead if you have a LOT of earrings :)
I LOVE THIS!!!
Wow. I absolutely love it!!! Simply brilliant.
The ability to look at something and picture it in a totally different light is amazing to me. I would have looked at the toothbrush holder and seen…well, a toothbrush holder!
Den var jo bare dødskul! Så smart!
Har alltid øredobber og smykker liggende rundt og finner ikke alltid den ene øredobben…Typisk.
Så dette er jo genialt! Kjøpte faktisk nye vintage øredobber nylig på http://www.praktfullt.no som jeg IKKE vil miste:)