How often, leaving the house, standing literally on the doorstep, did you suddenly realize that the keys to the apartment, country house or garage were not in sight? They are nowhere to be found - neither in pockets, nor on the table, nor in the chest of drawers! You can avoid this situation if you give them their own special place. They can serve as a wall key holder, which is quite capable of being made independently from improvised materials. You can, of course, just drive three nails into the wall and calm down on this, but you must admit that a beautiful original little thing will look much better and more aesthetically pleasing in the hallway!
Wall key holders: types
Decorative wall key holders can be a wonderful gift that will delight people close to you with its originality and unusualness. In addition, it is also a great helper for putting things in order.
Conventionally, all wall-mounted key holders can be divided into two types - open and closed.
The first ones are, in fact, any suitable base with attached toher hooks. The second ones are somewhat more difficult to implement, as they are a locker, very often with one or more shelves.
Open Key Holders
The easiest option for a novice designer is to make and decorate simple wall key holders with your own hands. The photos below give a rough idea of how these gizmos should look. To design an open "key vault" you can use anything that is easy to attach hooks to. Suitable for this:
- a figurine of a fish, a tree, a house cut out of wood;
- any plank or old shelf;
- wire braided design;
- glass or mirror.
In general, absolutely any quite ordinary object can serve as the basis for creating such a thing as a wall key holder. You can see photos of such devices from common materials below.
Closed key holders
Such a 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 that are usually present in the hallway (electricity meter or doorbell box). It is worth noting that a closed wall key holder is an order of magnitude more difficult to perform than an open one. For its manufacture, both materials that can be purchased at handicraft shops and stores are used, as well as do-it-yourself made of wood, plastic and even thick cardboard binding houses-lockers of various shapesand sizes. The closed wall key holder, the photo of which you see, is made using the decoupage technique.
Decorate such a storage locker in a variety of ways, techniques and styles - from painting to decoupage or plain appliqué. If you do not know how to draw and do not know other methods, just glaze the cabinet and pour colored decorative pebbles, shells or coins inside. A clock built into the key holder will not only add functionality to it, but also give it a special style and charm.
Photo Frame Key Holder
It does not take much time, effort and money to make such a thing. It is enough to have a small old frame on hand, some acrylic paint, small screw-in hooks or glue, such as Moment or Super Glue.
First you need to go over the frame with sandpaper to remove the old coating, then paint the surface with a suitable color palette, let it dry well. It remains to screw the hooks at the bottom and along the inner upper area of the frame.
Cutlery Key Holder
To make such a housekeeper, like the previous one, is not difficult at all, but it looks extremely creative. To make it, you will need old unnecessary forks and spoons, a wooden plank, acrylic paints, glue. The blanks must be painted in a suitable color, allowed to dry properly. Cutlery must be bent in half and glued with a reliable tool to the prepared surface. Extraordinary item forhallway ready.
Decoupage key holder
This open wall key holder, the wooden surface of which is perfect for decorating using decoupage technique, will become a wonderful design element of your hallway.
This is an imitation of painting, which is performed on almost any suitable surface, be it wood, plastic, metal. This is done using paper napkins, special decoupage cards or favorite drawings printed on a printer.
To decorate such a thing as a wooden wall key holder, you will need:
- napkin, decoupage card or printer printout;
- plywood base;
- hooks;
- self-tapping screws of the right size for the hooks.
- decoupage glue (you can use PVA with water 1:1);
- synthetic flat brush;
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- jigsaw;
- lacquer acrylic, yacht or parquet.
Decoupage is still mostly done by women, so we take plywood, a jigsaw and go to our spouse with a request to cut out a beautifully shaped figure of a suitable size for a housekeeper from this nondescript piece of wood.
If you decide to use a napkin in your work, then it is better to treat the surface with acrylic paint in a light, white color is better. This will allow the drawing to become brighter and not “get lost” against the general background of the composition. After the paint has dried, you can continue to work. There are a lot of descriptions of methods for sticking napkins, working with decoupage cards and printouts. To create something likewall key holder using decoupage technique, you can use any method you like and suits you. The main thing is to carefully and at the same time carefully expel all the air from under the paper, smooth out the resulting uneven folds. After the glue has completely dried, the product must be covered with several layers of varnish. After applying the last layer, you need to let it dry well for a day. After this time, hooks are attached to the key holder, and loops are attached to the back side for mounting on the wall.
In the same technique, by the way, you can decorate the door and the inner surface of the closed "house".
Plaster Key Holder
Making a wall key holder with your own hands from plaster is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
You will need:
- construction alabaster (gypsum);
- acrylic paints;
- plastic form from a small cake or pastries;
- screw-in self-tapping hooks;
- decoupage napkin (card or printout);
- decoupage glue (PVA with water);
- acrylic lacquer.
To begin with, the required number of self-tapping screws must be screwed into one of the sides of the plastic mold. Dilute gypsum with water to a state of thick sour cream, pour into a mold, insert a loop from a piece of wire, let the alabaster dry well, after which the back wall must be sanded well. Gypsum blank is an ideal surface for subsequent staining and decoupage. By connecting fantasy, you can createa chic thing that can decorate the interior of your hallway.
Conclusion
To make a wall key holder is within the power of absolutely anyone who wishes, and it is not at all necessary to have any special skills for this. Do not be afraid to make wall key holders with your own hands. The photos in this article will help you make your choice and give you an idea for decorating.
And don't forget, a handmade thing is not only a functional piece of your interior, it is also a great housewarming gift for friends.
Handmade wall key holder is an absolutely exclusive thing that perfectly suits your taste and interior.
