In the hallway of every house there are many little things. To organize and arrange what can be hung on hooks, key holders were invented. Today, a hand-made wall key holder is not only a useful necessity at the entrance to the house, but also a unique souvenir that is pleasing to the eye. There are many varieties of products with hooks, but for most people, at least those who lived in the USSR, the key holder is associated with a house. Our master class is dedicated to the manufacture of a key holder in the "house" form factor.
Materials and equipment
- Plywood or fiberboard;
- "Stain";
- Fabric and paper napkins;
- Hinges for the doors of the house;
- Hooks for keys;
First, we draw on paper the figure of the house in real size. For a housekeeper, the dimensions are suitable: 40-50 cm - height and 30-35 cm - width. However, if they are slightly different, it is not fatal at all. You can see one of the examples of such a house below:
Next, we apply the sample to a sheet of plywood and cut out the shape of the house with a jigsaw. First, it is more convenient to cut out a square, and already from it to form a silhouette of the dwelling. From the remnants of plywood, we cut out the side walls and the roof in such a way that the depth of the key holder is 9-12 cm. We grind the edges of all blanks with sandpaper and fasten them with the smallest nails. The result is something like this basis for the key holder:
Key holder from the box
The actions listed above can be avoided if you find a shallow rectangular wooden box that is suitable in size, slightly lengthen its walls and “build up” the roof. Of course, it will also have to be processed “to a shine” with sandpaper or a file, and also pull out unnecessary partitions. The photo shows an example of using a box with a side wall moved inside by 7-8 cm and a roof made of planks of suitable dimensions:
We process the surface of the workpiece with acrylic paint of a color you like. Then, if desired, we transfer the pattern from the napkin to the blank of the key holder, carefully cutting it out along the contour. Remember that the principle of “decals” that we have known since childhood applies here: a picture from a napkin is laid out “face down” on the surface to be decorated, which is then smeared with PVA glue diluted with water. By joining the decoupage technique, we can get, for example, this picture:
You can decouple absolutely all surfaces of the key holder, with the exception of the back (since this is pointless), having pre-selected drawings that you like. For example, such as below in the photo:
The final stage of work is screwing the hinges for the doors (if your house is “closing”) and hooks. Don't forget about the loop back wall so that the product can be hung on the wall.
Being engaged in the manufacture of a key holder with a child, you can very well make a “basis”, and entrust him with decorating, delivering many pleasant minutes of creativity to both. The time spent on making this useful thing will not exceed 2-3 hours (not counting the drying time of the paint), but it will become a unique element of the interior and will allow you not to lose the things you need, but tend to get lost.
A few related videos
The review of key boxes would be incomplete if it did not contain videos about other options for making key holders, albeit more “major” or costly. Today on the Internet there are many tips on how to make a wall key holder using decoupage technique, from a strong tree branch or even dismantling a wooden pallet with your own hands. In general, look and choose the version of the craft that will appeal to you!
Most interesting articles:
DIY wall key holder: an example of making a nice souvenir
In the hallway of every house there are many little things. To organize and arrange what can be hung on hooks, key holders were invented. Today, a hand-made wall key holder is not only a useful necessity at the entrance to the house, but also a unique souvenir that is pleasing to the eye.
There are many varieties of products with hooks, but for most people, at least those who lived in the USSR, the key holder is associated with a house. Our master class is dedicated to the manufacture of a key holder in the "house" form factor.
As can be seen from the previous photo, the key keepers in the form hearth there is a great many. Consider options that are not very expensive in terms of materials and do not require special carpentry skills from the craftsmen.
Materials and equipment
So, to make a housekeeper, we need:
- Plywood or fiberboard;
- Acrylic paint in an aerosol can;
- "Stain";
- Fabric and paper napkins;
- PVA glue, diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 1, and brushes;
- Hinges for the doors of the house;
- Hooks for keys;
- Sandpaper with a coarse grain.
- Electric jigsaw (ideally, but a regular one will do);
- Hammer and "shoe" small nails.
First, we draw on paper the figure of the house in real size.
For a housekeeper, the dimensions are suitable: 40-50 cm - height and 30-35 cm - width. However, if they are slightly different, it is not fatal at all. You can see one of the examples of such a house below:
First, it is more convenient to cut out a square, and already from it to form a silhouette of the dwelling. From the remnants of plywood, we cut out the side walls and the roof in such a way that the depth of the key holder is 9-12 cm.
We grind the edges of all blanks with sandpaper and fasten with the smallest nails. The result is something like this basis for the key holder:
Key holder from the box
The actions listed above can be avoided if you find a shallow rectangular wooden box that is suitable in size, slightly lengthen its walls and “build up” the roof.
Of course, it will also have to be processed “to a shine” with sandpaper or a file, and also pull out unnecessary partitions. The photo shows an example of using a box with a side wall moved inside by 7-8 cm and a roof made of planks of suitable dimensions:
The nuances of artistic processing
We process the surface of the workpiece with acrylic paint of a color you like.
