5 Best Jewelry Box Ideas to DIY

I want to give you a little thrift store challenge this week.  Head out to your local thrift store and find a sad little jewelry box.  Then use one of my best jewelry box DIY ideas to turn it into something beautiful!  I would love to see what you come up with!  And please send me an email or leave a comment if you have a question about how I do anything…. I’m on a mission to save all the old jewelry boxes!

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Best Jewelry Box Ideas to DIY

Paint or Decoupage Drawer Sides

I wish I had started doing this much sooner.  I left so many drawer sides unpainted, or worse yet, halfway painted!  Take a look at this jewelry box… doesn’t it just look more complete when the sides of the drawers are finished, too?

You’ll notice that several of my tips include decoupage.  If you’ve never tried it, click over to Amy’s “7 Steps to Perfect Mod Podging” and you’ll see just how easy it is!

Decoupage Inside 

If you’ve been following my blog for long you’ll know that I used to not buy jewelry boxes or jewelry cabinets if the insides were stained.  Then I figured out that I could decoupage them!  So now dirty fabric doesn’t bother me any more.    This old jewelry box makeover  is an example of how I decoupaged tissue paper over a nasty inside!

I’ve also decoupaged burlap and other fabric or scrapbook papers inside to cover stains.

Stencil Top

Jewelry box tops are just begging to be stenciled!  See how this vintage jewelry box looks completely different after stenciling?  You can completely change the style of box by using different stencils.  Plus it’s so easy!

Cover Ugly Glass with Burlap

When I bought these two little jewelry boxes I was planning to just take the glass out and replace it with metal.  But those glass tops were glued in there good!  So I had to come up with another solution.  So I just covered the fake stained glass with burlap in these jewelry boxes.

Decoupage Outside 

Angie created Pottery Barn knock-off jewelry box with decoupage!  Take a look at the original from Pottery Barn HERE.  Her tutorial is super easy!

Start with one of these blank wood jewelry boxes and use your imagination!!!

If you enjoyed this post, you might also like these:

• The Ultimate Guide to DIY Jewelry Box Makeovers
• A DIY Jewelry Box for Men
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mod Podge
• More Pottery Barn Jewelry Boxes
• Wood Burned Jewelry Box

Thanks for reading my post.  I would love to hear about your makeovers, too.  Leave a comment and let me know your best jewelry box ideas!

‘Til the next project,

 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim

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