Every woman's dream is a convenient organizer that will allow you to keep cosmetics, jewelry and accessories in order, and not have to run around the whole room looking for lost lipstick, or turn out the box again when choosing earrings. A chest of drawers for cosmetics is designed to become just such a lifesaver. The owner of such a module will forever forget about the clutter in her accessories; in addition, the mini-chest of drawers will fit perfectly into the interior and become its decoration.
Mini chest of drawers for cosmetics - features
A chest of drawers for cosmetics is a very convenient and compact organizer for storing cosmetics and jewelry.
Mini chests of drawers for cosmetics are essentially ordinary chests of drawers, but small in size.
The models differ from each other in shape, color, size and configuration. Based on these parameters, designs are divided into:
- Big and small.
- Narrow and wide.
Small models most often have two drawers. More functional and spacious models are equipped with three or four drawers.
A mini chest of drawers will help keep your dressing table tidy, and its small size allows you to place it on any small shelf or place it on a bedside table. Despite the compactness of the module, it can accommodate jewelry, cosmetics and jars of skin care products.
Regardless of size and configuration, all drawers for cosmetics and jewelry have a number of features:
- Spaciousness and versatility.
- Low cost.
- Attractive appearance.
- Wide selection of models.
- Compactness.
Using this piece of furniture provides a number of advantages:
- Interior addition and decoration.
- Convenient storage.
- Cosmetics and jewelry will always be easily accessible and in order.
How to make an organizer from cans?
You probably have several empty glass jars of different shapes and sizes at home. They are perfect as containers for storing cosmetics. But how can you make a desktop organizer out of them? The easiest way is to take a small tray and place the jars you find on it. You can put hairpins and lipsticks in them, eye shadow and powder in small ones with a wide neck, and combs, brushes and brushes in tall and narrow ones. For structural strength, glue your jars onto the tray with a glue gun, and for decoration you can use acrylic paints (it’s quicker and easier to paint with aerosol cans, but brushes are suitable for drawing patterns). Patterned jars in the same style can be obtained by wrapping them in lace and covering them with transparent varnish, tying them with the same braid or ribbons, and using a stencil for coloring.
Instead of glass vessels, you can use food tins. They need to be washed thoroughly, cut if necessary, edges processed, painted and glued together. Organizers made by yourself and painted in gold, silver-white, metallic colors with decor from ribbons, beads, and jute look especially stylish.
Organization of cosmetics storage
The main purpose and advantage of a chest of drawers is the presence of a large number of open and closed shelves, drawers, compartments and additional elements on which you can competently and compactly place jewelry, care products and decorative cosmetics.
Each item in the chest of drawers is given a special place:
- Vertical drawers for creams, powders, eye shadow palettes, accessories.
- For added convenience, the drawers contain compartments for varnish.
- Place for decorations.
- Compartment for manicure set and nail files.
- Stands for brushes, lipsticks, glosses.
- Vertical compartments for storing liquid products.
- Open top shelf for decorative cosmetics.
- Shelves for perfumes.
More spacious models can be equipped with additional stands, for those who have a lot of cosmetics and perfumes, drawers for combs and hairpins. Products with a mirror are even more convenient and functional.
Fabric organizer
The answer to the question of how to make a cosmetics organizer with your own hands for those who love and know how to sew arises naturally. However, non-professionals can also cope with such work; basic skills are enough to sew a piece of fabric on a machine or by hand. First, it’s worth thinking through the details of the future product. Think about what exactly and in what quantities you will store in the organizer; will you use it only at home or will you take it with you on trips? If we are talking about a home accessory, make it wall-mounted, and for travel, a more compact folding version is suitable.
The order of work is as follows:
- Scheme drawing (organizer pattern).
- From thick fabric (possibly felt, denim, tweed, raincoat fabric), cut out a blank for the organizer and smaller parts (future pockets).
- The edges of the workpiece are processed by machine or by hand, and pockets are sewn on.
- The perimeter of the organizer and the edges of the pockets can be decorated with contrasting ribbon, braid, lace, or any material you like.
- If you choose a wall-mounted option, sew loops to the top of the product, into which you can insert any stick of suitable size (a knitting needle, a beautiful branch coated with acrylic paint).
- A string is tied to a stick, with which the organizer is hung on the wall (mirror, closet door, bathroom).
- The travel version should be equipped with ribbons or twines, sewing them on the wrong side of the fabric and leaving the long ends free. You can easily roll this accessory along with its contents into a small tube and tie it with ribbons. It is convenient to take on the go and does not take up much space in your bag.
The size of the finished product and the number of compartments, as well as ways to decorate it, are limited only by your imagination. An organizer made of plain fabric can be decorated with beads, embroidery, felt appliqués, and one made of variegated fabric can be decorated with contrasting lace, ribbons, and braid.
