I have wanted a medal display for awhile now. Every now and then I will browse etsy looking at them, but just can't pay $35-$40 for something that I can make. Last week I had to get wooden dowel rods for a Dr. suess photo booth for school (that is another post). While looking I found a large piece of wood that would work perfectly for what I wanted. You would think with all this scrap wood around here I would have found one already, but I haven't and this one already had the finished edges. I grabbed a packet of screw hooks and a purple paint pen.
Using a ruler, I drew a straight line where I wanted the screws to go. Then I marked every inch and a half for a screw hook. I'll be honest, at first I was screwing them in with my fingers. They started to hurt and I couldn't get them tight. Kev saw what I was doing and told me to use the screw driver to turn it. It made it SO much easier!
All screwed in.
Since we have been snowed in, I used paint that I had here. I chose a metallic spray paint. It's just ok. I sprayed it a few times.
I looked up how to make your own stencils and came across a post telling you to print out the words and them cut out the letters. That shit was hard and took way too long, so I decided to freehand it.
I was actually pretty easy.
I came across this idea on Pinterest for hanging pictures. It actually works pretty well, however I just put one in the middle and need one on each side. Some medals are heavier than others and it hangs a little lopsided.
The finished product! It's ok. I'm not so happy with the colors, especially for the workout room, but like I said it is what I had here. Plus it gets my medals off the floor.
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