MAKE IT / 47
if you’re anything like me, you’ve got a ton of coffee cups. some older and not so good looking ones i can’t part with for sentimental reasons and some really cute ones that deserve to be on display in the kitchen. jessica created a DIY that not only showcases those daily mugs of yours, but also doubles as cool wall art in your space. check it this 3-D wooden cloud…
what you’ll need:
• Dowels in various sizes (1/2”- 1 1/8”)
• White spray paint
• Gold paint (we used Martha Stewart Crafts acrylic craft paint)
• Sponge brush
• Elmer’s Glue-All (or wood glue)
• Three 1 ¼” white cup hooks
• 2 small screw eyes
• Safety glasses
• Drill
• Compound miter saw
• Wearing safety glasses, cut dowels in varying heights between ¾” to 2”. We used 125 pieces.
• Spray paint dowels white and then use sponge brush to dab gold paint onto one end.
• Glue about 75% of the dowels together in clusters, keeping unpainted ends flush with one another. Let clusters dry overnight.
• Drill small holes into two of the clusters and attach screw eyes. These will be used to hang the teacup holder.
• Arrange clusters in desired composition, with the screw eyes at the top. Glue the clusters together, adding additional dowels to fill in the gaps. Let dry overnight.
• Decide where you would like the cups to hang, drill holes in the ends of three dowels, and screw in cup hooks.
• Hang on the wall using nails and display your favorite coffee cups!
what do you think? are you going to give this one a shot?
project by: bramble workshop for designlovefest
photos by: brittany wood
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LOVE this! I am not much of a DIY person, but this one might just get tackled this weekend. So cute!
This project is so pretty! I don’t have a good spot in my kitchen for this, but it would be amazing as a jewelry holder, or on a larger scale as a coat hanger! Definitely putting this on my to-do list!
-Becca
Ladyface Blog
I love this! Simple and pretty 🙂
Thanks! This is really neat. Where did you buy your saw?
What a fun DIY Bri… love this idea!
xoxo,
Chelsea & The City
Sylvie: I bought the saw at Home Depot! Becca: I was thinking that it would make a great jewelry holder too!
oh wow, that is SO creative. i could definitely see myself using it as a coffee cup holder or maybe even a coat/bag rack if the hooks are strong enough? great diy, thanks!
xo, valerie @ lily on fillmore
This is such a cute freakin’ idea! Love it.
That is so creative! I bet it would be pretty to hang necklaces from, too.
nice project!
Im interested at the arrows in the kitchen: is it a your project?
Great project!! Is the Elmer’s glue strong enough to hold up or would a hit glue gun work better? Thank you for posting!!
This is such a great idea! Very creative!
such a clever DIY! and i agree with becca, this would look awesome as a coat rack!
Molly {Dreams in HD}
http://www.dreamsinhd.blogspot.com
This is such a great DIY! I love it!
I too question if Elmer’s glue is strong enough. I will be making this with a few teaks to set my mine at ease.
*tweaks
Love this DIY-I’m redoing my office and need a place to store everyone’s coffee cups, snacks, etc. Am so inspired!
Girls with drill guns make me happy! #girlpower
Awesome DIY. What a creative way to use dowels!
I was just pinning coffee mug displays! I have way to many that are beautiful and shouldnt be crammed in a cabinet!
Seriously? This makes my head spin and my hands clammy. Can you do a DIY on hanging pictures? Please!!!!
This is clearly the advance class.
– Dee
ADORE this idea!!!!!!! 39 exclamation points could not express my enthusiasm. And I totally have some extra dowels too (what?! this project was made for me).
I spotted you posting this project on Instagram – it looks like such fun, plus my surname is Dowle!! I’d definitely love to give this a go!
What a beautiful way to display your mugs, which are also very lovely themselves!
What a great idea! My boyfriend has a million cajillion coffee mugs and I have a few and they are taking up a huge shelf that I could really use for other things. If I could get some out that would be a huge help! Definitely will be looking into this one.
This looks like such a fun idea! Sometimes I feel like I don’t quite have the creative thumb but this looks easy enough for even me to do! Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
I LOVE this! It seems so easy once you broke it down!
this is so fricken amazing. i never thought i’d ever want to make a cup rack so bad in my life.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I was just at Anthropologie the other day and they had a similar installation with fire logs. Love this idea – thanks so much for sharing!
xo
Nice! But the mug with the golden dots…I have been looking for a mug _exactly_ like this one(!!!), without any luck, though….Could you tell me who make/sell these, please?
I’m all for craft times but this makes me think of cigarette butts.
Do you think this might work with wine corks for the jewelry holder idea that has been thrown out, that is what I thought this was originally… that said I love it!!!
Such a good idea!
xo
http://thewearwithal.typepad.com/
This speaks to me!
@shelby, this is what i was thinking ,too! i have a bag full of corks some cut in half and others not. now to figure out how to attach them to the wall.might try glueing them to a thin board then hang the board on the wall. thinking for a backsplash in my kitchen.woohoo!!!
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