Where Did I Put My Keys...?

Plus - A Very Cool Trick You Will LOVE!

Oh, yeah. I remember now.

They're right here in the Living Room.

You know - by the front door.

Or at least they WILL be.

When they're totally finished.

Before you ask,

YES. This is yet another 

almost finished project.

I am still deciding on whether

to paint over the guidelines...

or to leave them.

And now, I need more old keys.

But let me start at the beginning.

I bought this years ago and

stuck it in the garage.

It's a nice old wooden cabinet door.

It only cost a couple of dollars in

a store that sells used and odd lots

of building materials cheap.

Then I saw this on Pinterest.

It's from Vintage Junky. LOVE HER!

So I pinned it and planned to do it.

I don't have an alligatored wood panel,

but I DO have a can of ASCP French Linen.

And a bunch of keys.

After my garage cleaning and sale 

a couple of weeks back, I brought  

the door and a few more things inside.

I slapped a coat of French Linen 

on the cabinet door panel.

Fast Forward to Sunday...

The hardest thing about this project was

deciding how far apart to put the keys,

and properly spacing them so it didn't

look like I did it after a couple glasses of wine...

But I dusted off a few brain cells and

remembered a very cool trick from

college design class...you will LOVE IT!

NO MEASURING - well not much.

To evenly space a grid or stripes, 

say for a wall or something,

You need a measuring tape longer than 

your area. And it would be useful 

to have a plexi glass right angle.

Here's my ancient from back in school.

It's broken, but still useful.

And you need a pencil.

First, decide how many equal spaces into 

which you would like your space divided.

For illustration purposes, I have 

used a 3" square, which I 

want to divide into three equal parts. 

Let's call it an 18" square.

Of course, real life is

never this neat! But the principle works.

Find a number that is divisible by 3.

(or 4 or 5 or whatever your number is.)

On one side of your surface, begin at 0.

Working as diagonally as necessary, 

line up your measure at the number you found.

For our 18" square, 21 would be a good choice.

0 is on one edge, and 21 is on the other.

It does not matter where it ends up.

Only the horizontal lines matter.

So at 7, and at 14, I make marks.

Those numbers are indicated

by where the dotted lines intersect the

solid line with the arrow.

Then just use the right angle to draw
lines where you made the marks.

TO make a grid, just do the same thing

on the other sides of the rectangle.

This is MUCH simpler than 

calculating fractions of inches.

I just hammered tiny nails 

where my grid lines intersected

And hung my keys on them. 

Hint: If you try this, make sure you

attach your hanger on the back first!

Now, will I leave the grid lines?

I think so. And I'll tweak the nails a bit,

and add a hanger. In any event,

I'll show you the finished, styled

thing before too long, I promise!

Word for the Day:

Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

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