Do-it-yourself wall key holder: 6 easy-to-implement ideas
Then, if desired, we transfer the pattern from the napkin to the blank of the key holder, carefully cutting it out along the contour. Remember that the principle of “decals” that we have known since childhood applies here: a picture from a napkin is laid out “face down” on the surface to be decorated, which is then smeared with PVA glue diluted with water. By joining the decoupage technique, we can get, for example, this picture:
You can decouple absolutely all surfaces of the key holder, with the exception of the back (since this is pointless), having pre-selected drawings that you like.
For example, such as below in the photo:
Or such, if the key store also provides a small shelf in the upper part, and not just “hangers”.
The final stage of work is screwing the hinges for the doors (if your house is “closing”) and hooks.
Do not forget about the loop on the back wall so that the product can be hung on the wall.
AT small hallway the housekeeper looks great with asymmetrical roof slopes or even walls, for example, this option:
If you have time and desire, you can equip the door of the house with a padlock or attach additional key holders on the side walls.
By the way, instead of decoupage, some instances of key vaults, like the one in the photo above, are more aesthetically pleasing to simply cover with stained varnish or paint with paints.
Being engaged in the manufacture of a key holder with a child, you can very well make a “basis”, and entrust him with decorating, delivering many pleasant minutes of creativity to both.
The time spent on making this useful thing will not exceed 2-3 hours (not counting the drying time of the paint), but it will become a unique element of the interior and will allow you not to lose the things you need, but tend to get lost.
A few related videos
The review of key boxes would be incomplete if it did not contain videos about other options for making key holders, albeit more “major” or costly.
Today on the Internet there are many tips on how to make a wall key holder using decoupage technique, from a strong tree branch or even dismantling a wooden pallet with your own hands.
In general, look and choose the version of the craft that will appeal to you!
Most interesting articles:
2. Variability of key holders
Wall key holders:
Decorative wall key holders can be a wonderful gift that will delight people close to you with its originality and unusualness. Moreover, it is also great helper to restore order.
Conventionally, all wall key holders can be divided into two types - open and closed.
The former are, in fact, any suitable base with hooks attached to it.
The latter are somewhat more difficult to implement, as they are a cabinet, very often with one or more shelves.
Open key holders
The easiest option for a novice designer is to make and decorate simple wall key holders with your own hands. 
To design an open "key vault" you can use anything that is easy to attach hooks to.
:
1.
a figurine of a fish, a tree, a house sawn from wood;
2. any plank or old shelf;
3. wire braided design;
4. glass or mirror.
In general, absolutely any quite ordinary object can serve as the basis for creating such a thing as a wall key holder.
You can see photos of such devices from ordinary materials below.
Closed housekeepers
Such a kind of house (see photo) in the form of a locker will help to hide from prying eyes not only all the keys you have, but also some not quite attractive items that are usually present in the hallway (electricity meter or doorbell box).
It is worth noting that a closed wall key holder is an order of magnitude more difficult to perform than an open one. 
For its manufacture, both materials that can be purchased at handicraft shops and stores are used, as well as do-it-yourself made of wood, plastic and even thick cardboard binding houses-lockers of the most different forms and sizes.
The closed wall key holder, the photo of which you see, is made using the decoupage technique.
You can decorate such a storage locker with the most different ways, techniques and styles - from painting to decoupage or plain appliqué.
How to make a wall key holder: photos, drawings
If you do not know how to draw and do not know other methods, just glaze the cabinet and pour colored decorative pebbles, shells or coins inside.
The clock built into the key holder will not only add functionality to it, but also give it a special style and charm. 
But still, I decided to choose the option of a closed key holder. Because it is more rational to use. It will not accumulate dust, the keys will not be visible. 
The door of the housekeeper, decorated with ornaments carved from wood, gives a significant effect to the decor of the product and to the whole house as a whole.
Do-it-yourself wall key holder: options, master class
How to make a key holder?
Ideas on how to make a housekeeper with your own hands, from what materials? Detailed master class with step by step description.
The key holder is comfortable and functional. You will never have to look for the keys before leaving the house, you just have to get used to it - when you come home, hang the keys in their place.
Here are a few options for making key holders with your own hands:
Leather key holder for purse or pocket
Key holder wall, in the form of a frame with a photo and hooks for keys
Key holders three options: frame.
felt and ceramics
You can make a housekeeper with your own hands using decoupage technique.
Wall key holder: Original design ideas
To do this, we need a key holder blank, if there is no blank, then it will not be difficult to make it ourselves out of plywood :), screw a couple of hooks and the key holder is ready.
I propose to make just such a key holder using decoupage technique
We will need the following materials:
We cover the workpiece with two layers of acrylic paint, with intermediate drying
Trying on a decoupage card
Cut out the measured piece and apply
Briefly put the card into the water
cover the workpiece with glue and glue the card
We cover with acrylic paint the roof and a stick with hooks, antique gold color.
After the paint has dried (2 hours), apply a generous amount of craquelure varnish.
You need to apply it in one direction!
After 3 hours, apply a layer of contrasting paint.
Read the instructions, each varnish has its own drying time!
After complete drying, we cover the work with acrylic varnish in two layers with intermediate drying
Adding some sparkle to our work
Adding volume with 3D varnish
We cover everything again with varnish, our key holder is ready
Making a housekeeper yourself, with your own hands, is real.
