Do It Yourself: Nailpolish Rack ♥

Hey everyone!

Today I’m going to be showing you guys how to make your very own nail polish holder! I made this project about a month ago and it’s still going strong so this is something ng you can definitely DIY and be happy with. I used to buy acrylic shelves from eBay to display my nailpolishes but as my collection grew it finally hit me that the $30-$60 I’m spending on the shelves could be used for so many other purposes…like buying more nailpolish :P

So here’s what you will need:

• 3 Foam boards
• Tape measure
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Glue gun
• Glue gun sticks
• Knife
• Scissors

Starting from the bottom, divide a foam board into rows of 10 cm’s from top to bottom.

I ended up with 7 lines and one row that was only 6cm. The 6m row will be used as the top shelf.

*Using a tape measure may be easier for you than a ruler to measure larger things.

10cm divisions

Take another foam board and make rows that are 5cm’s from top to bottom. These will be the shelves so make as many as you need depending on how long your foam board is, I needed eight.

5cm divisions

Take a knife and score the lines you drew on the foam board with the shelves on it (be careful not to scratch your floors) -this will make it easier to cut with scissors-. Bend the scored lines and take your scissors and cut the strips.

carved lines with a knife

bend carved lines

cut the bent lines with scissors

Take a third foam board and draw two columns that are horizontally 5cm’s and vertically the measurement of the foam board (mine was 76cm). This will be used for the sides of the nailpolish rack.

two pieces for the sides of the rack

Heat up your glue gun.

*now you have to work fast*

Take your hot glue gun and squeeze a thick line of glue on the 1^st foam board that was divided into 10cm increments. Quickly take one of the 5cm pieces and place it on the hot glue. Hold it securely for about 45 seconds until its stiff. Do this until your foam board has the desired amount of shelves on it. Add glue in the tops and the bottoms where each shelf is placed on the first foam board if you want to further secure it.

place glue on the lines

glue on shelves

Take the two long pieces and glue them onto the sides.

And VOILA you’re done!

**Take you glue gun and put extra glue where you may need it.

**To mount it on a wall use a screwdriver or drill and some screws and just secure it on all four corners.

**DO NOT SPRAY PAINT/ PAINT your rack because it will make the glue pull and it will fall apart (trust me I learned from experience and had to re-do mine).

do not spray paint

foam board becomes wrinkly and
unstable if you paint it

So that’s it.
Everyone needs a home right, including your nailpolish. I hope you guys have fun making this easy “do it yourself” project. If you do make this yourself don’t forget to tweet me your pictures (@naheedzzz). If you have questions or comments also feel free to tweet me J

stay fabulous

xoxo

naheeda ♥