First Post! "Handmaid" Jewelry Hanger

Today I'm going to show you how 

I made this beautiful jewelry hanger. 

First, I want to say why I began this project. I love necklaces, and I had received a few more for Christmas, but they always get tangled in my drawer. I looked at jewelry hangers online and they were expensive and not my style.Then, my dad said he would help me make a homemade one!

                                 

He had a piece of walnut wood he saved from our neighborhood library when they were remodeling the cabinets. It was routered on two of the sides and was finished with sealer. 

 marked in pencil the length I wanted the hanger.

 

My dad cut the wood with his saw...

 Then we sanded it on his belt sander to remove the sealer so we could paint it later.

After that we routered the other two sides to match. We also drilled two holes part-way into the back of the board to use later when we hang it on the wall.

I marked with a pencil on the wood where I wanted my hooks 

(I decided to use 15),

and then drilled holes in those places.

Using a can of white spray paint we already had, we painted the wood. I ran a piece of sandpaper over the edges to give it a more "distressed" look.

I bought two boxes of nickel-colored "teacup hooks" for about $ 4.00, and screwed them into the holes we already had made.  Here is the finished hanger!

The hanger is done:) The great part is, it only cost $ 4.00 plus a little time (and some "found" wood). If I had to buy the spray paint new, it would cost a little more. Paint+primer is the best kind of paint to get for this project. I will post a picture later when I hang it on the wall. I hope you enjoy! Blessings,
 the hope maiden

Big thanks to my dad for his help and to my sister for taking some pictures