avatar by on May 9, 2012   •   15 Comments Tutorials Your Home

Branch necklace holder {tutorial}

Written by contributor Lauren Lowe of The Burlap Bag.

Hi blog-land. We haven’t met before on Simple Design. I’m Lauren. Get ready for simple, free, and awesome projects with me! (and lots of pictures.)

Josiah and I are cheap. And by cheap, I mean we hate spending money. We also own The Burlap Bag – a little store in Austin for handmade goods. It can be challenging to be cheap and also own your own retail store…. but it just causes us to be creative! And being creative really makes our shop more unique and fun. This project is actually IN our shop – and can be used in your home! A huge bonus – you can make this for FREE! We had everything lying around our house!

You know you’ve had to spend 15 minutes just untangling necklaces before… wasn’t that fun. This will keep them organized and simple – but will also look fun in your home!

Tree branch necklace holder

Materials:

  • A branch. Choose as long or short as you like
  • Nails
  • 2 D-rings (each d-ring should come with a screw)
  • A hammer
  • Drill or screwdriver

Instructions:

1. Pick a “front” and “back” of the branch. The front should be whichever side you think is prettier!
2. Hammer in the nails in the front of the branch about halfway (our 10 nails were left over from an IKEA project. Yay free! They were around an inch long.)
3. Screw in the d-rings in the back of the branch – one on each end
4.  Measure the distance between the two d-rings. Hammer the nails in the wall that distance apart. Don’t hammer in the nails all the way.
5. Hang up the branch by hooking the d-rings onto the nails in the wall.
6. Add all your lovely necklaces!

Josiah workin’ hard.

Me hardly workin’.

Here’s a close-up of our d-ring ordeal:

Here’s ours in our shop. I think the necklace holder goes lovely with our branch curtain rods which you can sort of see in the picture! We’ve definitely got a nature theme going on. Tutorial here for the branch curtain rods!

And here’s a straight-on shot of the branch necklace holder. We fit in 10, but you could totally squeeeeeze in 20 if you have that many necklaces!

So get those necklaces out of their tangly mess and make this easy branch holder! You’ll have the coolest necklace hanger around – and you’ll be done in no time. Do you have some branches laying around that would be great for this project?

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Comments

  1. avatar the Blah Blah Blahger says:
    May 9, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    LOVE this!!! So clever, simple, and artistic!!!

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  2. avatar HopefulLeigh says:
    May 9, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    What a cool idea! Wondering if the wood needs to be treated at all first? I’m a little paranoid about unexpected creepy crawlies!
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  3. avatar Joni says:
    May 9, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    I love this! Beautiful, and also I am in love with those curtain rods!

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  4. avatar Candyce says:
    May 9, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Would be great for a Mala collection as well!

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  5. avatar Rachel says:
    May 9, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    Thanks for the instructions for this. I have the perfect branch to do something similar, but I couldn’t figure out how to get it on the wall. D rings! I know it seems simple, but the step by step instructions really help.
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  6. avatar Alma says:
    May 10, 2012 at 1:13 am

    I am so glad I found this! We just cleared our backyard last year of a bunch of trees and We have most of them still in a huge pile :) Can not wait to do this.

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  7. avatar Laura says:
    May 10, 2012 at 10:21 am

    I love this idea! And I really love those yellow lockers! Drooling over here!
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  8. avatar Lauren Lowe says:
    May 10, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    aren’t those yellow lockers to die for?! they are probably my favorite furniture piece in our shop!
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  9. avatar Jamie~Simple Homeschool says:
    May 14, 2012 at 1:47 am

    This is beautiful!
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  10. avatar Ninoue says:
    May 14, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Really nice thank you !!! You inspired me for doing one too ;)

    Alexandra from France

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  11. avatar Stephenie says:
    May 15, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    I love this! I have driftwood twigs that have been CRYING OUT for this idea. Thanks so much…I am putting it on my weekend to-do list.
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  12. avatar Surabhi says:
    June 2, 2012 at 2:03 am

    Such an amazing DIY this is. I am trying it right now!! Thank you so much for the lovely idea.

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  13. avatar Nicole @ Simple Homemade says:
    July 27, 2012 at 12:28 am

    I just made mine tonight! Thanks for such a great idea.
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  14. avatar Lauren Lowe says:
    July 27, 2012 at 12:30 am

    Nicole – awesome!! Show us a photo if you have one!
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  15. avatar Rochell says:
    December 21, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Love this idea! I will make it this weekend. Thanks for sharing …love the curtain rods also!

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