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androsyn

Drive by cry for organization help

Mar 10, 2014 16:56

So I have this nail polish addiction. Right now they are in a box on my counter but I need them OFF my counter and on the wall. Should I just break down and get one of these clear acrylic wall mounts that salons use? Could I use a spice rack? None of my polishes are more than 3.5 inches tall, I'm wondering what else I could do. The acrylic stand is ( Read more... )

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creactivity March 11 2014, 02:37:00 UTC

Moldings (profiles you can see in bottom photo) from Home Depot, (they cut them but I had my brother to shave them a bit because they weren't exact and didn't fit, and drilled holes), spray painted, mounted to wall with screws. I left a little too much space between, because I allowed each shelf to house the tallest polish. I will likely remove them, patch holes and tighten that space, to accommodate the other shelves I need to add since I did this project (which also need to be shaved, drilled and painted). This is all housed in the closet that's in my bathroom dressing area, over the shelf where I keep makeup, hairclips, jewelry and such.

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androsyn March 11 2014, 03:05:37 UTC

Oh, I like! But I worry about them falling. My kids slam a lot of doors and I can see it now, SLAM and then CRASH and the CRY cause I have to clean up broken nail polish bottles. I wonder if you could rig a thin wire or something to hold them in?
And I like yours organized by color rather than brand. Hm, this is giving me some great ideas! Thank you.

creactivity March 11 2014, 03:51:02 UTC

They're organized by brand, then by color except when I have a ton of different brands in something like silver.

Have you ever dropped a bottle of nail polish on the tile? I do it all the time. They've never broken or even chipped. And though we haven't had a huge earthquake since I put this up, we've had several smaller ones and these have never fallen.

androsyn March 11 2014, 04:01:31 UTC

I have dropped one and it shattered, but it was more launched out of my hand. But maybe if they are deep enough it won't matter. They slammed my door once and everything in the medicine cabinet fell over.
Do you swatch them? The julep ones I've been getting have a sticker to swatch them which I have really liked, I'm tempted to swatch all of mine with ones of my own.

creactivity March 11 2014, 04:15:38 UTC

I haven't swatched any of them. The Zoya ones I got their sample swatches for the ones I got and lots of others (great BOGO deals on all of those).

I just dripped red hair dye on my cabinets and didn't notice it until I had let it set on my head for 25 minutes. So I get to paint my cabinets, which have needed that forever anyway.

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