For this you need to prepare wooden frame(he will act as the basis). It needs to be processed sandpaper removing all burrs and irregularities. Next, it is worth covering the base with light paint (it is better to use acrylic). The paint should be applied carefully so that there are no gaps, each layer should be dried well.
Then the patina is applied with a piece of sponge.
A small amount of patina should be applied to the edge of the workpiece and to areas that need to be given a different shade. Excess is removed by rubbing the surface with sandpaper.
Then the base for the key holder is covered with matte acrylic varnish in one, two layers are possible. Each layer is thoroughly dried.
The key holder should also be decorated - it can be purchased decor elements (flowers, butterflies, bugs) or a decor made by yourself by cutting out the same flowers or insects from cardboard.
This is how it turns out to be very simple to manufacture, but the original key holder.
We take any photo frame. we take out the glass, paint it at will or glue some kind of picture inside, glue the hooks and you're done.
And another good idea was in the "Live Healthy" program - to take the old constructor and make a housekeeper out of it.
To do this, we cut small, but preferably long parts of the designer to insert a key ring into them - we get a keychain. We hang a base on the wall, into which the designer part will be attached
The key holder is a necessary and useful thing in the house.
Now such a variety and design of these key holders, eyes run wide.
You can try to make a housekeeper using this video, it's not very difficult and everything is shown.
To make a simple key holder, you need:
- buy threaded hooks at a hardware store
- take a plank;
- sand the board with fine sandpaper;
- cover the plank or plywood with varnish, or stain, pinotex;
- make small holes with an awl for hooks;
- twist the hooks into the plank with your hands or pliers;
- the housekeeper is ready;
- fasten to the wall or furniture;
- to furniture on self-tapping screws;
- to the wall with plastic dowels;
- use a puncher for holes in the wall.
For more information on how such a key holder looks and is used, in the attached video clip, at the end of the answer.
Also, the finished product can be decorated with wood burning, or wood carving, or you can paint artistic paints as shown in the photos. There are materials in art stores that allow you to sculpt such a housekeeper completely from clay, and use polished copper instead of hooks.
Here is a full quote from my answer about open and closed key holders:
I really liked this key holder in the form of a cat.
We make a drawing on paper, then transfer it to plywood and cut it out, as in the photo. 
grinder, you need to sand the entire surface, and especially the edges, they need to be made rounded.
Well, now, you can paint with paint in several layers 
varnish, dry and fasten hooks for hanging keys, that's it. 
If there is an old frame for a picture or photographs, great, you can make a pretty housekeeper out of it with your own hands.
Which can be hung in the hallway. The frame can be painted in a color that suits the interior of this room. The frame can be covered with acrylic paint. To work, you need a drill, several half-ring screws, a screwdriver. We drill several holes in the frame, screw in the screws so that they look in one direction. It remains to hang the key holder in the right place.
where do you get the frame?
The key holder in the house contributes not only to order, but also to the safety of property and the safety of the home. Lost keys are a threat to both, and a long empty hook clearly says: look, or do something at all. Similarly, in especially critical industries, say, aviation, hand tool kept suspended from green or gray planks, with the outline of each item filled in with red. A red spot blazes at the end of the shift - we are looking for it until we find it, up to the complete overhaul of the car.
Exactly because of this reason the most practical wall key holder. Desktop (old saucers, ashtrays, figurines / twigs with hooks), by a comic definition, are designed so that the keys are lost just where they should not be. Pocket housekeepers-cases are certainly useful, but they already belong to haberdashery, and not to pieces of furniture, so in this publication we will limit ourselves to mentioning them.
It makes complete sense to make a key holder with your own hands. It is enough just to look at the prices for ready-made ones: 400-600 rubles. for something that can be created literally in an hour or two at home on the table and hung on the wall. It is also good that a mini-key hanger is not a responsible item, not material-intensive, but for high-quality performance it requires quite fine skills. It didn’t work right away - it’s okay, the keys will hang for now anyway. I got the hang of it - you can take on more serious things, the savings on which will no longer be in the hundreds. And the satisfaction from a job well done - of course, one could not mention it.
Species and varieties
Evolution in a simplified form and standard designs wall key holders are shown in the photo. In the days of spring and lever locks, the keys were large and often were works of decorative art. Therefore, the house key holder was most often just an overlay on the wall, so long as the metal did not spoil the finish, pos. 1. The housekeeper-plank has survived to this day, because aesthetically well corresponds to trends modern design premises, pos. 2.
In city apartments, where the superfluous usable area never happened, the key holder-shelf is convenient, pos. 3. You can make it out of wood in half a day in the kitchen or on the balcony, there is a place for gloves-glasses. With the key holder-shelf is combined in the most natural way. She also has hidden possibilities; we will remember about them, so take a closer look at the pos. 3 more carefully.
The key holder for a house with services and outbuildings is, as a rule, a fairly large board of the traditional type, because. only there will be several bunches of keys from the utility rooms, plus a gate, 1-2 gates and, possibly, a locked passage to the backyards. The hooks are marked (pos. 4), and the “auxiliary” housekeeper is placed at the back door or in the kitchen. For key chains of family members from the front door, garage and car, a smaller key holder is usually hung in the hallway.
