I recently purchased this great chest of drawers for $25 at the Salvation Army...
I love the style of it, but it had seen better days, for sure!
It had great hardware...
This piece was in desperate need of a makeover. So, I painted it with Annie Sloan Old White.
To make it easier to paint the bottom, I put the chest up on my bar stools...
Back to that great hardware...
one of the drawer pulls was missing! Ugh!
I had these knobs that I had bought at Michael's a while back for $2 each...
The color was perfect and I actually liked them better with the chest once it was painted...
Now, back to that great hardware, once again...
I love these antique drawer pulls and it just so happens that my friend, Sue, showed me a necklace she had made using similar drawer pulls. Her necklace was gorgeous, but I figured I'd never make any like it because when would I ever have drawer pulls like that?!!! Little did I know that just a couple of weeks later I would end up with 5 of them!
So, I copied Sue...
I added jump rings where the screws would normally go and attached a chain to the jump rings.
Then using more jump rings, I attached charms to the piece that you would pull...
This makes such a beautiful and unique piece of art jewelry!
One down...4 to go!
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Cudo!
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought of using hardware as jewelry, but it looks great!
ReplyDeletethe dresser is adorable and so us the hardware jewelry!
ReplyDeleteGet out of here....this is seriously amazing! Love it!
ReplyDeleteSo love how this turned out! I really love the creativity it took to think of it! Thanks for sharing it at the Rock 'N Share! I shared it on my FB page tonight (...wish thumbnails were working right)!
ReplyDeleteBoth pieces are so great but I really love the reuse of that great old hardware. Awesome and unique idea. Bravo!!
ReplyDeletecame form Blue cricket~I love re-purposing old stuff{not jewelry} but other stuff. Would love for you to visit me.
ReplyDeleteWow both projects are awesome.
ReplyDeletePaulette,
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What a great idea! Saw your link over at Crafty Soiree #79. :-)
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you are so creative! i never would have thought of that!! i would love for you to add this to my new link party... spreading the love. please go check it out if you are interested!
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{love} lauryn @ love notes by lauryn
I can't believe that's the same dresser. And seriously, you are the only person I know who could morf a furniture makeover into jewelry. What an incredibly creative mind you have. Thanks so much for sharing at our party.
ReplyDeleteThe armoire looks awesome but I am even more impressed with your jewelry! Wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous way to repurpose the hardware! Looks beautiful! Your chest looks stunning too!
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Angie @ Knick of Time
oh my goodness..I learn something new everyday.... I loved what you did to that $25 chest...and that hardware turned jewlery is fabulous. You are very creative.
ReplyDeleteYour dresser is just gorgeous. What a great makeover and what you did with the drawer pulls is just too much. Love it!!! I'll have to keep my eye out for some of those old pulls. Well done.
ReplyDeleteCindy
Wow!!! You definitely made the most of that $25.00!!! Both the chest and the necklace are perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous ideas!! :) :)
ReplyDeleteI must say that this is very cool! I like how you were not only able to transform the furniture but then reuse the hardware.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are able to share your creation at the It’s a Wrap Link Party at Artful Rising.
Erika
Beautiful jewelry.
ReplyDeleteThat is gorgeous
ReplyDeleteCas x
Don't waste anything right!? Those pulls are so pretty and the necklace is a really stunning piece of jewelry!
ReplyDeleteI love BOTH of your projects! Kudos!
ReplyDelete-Revi
That is amazing and I love your ingenuity! I would wear that piece any day! Great job :)
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barbara jean
That is awesome...two projects in one~
ReplyDeleteBristol
Great idea! We are so glad that you linked up to "Strut Your Stuff Saturday." Hope you'll be back next week! -The Sisters
ReplyDeleteperfectly fabulous!!!!!!! I am so so soooo glad you linked up at crafty scrappy happy!!! I am inspired!!
ReplyDeleteJaime from crafty scrappy happy
What a winner. Beautiful dresser make-over...and even more unique jewelry. Great creative work.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking it up at the party, http://www.finecraftguild.com/party/ and of course for linking back to it!!
Love this idea....found you over at bowl full of lemons....I am pinning this...brilliant!
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karianne
love, love, love this idea!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll be featuring you this week @ Inspire Me Fridays, thanks so much for linking up!
Love the necklace!
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderfully inspiring post- you are clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this with us on Natural Mothers Network!
I am really looking forward to hosting the Seasonal Celebration Linky Party #7 going live tomorrow and hope you'll pop over sometime-you're always welcome!
http://naturalmothersnetwork.com/category/seasonal-celebration-sunday/ Have a great weekend!
Rebecca x
both the drawer and the jewelry are fabulous, girl! We are featuring this today on the blog! ^^)
ReplyDeleteSooo Awesome! Just pinned this onto my Soo cool board.. you amaze me with your jewelry making skills!
ReplyDeleteWow! Two great projects in one! I really hope that you're going to share this at Etcetorize tonight~
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Wow that is sooo clever...love it....will scour the shed now for any I have. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHow creative.......Thanks for linking up @CountryMommaCooks…..hope to see you again tonight and have a wonderful weekend:)
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