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for all the nail polish-addicts
i'll admit i'm a Nail polish addict, only until now i always had to stuff them in a box. but this had a few problems: it's really bad for your polishes, it's so hard to find what you want and although my box was pretty big it was to small and i couldn't close it anymore. so i went on my dear old youtube and i did some research. i found that i liked stands a lot so i made a plan....

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  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 1
    Step 1

    thirst take al of your nail polishes and sort them. you can sort them by color, size or brand.
    this is a good moment to test them and throw the bad ones out.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 2
    Step 2

    now you have a good vision of your collection start making rows. if you want to put your nail polish on a special place it's a good idea to measure that up thirst and than make your rows.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 3
    Step 3

    then it's time to take pencil, paper an a tape measure.
    thirst measure the length of your rows. then count your rows.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 4
    Step 4

    now try making a sketch of your pyramid:
    for the side:
    - start with a back
    - than al the layers
    - a good width for your layers is 4 cm.

    i can't really help you with your sketch because your collection different.

    TIP: MAKE SURE THERE IS ROOM FOR NEW TREASURES

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 5
    Step 5

    then it' time to find your self enough styrofoam. mine had a width of 1,5 cm. look at your width and change your plan if it's needed.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 6
    Step 6

    i'm sorry i don't have pictures of this part but i'll try to explain.
    start by cutting all of your layers.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 7
    Step 7

    start by glueing the layers together using your hot glue gun.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 8
    Step 8

    when al your layers are glued together. cut a back. that is 5 cm higher then your pyramid. and glue that to the back.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 9
    Step 9

    now cover everything with duck tape!

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 10
    Step 10

    time to decorate!
    here are some options:

    - painting it!

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 11
    Step 11

    - covering it with magazine cut-outs, like a collage
    (this is what i did)

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 12
    Step 12

    - use wallpaper to cover it up

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 13
    Step 13

    what ever you do it will look totally BOM. the final thing to do is place al your nail polish on there.

  • How to make a storage unit. Nail Polish Holder - Step 14
    Step 14

    last step: make a picture of your creation and put it as a version of this project. so i can see what you did to yours!

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Kin Dragon
Kin Dragon · Denton, Texas, US · 745 projects
Holy crap! I did the same thing once (of course I used a cheap plastic spice rack that looked a lot like what you did here)
I think there's a picture of it on the "featured crafter" webpage (yes, I was a featured crafter, however I have moved since the time the photo was taken)
Anyway; this made my day. Thank you
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peekaboo
peekaboo · 2 projects
this idea is awesome. our collections are probably fairly equal, haha. Happy i DEFINITELY second what LosingMyMind2Music said, try Sinful Colors! it's only like 1.99 per polish and they're good sized, and are AWESOME. only one layer needed. amazing. i love them. anyway, great tut!
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Detrimental Travesty
Detrimental Travesty · Sacramento, California, US · 10 projects
i luuuuuv this project and ur choice in nail polishes you should try the sinfulcolors polish. luv the project eeeeeep!!!
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CO + K User

cool i want to try this
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DarkAshHurts
DarkAshHurts · 119 projects
I needs one of those ...yep.
lol
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Brooks Z.
Brooks Z. · Madison, Wisconsin, US · 74 projects
oh mah gawd.......
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MartinaNoor
MartinaNoor · Vicenza, Veneto, IT · 25 projects
Wow, you have a lot of nail polishes! Great idea BTW, I have to try it
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Carg1rl
Carg1rl · Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA · 5 projects
Glad to see I'm not alone in nail polish obsession lol!
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Jet H.
Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects
smart solution!!! like it, thanks for the great tute and t he sharing;-D
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FrolleinKram
FrolleinKram · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 132 projects
HOLY SOMETHING!!!! And I thought I had a lot of polishes... xD ( Fun thing, we do have a few colours in common, I recognised some Essence ones I own too. ^^ )
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