In the case when access to the keys has a limited circle of people, use key cabinets, pos. 5. And not only in offices or in production: it is highly desirable to place a key holder-locker in the hallway; especially in private households: psychologists and criminologists consider keys hanging in plain sight to be a strong factor that can provoke a visitor with an unstable psyche to illegal actions. Simply - away from sin.
But then what - to hang somewhere a housekeeper with a key from a housekeeper, where are the keys? And somewhere else - a housekeeper for the key of the housekeeper, in which the key to the housekeeper, where are the keys, and so on ad infinitum (to infinity), as in Swift's satire? No, you just need to make a key holder with a secret lock. This does not require special knowledge, subscriptions, permits and mastery of metalworking techniques. It is enough to know that the most reliable secret is in the absence of any secrets. Remember how in the movie "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession" an experienced thief and burglar Zhora Miloslavsky went on the rampage trying to open the dentist's safe. What follows from this for the home master, let's see at the end.An unreliable guest, the absence of the master's keys in sight, will certainly not give a reason to break loose and do something that neither the hosts nor himself needs in any way. Also, hiding the keys will certainly not stop a professional thief; they have iron principle: went to work - do business. But in this case, the thief will linger in place longer, inherit more, and there will be much more chances to figure him out and take him until he “shaken off the junk”.
Boards
Key holders-boards are the most common, because. it is convenient to make them from improvised materials, incl. smallest waste. But even here there are some subtleties, like any quality work. For example, a cut of a board with a milled groove - it seems to be a ready-made key holder-shelf (pos. 1 in the figure), it remains only to attach the suspensions at the back and drive the self-tapping screws under them into the wall. However, if there are at least two bundles in such a key holder, then, taking out one, it is easy to pull out the other. And according to the law of meanness, she will definitely fly into the most inaccessible nook just when the time counts down to seconds.
In a plank key holder with oblique grooves (pos. 2), the ligaments with their neighbors no longer conflict. But, firstly, try to choose in your home workshop manual cutter several slanted transverse grooves evenly and accurately. Secondly, by pulling the bundle straight at you in a hurry, you can break its chain or even tear the key holder off the wall.
The most reliable key holder is a bar with straight transverse vertical grooves, pos. 3. However, then for bundles you need large key chains, with which it is not always comfortable in your pocket. But key chains can be replaced / supplemented with haberdashery carbines on an elongated chain, pos. 4. The carabiner is fastened on the belt loop for the belt, on the steel loop on the belt itself or on the mobile phone case. And there is nothing superfluous in the pocket, and you can not be afraid for the keys, even if these very pockets are at least completely full of holes.
Framework
A kind of housekeeper-board - a housekeeper from a frame; due to it and looks generally prettier. If a solid base is inserted into the frame instead of a picture, then the point is simple: we attach hooks to the board, and that’s all here, on the left in fig. It is not necessary to insert a backdrop with a picture into the key frame, it will soon be scratched and rubbed. If the wall finish is durable (e.g. tiles, porcelain stoneware or fake diamond), then the role of the image is played by the keys themselves. Then the hooks with threaded shanks are screwed into the upper bar of the frame from the inside, in the center in fig. Finally, you can simply screw the same hooks into the picture frame in the hallway, right there. Of course, if it is wooden or MDF. A cast or overhead baguette will crumble and crack from the face already during drilling.
Organizers
Abroad, especially in English speaking countries, key organizers are widespread, see fig. below. The reason is primarily that in countries with seemingly the most developed Internet, correspondence on paper is still intensively going on and mail is actively working. No one can really explain why they cut down trees and keep environmentally harmful production there, but half a dozen or a dozen outgoing / incoming envelopes for the average American is the norm. Then, here is a saying translated into Russian from the same place: "If the average American does not cut his throat while shaving, he will break his neck, slipping in the bathroom." This seems to explain slate board with reminders.
However, the average American is not at all such a klutz as he is portrayed in Hollywood and he is himself in folklore. The statistics for the whole world testify: the “reminder” board in the hallway better teaches children to order and makes family relations more benevolent. And as for the shelves, so they will fit for gloves-glasses.
Cabinets
Key cabinets, in addition to stealth storage, are more suitable for installing secret locks, see at the end. The ceiling of the locker is a ready-made shelf, and if there is a clock (which is by no means superfluous in the hallway), then the rookery for small items remains. But, due to the straightforwardness of the forms, the design of key cabinets is appropriate only in the styles of classical and rustic clones, see fig.
houses
The key holder-house was originally a kind of key holder-wardrobe. She appeared in the world, it seems, from Russia, more precisely - from the USSR. They say that in one of the first issues of the “Model Designer” there was a description of a key holder made from the case of an unusable cuckoo clock. However, the upper corner of the contour in terms of aesthetics gave it a number of new qualities. That craftsman hardly thought of something like that, but the widespread use of "key houses" is not at all surprising.
Firstly, a housekeeper in the form of a house can be literally any design and type of furniture for a given class of furniture, the top row in Fig. If the key holder-cabinet is necessarily voluminous, then the key holder-house can be flat. Secondly, the key holder-house also accepts absolutely any design and finish, the bottom row. It does not lose its appearance even from the typical, somewhat crookedly screwed fittings. The only drawback is that if there is a clock in the attic, then the shelf disappears. How to make a housekeeper, see the master class:
Video: do-it-yourself housekeeper (master class)
If there is a box...
