Making a wall key holder with your own hands

Varieties of key holders for self-production. Selection of materials and step-by-step manufacturing instructions.

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It is the small details that give the house originality and coziness, make living much more pleasant and comfortable.

Making a wall key holder with your own hands

Finding keys is a common problem in many homes. It takes time, and sometimes it costs a lot of nerves, especially if the person is late for an appointment. It is in order that the keys of all households can be easily found and housekeepers once invented. The choice of housekeepers in stores and on the world wide web is certainly very large.

 your hallway
When a housekeeper hangs in your hallway, there is more order at home.

But if you want something suitable for your family and your home, you can do this really important thing with your own hands. A little of your imagination and unexpected ideas, materials at hand (or purchased) and your guests will definitely pay attention to this item in the hallway.

How to make a wall key holder with your own hands

What is needed to make a wall key holder? First, understand what you could make it from. These can be classic wood, plywood, or completely unexpected things, for example, an unnecessary construction set for children or old cutlery. There are actually many options.

make a housekeeper
You can make a housekeeper yourself.

The main thing is to equip yourself with a place before starting work:

  • Well lit
  • It is desirable to be separate so that you are not disturbed during the process
  • All kinds of tools must be in place to exclude the possibility of injury

Plywood or wood

In order to make a wall key holder from plywood with your own hands, you will need, first of all, the material itself - plywood. The huge advantage of this type of wood board is that it can be given any look using a jigsaw for these purposes.

Plywood for making furniture
Plywood is cheaper than wood, but less durable and strong.

But first of all, of course, you need a drawing that you transfer onto a sheet of plywood using carbon paper. There is an option that you draw perfectly, then you can apply the drawing directly to the material. Then we give the necessary shape with a jigsaw, make the surface smooth by sanding it with large, medium sandpaper and proceed to decorate at your discretion.

how to work with a jigsaw
The jigsaw is versatile, in great demand and is presented in a large number of models.

Many people have a popular housekeeper cut out in the shape of a house, with separately cut human figures that are key chains. Upon the arrival of loved ones home, the voids in the house are filled and you can see who is in the apartment and who is absent.

Key holder in the form
Housekeeper - a popular option

You can push off from another option. Find a suitable wooden block, sand it in the places you want to level, stain it, and then either apply a pattern or cover it with clear varnish.

hang the housekeeper
To hang the housekeeper on the walls, you need to attach fasteners.

The key hook is simply screwed into the surface. Thus, you will receive both a natural decoration on the wall and a useful item.

From scrap materials

Self-selection of materials for a housekeeper does not always bring successful ideas. Ask your loved ones if they know about some things in your home that you do not even know about.

Wall key holder
The wall key holder will not only become a permanent meeting place for all your keys, but also decorate the hallway.

Many make housekeepers with their own hands from a variety of materials at hand, while they look original, and, of course, are unique.

Please note: if you bring a small backlight to the housekeeper, then it can be used as a small night light on the wall, which is certainly very convenient in the dark.

From the picture frame

An interesting do-it-yourself housekeeper will turn out from a frame from a picture or photograph. It will not be difficult to do this, because you already have a structure frame. You can select different backgrounds (pictures, photographs and even embroidery) and arrange it in accordance with the design of your hallway.

Key holder from the frame
A key holder from a frame is a good option.

Based on the idea of ​​the master, the key holders can be screwed on both the inside and the outside of the frame.

From the branch

The now fashionable ecological style can inspire you to design a housekeeper using a regular branch. We find the one that suits us, dry well. We use stain, sandpaper if necessary, grind, drill to create holes, nails or purchased hooks.

Key holder from a branch
The key holder from the branch will be unique.

Whether to varnish or decorate with drawings, it all depends on your desire. Very important: Treat the material to kill possible bacteria and insects.

Leather

From leather, the design of wall key holders is done less often. But making a pocket leather key holder is quite simple.

beautiful housekeeper
A high-quality leather key holder is an elegant fashion accessory.

The order of execution is as follows:

  • Finding a small piece of ligament of skin
  • Making a pattern
  • We fasten with a dense thread with a lining (if required) and a clasp
  • We attach a carabiner on the inside to fasten the keys
  • You can decorate with decorative details, but this is not necessary.
Leather housekeeper
A leather housekeeper with your own hands is a necessary and convenient accessory.

Master classes on making a key holder

You can find many master classes for making key holders. One of them is the formation of an interesting key holder from cardboard.

Key holder made of cardboard
A cardboard key holder can be very interesting.

Practical experience shows that the following materials will be needed:

  • Photo or a beautiful themed picture
  • Thick cardboard
  • PVA
  • Paints, watercolors, acrylics, gouache, whatever you find
  • Clear nail polish
  • Small carnations to hang the housekeeper
  • Ruler, pencil, brush, scissors

We take a suitable picture / photo, which will be the center of our housekeeper, and attach it to the cardboard. From it we cut out a square or rectangle slightly larger in size for the finished key holder. We glue the main drawing in the middle, it should be exactly in the center.

housekeeper shape
Any shape of a key holder can be cut out of cardboard.

We cut out small figures from cardboard separately, these can be stars, bricks, flowers, fruits, whatever. What will seem right to you exactly for interior decoration in your home. Then we glue our picture from all sides with small cardboard figures, they can find themselves on top of each other or be at some distance.

Paint on cardboard
You can paint the cardboard with any paints.

We paint them with multi-colored paints, wait for drying. To get a single product, we cover everything with transparent varnish, so the housekeeper can acquire a glossy surface and excellent quality. We nail our finished thing to the wall with small carnations, drive a painted clerical nail into it, this will be the hook.

Decorate the housekeeper
You can decorate the housekeeper with creativity.

Housekeeper decoupage

You can show the class in the design of the housekeeper using the decoupage technique. Refuse non-decorated surfaces and show guests an imitation of a painted surface.The base must be primed with a special substance, then apply glue and glue a paper napkin (decoupage card) with the required pattern.

The technique is very interesting, with its help you can update and give different appearance characteristics to many surfaces. Its most important feature is that there is simply no limit to imagination. And you can buy a decoupage card to decorate your housekeeper very inexpensively. You can also use regular patterned table napkins for pasting.

decoupage for housekeeper
Use different decoupage techniques for your housekeeper.

We process the surface with white paint, making the necessary background, firmly glue the drawing on the dried surface, cover it with varnish. This technique certainly has its own subtleties, if necessary, all the tips can be viewed in special videos on this topic.

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