Manufacturing materials
Cosmetics drawers are made from different materials. Most in demand:
- Wooden structures. Their advantages are environmental friendliness, visual appeal, reliability and long service life.
- Models made from MDF and chipboard are affordable, quite practical, and have a greater number of decorative options.
- Chests of drawers made of plastic can be of various colors, have a low cost, but are impractical and easily scratched.
Metal structures are an option, but buyers rarely choose them because they are heavy, bulky, require special care, and are not suitable for every interior.
The coating for chest of drawers can be high-quality paints, veneer or film.
They are decorated with painting, carvings, curly handles, and other decorative elements. Artificially aged chests of drawers in pastel colors look very beautiful. And models with transparent facades look more elegant and add lightness to the interior.
Container made of boxes or cardboard
For this craft, you can use any empty boxes: shoes, creams, soaps, perfumes, food, children's toys. Choose appropriately sized containers and place them in a large shoebox so that the taller compartments are further away and the smaller, shorter compartments are closer to you. After all the boxes are collected according to size and each has a place and purpose, you need to give them the desired height using scissors or a stationery knife. You can glue the blanks using regular PVA glue, but it is much safer and more convenient to do this with a glue gun.
Making a cosmetics organizer from cardboard boxes is quite simple, but how to decorate it? You can choose at least one of two options. In the first case, each of the organizer compartments, including the largest base box, must be wrapped and covered with beautiful paper or fabric before being combined into one product. Self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper, pieces of wallpaper, scrapbooking paper, fabric scraps and other soft materials are suitable. Dried compartments and pockets are glued to the base and decorated in any way (braid, decorative stickers, tape for crafts, beads, rhinestones, acrylic painting, decoupage with napkins are used).
If you don’t have small boxes in your house, replace them with round cylinders cut from cardboard foil tubes, kitchen towels, and toilet paper. Another option is a corrugated cardboard organizer. How to do it? Draw a diagram of the walls, bottom and dividers with grooves, cut and assemble using a glue gun. The joints are masked with putty and cardboard inserts. After drying, the structure is coated with a primer, acrylic paint, and then with any chosen color.
In a similar way, you can make a real small chest of drawers or a box with drawers from corrugated cardboard. This is quite a painstaking job that will require a lot of free time, patience and perseverance, but you can definitely be proud of the result!
Shapes and sizes
Chests of drawers for cosmetics and chests of drawers for jewelry can have different shapes:
- Rectangular or square.
- Round, oval.
- Asymmetrical.
The latter have an interesting appearance and non-traditional forms, which allows them to look harmonious in modern interiors.
At the same time, rectangular modules are standard and are suitable for any interior, including classic ones.
The sizes of organizers for cosmetics and jewelry also vary. When choosing dimensions, first of all you need to take into account the number of things that are supposed to be stored in the chest of drawers.
The following are considered optimal:
- Height is at least 15 centimeters. Lower chests of drawers are more like a nightstand.
- Length at least 30 centimeters. Using short structures is very difficult and inconvenient.
- Depth of at least 20 centimeters. Smaller chests of drawers will hold very few items.
However, the dimensions of many models may differ significantly from the standards.
Recommendations for selection
Basically, the choice of this piece of furniture depends on the amount of cosmetics, care products and decorations that need to be placed in it.
Considering how many and what kind of things you are going to place in the chest of drawers, choose models with fewer or more departments, as well as with their horizontal or vertical arrangement. This will help you make optimal use of the chest space.
The removable top tray is the most commonly used part of the organizer. It usually contains brushes, pencils, combs, as well as small things that are used most often and should be at hand.
In addition, it is necessary to take into account the color, design and decor of the chest of drawers, since it should fit organically into the interior and not create disharmony.
Decide on the place where the model will be located in the room and, based on this, choose its dimensions.
Of course, the quality of the design is also an important point. The sections should be securely fastened, open easily and silently, the chest of drawers should not be flimsy, and choose high-quality fittings.
Various elements and accessories of chests of drawers for cosmetics and jewelry allow you to keep cosmetics in order. Among the wide selection of models, every girl will be able to find an option that suits her, which will become not only a convenient storage place, but also an elegant and stylish addition to the interior.
Accommodation options
The mini-dresser should be installed in an area of the room where it will be pleasant and comfortable to use. The installation location depends on the design of the furniture:
- corner models are placed in a certain corner of the room without taking up much space, and at the same time their depth can be significant, which increases their spaciousness and functionality;
- standard straight structures can be installed along any wall.
Chests of drawers designed for storing cosmetics can be located in different rooms. Most often they are installed in the bedroom, where women gather to leave the house. It is allowed to place them in the corridor if this room is large enough and there is also space for this furniture. In the process of choosing the place where the chest of drawers will be located, the comfort of its use is taken into account, so the woman must determine for herself where it will be best for her to use cosmetics.