Perhaps, in unnecessary rubbish, there is a wooden box from cigars, elite drinks, from an expensive gift, etc. In Norway, for example, sets of gourmet smoked fish are produced in wooden boxes more elegant than from French or Swiss chocolate sets. In a middle-income family, it is more likely that by the time a child can be trusted with his keys, he will outgrow the old toys and the box for them.
In all these cases, the wood of the box is of sufficient quality, and it is quite appropriate to make a key holder-cabinet out of the box. However, simply screwing the hooks into the back wall (or sticking pushpins with long necks) and putting the hangers on is not enough. On fig. you can see where weakness: door hinge. In gift boxes that are not designed for long-term use, it is paper or cloth and will not last long in a key holder. Therefore, the door must be hung on a piano or a pair of small card hinges. In addition, it is not possible to classify the constipation of such a locker in all ways.
... or box
Comfortable, roomy key holders or, for example, toilet cabinets, are also obtained from drawers from old furniture. If the bottom of the box is made of fiberboard, it must be impregnated with a water-polymer emulsion or PVA diluted 3-5 times with water for strength and moisture resistance. The surface of the part treated in this way holds glue well, accepts varnishing and painting.
A word about plywood
You probably already noticed that the manufacture of key holders is made with wide application plywood. Fans of it sometimes create truly masterpieces, at the top in fig. Impressive results with little labor and skill are obtained by a two-layer technique, at the top right: a carved shaped overlay is glued onto the base and, possibly, reinforced from the inside with small self-tapping screws. It is enough to pre-sand the overlay with sandpaper No. 240-260, and lacquer the entire product.
This, it must be said, is the rarest case in history when the development of industrial technologies contributed to the revival of a handicraft that had withered away: artistic sawing on plywood. On the furniture factories from sawing waste, they began to cut blank figures with a laser under computer control, with a laser, if necessary, apply strokes / contours to them, and put them on sale. The success was phenomenal, prices skyrocketed. It was then that lovers remembered how to make elegant little things from plywood at home:
- You can sketch to perfection and print an outline drawing on a computer and at home.
- In addition to carpentry electric jigsaws, manual ones for fine work have not disappeared.
- For artistic sawing, it is quite possible at home, with your own hands, to make a vibrating desktop electric jigsaw for a thin string file.
- A manual cut will go more accurately and its small irregularities will completely disappear if the contour drawn on the workpiece is drawn in advance with an electric burner on wood.
- With the same electric burner, you can apply strokes on plywood and draw contours no worse than with an industrial laser.
- To make an electric burner with your own hands, you need a 3-12 V or 0-30 V power supply for a current of up to 3 A and an old burnt soldering iron.
key key
For an example in fig. a drawing of a universal hanger for a hallway in the form of a key made of 15 mm plywood is shown. To make it, you do not need to be able to draw, and you do not need a computer: the entire contour is made of straight lines and arcs of circles. For use only as a key holder, all dimensions are proportionally reduced by 2-3 times, and the thickness of plywood is up to 6-8 mm. It is possible without calculations: we remove the comma everywhere in the numbers, we get the dimensions suitable for the key holder in mm.
Key holder-key - not without intent. Able children are often capricious and freedom-loving. Valuable instructions and moralizing on the board of the housekeeper-organizer will only annoy them. And it’s cool to hang keys on a key, so they get used to order without coercion.
Own, unique
Naturally, I want to see the creation of my own hands as unique. Original key holders are obtained simpler than other items due to the above reasons: fundamental simplicity, low material and labor consumption. But to give recipes for originality is nonsense. The original is original because it is a unique fruit of the master's invention. For outstanding designers, this is worth a lot of training, solid experience, hard thinking, painstaking work on complex equipment and expensive materials. But is it possible to be original with the housekeeper on hastily, without all this and not really racking his brains? Well, let's try to give a few "tips" for fantasy.
First, the original wooden key holder-hanger is obtained from branches with knots. Here the material itself works for originality: there are no two identical plants in nature. Small branches will gain strength only when they are completely woody. Then their thickness at the butt will reach at least 4-6 mm, so the hanger will turn out to be universal, pos. 1 and 2 in fig. The technology is simple: saw off, dry in a heated room for 3-4 weeks, cut to size, impregnated twice with a water-polymer emulsion or a water-based acrylic varnish once diluted twice; this will prevent the product from rotting and hold the bark if needed. Then we varnish or paint and hang where necessary.
The next variant of natural originality is tinder mushrooms. Especially good are those that grow on birch (pos. 3) and oak deadwood. The strength of the dried ones is stone, and the durability after the treatment described above is many decades.
You can also be original with purchased plywood blanks, which were discussed above. For example, for family housekeepers, pos. 4. On sale there are sets for families of various composition, with key chains in the form of a car, a gate, even an outdoor toilet. All this can be decorated in your own way (see below) or at least just pasted over with your own photographs. From the finished "blind" parts, you can also glue the key holder using a two-layer technique, and print out the inscriptions and strokes on the fragments with a burner, pos. 5. Only first you need to point them with a pencil! The range of plywood blanks for home creativity on sale is the widest; here originality is achieved by a huge number of possible combinations.
