A Rake...A Necklace Organizer!

Organization...and staying organized...for me,  has to be one of the toughest things to accomplish in maintaining our home.  From food storage to clothing and shoes, photos and photo albums, important documents, and the beloved collection of toys, toys, and more toys..and books, and oh, did I mention, toys?!  I feel like I'm constantly busying myself by keeping up with the everyday stuff that just seems to collect around our house.  By keeping up with it, I do feel pretty organized (on most days)...but it is a constant battle.  A battle I choose to fight (1) because of my in-home small business and (2) because my mom always taught me to keep up with it little-by-little, and then it'll never get too carried way. 

With my love of home decor, I like to get creative with keeping our family, our home organized.  About a year ago, my many necklaces [in all shapes in sizes] were not in a great place.  In fact, they hung from a knob on our dresser and proceeded to jingle and clang and get caught in drawers and tangled together at any attempt to open other drawers.  This wasn't working anymore.  And although they are often very beautiful, I didn't really want a formal jewelry armoire.  I couldn't picture a place in our room where a large jewelry armoire would fit either.  

I was stuck.  

My creative juices weren't flowing.  I knew I wanted to display my jewelry...but I just wasn't finding a way to display it in "my style."  

Then at a random moment, I was perusing Pinterest (woot! woot!), and I discovered this clever idea to take a rake head and mount it to a wall.  I loved it...but now, I had to make it happen.  (Confession time: I've probably pinned thousands of ideas on Pinterest since opening an account.  This project is the first (and quite possibly the only thing I've ever actually made from all of the lovely ideas on there.)  Within days, I was visiting local antique stores and finally found the rake head I was looking for.  With a little elbow grease (...many thanks to my hubby for helping me tackle this project...), my vision came to life.  This is how it turned out....

I've considered searching for more rakes at local antique stores...in different shapes, colors, and sizes...and mounting them on other walls in our bedroom or in other rooms throughout our house.  To display AND organize.  Scarves. Purses. Bracelets.  OR.  Photographs of us. Mya's artwork. A coat rack.  Etc.  

How have you creatively stayed organized in your home?  I'd love to hear (or see) your creative ideas.