Wristwatch with own hands

How often, leaving the house, standing literally on the threshold, you suddenly realized that the keys to the apartment, country house or garage in the visibility zone is not observed? They are not found anywhere - in pockets, on a table, or in a chest of drawers! Avoid this situation, if you take them to their special place. They can serve as a housekeeper, which is quite capable of producing independently from improvised materials. You can, of course, just drive three nails into the wall and settle down on it, but you will agree where a beautiful original thing will look much better and aesthetically in the hallway!

Wall housekeeper: types

Decorative wall housekeeper can become a wonderful gift, which will please your people with their originality and unusual. In addition, it is also an excellent helper to restore order.

Conditionally all the wall housekeepers can be divided into two types - open and closed.

The first is, in fact, any suitable base with hooks attached to it. The second is somewhat more complicated in execution, since they represent a locker, very often with one or several shelves.

Open housekeepers

The simplest option for a beginner designer is to make and decorate simple housekeepers with their own hands. The photos below give an approximate idea of how these things should look. To design an open "keystore" you can use everything that it's easy to attach hooks to. For this approach:

• A figurine of a fish, a tree, a house, cut out from a tree;
• Any plate or an old shelf;
• Wire-braided construction;
• Glass or mirror.

In general, absolutely any completely ordinary object can serve as a basis for creating such a thing as a housekeeper. Photo of such devices from
You can see the usual materials just below.

Closed housekeepers

This kind of house (see photo) in the form of a locker will help to hide from prying eyes not only all the keys you have, but also some not quite attractive items, usually present in the hallway (electricity meter or doorbell box ). It is worth noting that the closed housekeeper wall is an order of magnitude more difficult to perform than the open one. For its manufacture are used as materials that can be purchased in handicraft shops and shops, as well as made-in-ones made of wood, plastic and even hardboard binding, cabinets of various shapes and sizes. Closed housekeeper wall, the photo of which you see, is made in the technique of decoupage.

You can decorate such a locker-store in a variety of ways, techniques and styles - from painting to decoupage or ordinary appliqué. If you do not know how to draw and do not know other methods, just glaze the cabinet and pour inside decorative colored pebbles, shells or coins. The watches assembled at the housekeeper will not only add functionality to it, but will also give a special style and charm.

Photo Frame Wrench

To make such a thing it will not take much time, effort and money. It is enough to have at hand a small old frame, a little acrylic paint, twisting small hooks or glue, for example, "Moment" or "Superglue."

First you need to walk on the frame with sandpaper to remove the old coating, then paint the surface of a suitable color palette, give a good dry. It remains to screw the hooks below and along the inner top of the frame.

Shelter from cutlery

To make such a housekeeper as the previous one is not difficult, but it looks extremely creative. For its manufacture, you will need old forks and spoons, a wooden board, acrylic paints, glue. Blanks should be painted in the right color, let dry properly. Cutlery should be bent in half and glued securely to the prepared surface. An extraordinary thing for the hallway is ready.

Wrench in the technique of decoupage

The perfect element of the design of your hallway will be such an open housekeeper wall, whose wooden surface is perfect for decorating in decoupage technique.

This is an imitation of the painting, which is performed on almost any suitable surface, be it wood, plastic, metal. This is done with paper napkins, special decoupage cards or printed on the printer liked drawings.

To decorate a thing like a wooden housekeeper, you will need:

• Napkin, decoupage or printer printout;
• Plywood foundation;
• Hooks;
• Self-tapping screws suitable for size hooks.
• Adhesive for decoupage (you can use PVA with water 1: 1);
• Synthetic flat brush;
• Screwdriver or screwdriver;
• A jigsaw;
• Lacquer acrylic, yacht or parquet.

Decoupage mostly women are engaged, so we take plywood, jigsaw and go to the wife with a request to cut out of this nondescript piece of wood a beautiful figure in shape suitable for the housekeeper size.

If you decide to use a napkin in the work, then the surface is better to be treated with acrylic paint in a light, better white color. This will allow the picture to become brighter and not "get lost" on the overall background of the composition. After the paint has dried, you can continue to work. Descriptions of methods of gluing napkins, work with decoupage cards and printouts is a great many. To create such a gizmo as a house-keeper in the technique of decoupage, you can use any method you like and that is right for you. The main thing is to gently and thoroughly expel all the air from under the paper, smooth out the formed wrinkles and irregularities. After the adhesive dries completely, the product needs to be covered with several layers of lacquer. After applying the last layer, it should be allowed to dry thoroughly during the day. At the end of this time, hooks are attached to the housekeeper, and the backs are fastened to the wall.

In the same technique, you can, by the way, decorate the door and the inside surface of the closed "house".

Gypsum wrench

Make a housekeeper with her own hands from gypsum is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

You will need:

• Alabaster building (gypsum) ;
• acrylic paints;
• Plastic form from a small cake or cakes;
• Screwed self-tapping hooks;
• Napkin for decoupage (map or printout);
• Adhesive decoupage (PVA with water);
• acrylic lacquer.

First, the necessary number of screws must be screwed into one side of the plastic mold. Gypsum is diluted with water to a thick sour cream, poured into a mold, insert a loop from a piece of wire, give the alabaster a good drying, after which the back wall should be well sanded. Gypsum billet is an ideal surface for subsequent staining and decoupage. By connecting a fantasy, you can create a chic thing that can decorate the interior of your hallway.

Conclusion

To make a wall housekeeper is within the power of absolutely anyone who wants it, and it is not necessary to own some special skills for this. Do not be afraid to make housekeepers on your own. The photos in this article will help you decide on the choice and prompt the idea of decorating.

And do not forget, the thing created by oneself is not only a functional object of your interior, it is also a wonderful gift to your friends for a housewarming party.

The wall-clad, made by own hands, is absolutely exclusive thing, ideally suiting your taste and interior.