Fertile blanks for originality with hangers of any kind - old tableware. Especially the forks. It would seem that here - to bend, but in how many ways and how expressively this can be done, pos. 6-8, and the bent handle will withstand, in addition to the keys, quite heavy things. The aesthetic potential of this material is so great that there are hooks for hangers on sale, stylized as bent old forks, pos. 9.
Decor and decoration
On authentic original design housekeepers of labor and skill will need more. But the limits of fantasy disappear source material. Let's see first what it is better to make the base from, and then how to finish it clean.
Plastic
For voluminous furniture decor large sizes best material- polymer clay, or just plastic. It can be of 2 types: immediately plastic and square, like plasticine. Immediately plastic is sold in all colors in plastic bags and squeezed out by the sausage through the incised corner. After drying, it becomes hard and moisture resistant, but crumbles during mechanical processing and is not particularly strong, therefore it is mainly used for decorating utilitarian details with additional elements, for example. hooks. Painted with a suitable acrylic paint (see below), the finished modules look like one-piece cast, on the left in fig.
Bar plastic before sculpting must be kneaded for a long time with effort; you may have to put 2-4 drops of vegetable oil on the bar. The finished part is baked in the oven at 120-130 degrees; when a brown crust appears, the gas is turned off and, without opening the oven door, the stove is allowed to cool completely, only then the part can be removed.
Baked bar plastic is durable; in the form of a figurine on a wire frame, it can also serve as a crochet, in the center in fig. Machining lends itself approximately as PVC or massive polycarbonate. It perfectly holds painting and varnishing with water-based paints and varnishes, it is firmly glued to PVA wood, on the right in fig.
Decoupage
The most common decor for small pieces of furniture is decoupage: applying a finished pattern to the prepared surface, followed by removing the protective film from it and fixing the image with varnish. Decoupage is direct and reverse. With a straight surface, the surface is primed with a special primer, decoupage glue is applied to it and a picture is applied. Reverse decoupage - well-known decals. In general, decoupage is a vast area applied arts with many varieties; video tutorials on decoupage for beginners, see below:
Video: decoupage master class for beginners
For decorating furniture, mainly direct decoupage is used, because. when reversed on an area of more than about the palm of your hand, it is very difficult to avoid wrinkles. Decoupage 3D is sometimes also called stucco bas-reliefs made of foamed plastic; in this technique it is possible to achieve greater subtlety of outline and shades than with polymer clay, see video:
Video: voluminous decoupage, decorating the housekeeper
Finishing
The finished housekeeper needs to be painted, varnished and, possibly, aged. For painting, water-based art acrylic paints are now most used; total drying time approx. 5 o'clock They are sold in tubes in art and skillful hands stores. Often in the construction industry: the demand for ready-to-use paints in small packaging is also considerable among finishers.
The color range of acrylic paints is such that mineral paints never dreamed of: in addition to all the colors of the spectrum, multi-colored metallics, with simple gloss and sparkles, antique gold, pure gold, polished and blackened silver, nickel, chrome, etc. Mix acrylic paints, unlike oil on mineral pigments, you can do whatever you want.
The layer of acrylic paints is thin, durable, elastic. This makes it possible to age the surface by two- or multi-layer painting or, for example, to decorate in the Provence style, wiping upper layer(layers). Rubbing is done either on incompletely dried paint with a dry hard brush, or on a dried abrasive. The first method gives a smoother texture and smoother color transitions, but requires more experience and skill. Almost equivalent results can be achieved by wiping dry with an abrasive sponge instead of sandpaper (sold in hardware and art stores).
Of the coatings painted with acrylic surfaces, it should be noted:
On the technique of crackle (crack, crackle) should linger. Crackle is an old, highly developed technology and there are many types of crackle varnishes. At pos. 1-3 fig. only some types of cracked surface are presented for example. The type of crackle retinization created by this varnish is indicated on its label, in the package, pos. 4, or, for expensive high-quality varnishes, on a separate insert coated with varnish from this vial.
Second - craquelure varnishes are one- and two-step. Two-step are opaque and are designed for aging plain surfaces. One-step varnishes, except for the type of crackle, must first be selected according to the generalized parameters indicated in their specifications. For decoupage on objects the size of a housekeeper, the following are preferred:
- Medium - the size of the cells of the craquelure mesh is medium.
- Thin or Hairline - thin cracks (hairline).
- Sharp - the edges of the cracks are sharp, and the corners of the grid are sharp.
What a book-sized picture looks like, cracked with varnish with such properties, is shown in pos. 6. And on pos. 5 and 7 for comparison - images of a similar nature, treated with varnishes with different characteristics.
Secret keys
So we got to the key holders with a secret. The first, the mechanism of which is shown in pos. 1 fig., is well known to intruders, but will not tempt an unbalanced guest. She disguises herself as a picture on the wall, pos. 2. The door is hung on the left on hidden spring-loaded hinges. When you click on the secret bar in the place indicated by the red arrow, the crossbar tongue will come out of the holder and the door will swing open. Just like a dentist's safe in front of the completely exhausted Zhorik Miloslavsky.
Bevels on the secret bar of 1.5-2 mm are necessary so that it does not jam when pressed. The crossbar is made either from sheet steel 1.5-2 mm thick, pos. 5a, or bent from a strong elastic wire of the same thickness, for example. bicycle spokes, pos. 5 B. Clip - steel of the same thickness. The clamps holding the spring are installed with a play of approx. 0.3-0.5 mm.
Skillful craftsmen achieve the exact balance of the secret bar with only one spring, but without experience, there will be a lot of fiddling with setting up the mechanism. It is better for a beginner to put a weak ball lock between the bar and the back wall of the box so that the spring snaps it back into place.
Hidden lock, the scheme of which is shown in pos. 4 is already trickier. Look again at the key holder-shelf, fig. at the beginning. Imagine that the keys are covered there by a door in the form of an organizer shelf, pos. 3, quite necessary and useful. On the left, it is hung, as in the previous one. case, but the mechanism is hidden in the right side. And a strong magnet, ferrite or niobium, is built into the bottom of the tray. They moved the tray to the right - the magnet lifted the load, the tongues released the clips, the door swung open. To close it, you need to push the tray back, otherwise the constipation will not click into place.
In this device there is still invisible in fig. secret: the load in cross section is not round, but oblong, as is the slot for it in the top bar of the box. This will prevent rotation of the rod with the crossbars. It is also possible, if the crossbars are wire, to lengthen their fingers emerging from the thrust and select a groove from the inside in the outer wall of the mechanism in which they will walk.
The key holder is a convenient and original way to keep your keys in order. There are two types of key holders - wall and pocket. We invite you to familiarize yourself with original ideas for the manufacture of wall key holders with their own hands.
Do-it-yourself wall key holder - varieties and characteristics
The design features of key holders changed in relation to the type of keys used. With the great popularity of spring and lever type locks, the size of the key holder was large and very original. Key holders had various forms; forging, woodcarving, painting, etc. were used to decorate them. Home key holders were made in the form of overlays on the walls, in order to avoid damage to the finish with a metal key.
One of the most popular options is the manufacture of a plank key holder, which easily fits into any type of interior, takes up little space and has a simple design.
Key holders in the form of small shelves are also distinguished by their compact size and ease of use. To make the simplest key holder, it is enough to use wood or plywood. You can also store other small items on such a key holder, such as glasses for example.
If the house has a large number of lockable rooms, sheds, outbuildings, etc., then it will be relevant to install a large key holder. Most often, it has the form of a board, each of the fragments of which has a certain type of key. The location of such a housekeeper is usually near the kitchen or in the utility room. For the standard set of keys used to lock the front door, a small key holder is installed, usually located in the entrance room.
When restricting access to the key holder, it is necessary to install the option of a lockable cabinet. Such key holders are located in secluded places, some of their options are additionally locked with a key or a special code, which is even more convenient.
The most popular version of the key holder is the key holder-board. Their widespread use is due to their simple design, ease of operation, convenience self-manufacturing. It is quite possible to make such a housekeeper from ordinary cutting boards. However, it is recommended to choose for the manufacture of key holders such boards that have oblique grooves. Next, install the fasteners for the keys. Most often, these are nails or screws. If necessary, the key holder is painted in relation to the individual characteristics of the room and installed on the wall.
The key holder in the form of wooden block. All fasteners for keys are located on it firmly, without the possibility of deformation.
Another option for making a key holder is a frame. It goes well with the wall, makes the interior unusual and original. It is enough to build a frame from wood or other materials, attach key hooks to it and hang it on the wall. In the presence of a durable finish, it acts as a highlighted image on the wall. To fix the frame on the wall, use glue or additional fasteners. The installation method is determined individually depending on the material from which the walls are made.
To combine several useful properties housekeeper, we recommend that you take a closer look at the housekeeper organizer. On such a capacious shelf there is a place not only for keys, but also for various papers, notes, reminders.
If there is a need to install secret locks or store not only keys, but also additional documentation, we recommend stopping at a cabinet key holder. Sometimes the front door of such a key holder additionally performs the function of a clock.
Another subspecies of a key holder in the form of a cabinet is a house key holder. For its manufacture, wood is most often used. The front door of the key holder is decorated with carvings, original drawings or even decoupage. The size of the key holder of the house is smaller than that of the closet, it is more compact and roomy.
Do-it-yourself wall key holder - master class
If there is an unusual, original box in the house, you can also build a key holder from it. In this case, fittings are attached to the back wall of the box to hold the keys, and it is fixed on the wall with self-tapping screws. Please note that the box in this case must be made of wood.
The same key holder can be made from an old wooden box, additionally completing its decoration. For additional strength, the wood is covered with moisture-resistant compounds.
Quite often, key holders are made from the remnants of plywood. By using special tool, manages to create incredible works of art in the form of small housekeepers. For additional protection plywood, it is varnished, after sanding. Artistic sawing on plywood allows you to make key holders in the shape of a horse, heart, star, animals and plants.
In production, this process is carried out using laser machines. However, it is quite possible to make such a version of the key holder at home. For these purposes, follow the instructions below:
- draw or print on the printer the picture you want to receive;
- prepare a manual jigsaw;
- if you have a vibrating jigsaw, use it for cutting especially thin elements;
- using a manual cut, the workpiece is made, in order to hide small irregularities, the surface is additionally processed using an electric wood burner;
- to make such a device, you will need an old soldering mechanism and a power supply unit.
We offer a variant of making a key holder in the form of a plywood key. To make it, prepare a sketch of the shape you like. Such a key holder for children is especially interesting, as it has an extraordinary shape and resembles the “Golden Key”.
Do-it-yourself wall key holders photo:
To make original wall key holders with your own hands, it is enough to use simple tools at hand. The first option - fixing branches from knots on a wooden plank allows you to get a completely original key holder. Do not choose too small branches that can break under the weight of the key. Do not forget to additionally treat the wood with antiseptic compounds.
The second way is to use a previously dried boletus mushroom. These elements are characterized by high strength and long service life. From old tableware in the form of forks and spoons, you can also build original key holders. By bending the plug in a certain position, you get the original key hanger.
Having experience with various techniques according to the decor of the key holders, it is possible to build whole masterpieces in the form of wall key holders. You can make a housekeeper from polymer clay various forms and color solutions. Most importantly, this element must be in harmony with common style interior design. After drying, polymer clay acquires special strength and has a long service life. Additionally, fittings of a suitable size are fixed on the key holder.
An oven is used to bake the finished part. Only after complete cooling, the part is ready for operation and further opening with varnish.
The prepared surface of the housekeeper is also decorated using decoupage technique. To fix this removal, a varnish on a matte or glossy base is used. There are two ways of decoupage - direct and reverse action. The first involves pre-coating the surface with a primer, applying glue and gluing the picture.
In the second method, transfer-type pictures are used that are installed on the surface. DIY wall key holder decoupage - different original and unusual appearance. Particular attention should be paid to the absence of wrinkles on the decoupageable surface. It is possible to decorate the housekeeper with 3D decoupage. However, for this you need to have experience in carrying out this kind of work.
How to arrange and make a wall key holder with your own hands
The process of designing a wall key holder should be given Special attention. After all, it is on the quality of this process that both the aesthetic appeal of the resulting product and the duration of its operation will depend.
Most often, wooden key holders can be stained, varnished or artificially aged. For painting wooden products, we recommend using acrylic-based paints. The duration of their drying reaches five hours. They are distinguished by a wide range of colors, the presence of simple and glossy brilliant shades. With their help, you can imitate wooden, metal, nickel, chrome surfaces.
After applying paint to a wooden wall key holder with your own hands, you can get a thin, durable and elastic coating. Thus, it is possible to achieve the effect of an aged surface. For these purposes, an abrasive sponge is used, which is used to treat the surface after painting.
As additional elements to decorate the surface of the key holder, we select the following means:
- varnishes - these compositions allow you to get a glossy, matte, textured or smooth surface;
- varnishes with 3D effect - allow you to create a fairly thick protective covering, which has individual optical components and makes the image convex;
- textured pastes - after drying, they allow you to create an image in the form of an aging, cracking texture.
The technique of decorating the crackle housekeeper is to obtain a cracked surface. At the same time, there are many varieties of this technique and different types compositions for the formation of cracks.
How to make a wall key holder with your own hands photo
Particular attention should be paid to the key holder, with a secret mechanism. This version of the housekeeper has the shape of a regular picture, which opens with a special lock. By clicking on the secret bar, it is possible to open the key holder. The secret bar, in this case, is equipped with special bevels that allow it to open and close with one touch.
To make such a key holder, you need to have special experience and knowledge. First of all, you should draw up drawings and determine the mechanism for opening the picture. Next, you should build its frame part.
Inside the picture there should be hooks for the location of the keys. Additionally, the mechanism is equipped with spring mechanisms and clamps. We recommend that you purchase such a key holder in a specialized store, since it will take a lot of time and effort to make it.
Another option for a hidden key holder is a key holder in the form of a shelf with a hidden lock. To open it, a special magnetic locking mechanism is used. Therefore, to open such a key holder, you will need a special key.
DIY wall key holder made of wood
In the process of working on the key holder, you will need to have:
- scraps of plywood or fiberboard sheet;
- acrylic paints;
- varnish for processing wooden surfaces;
- napkins;
- brushes;
- glue;
- fittings and fasteners.
To make such a key holder from wood or plywood, make a rectangle or square. In order to give the surface maximum smoothness, sand it additionally. After stripping, the workpiece should be coated with spray paint. Next, the workpiece is varnished in several layers with complete drying of each. Further actions according to the decoration of the surface are determined individually and are described above.
To fix any decor, a moisture-resistant varnish is used, which will protect the key holder from destruction. Additionally fix fittings for keys on it. Hang the finished product on the wall using self-tapping screws.
Making a wall key holder with your own hands is a completely individual process, the procedure for which is described in the drawings and depends on the preferences of the master doing the work.
The key holder is a convenient device for storing keys.
wall model. Wall key holders are hung in the hallway on the wall. Design feature of this item is its fixation on the wall surface and the presence of hooks or other fasteners for keys.
pocket model. This model is a wallet and is convenient because it allows you to store all the keys in one place.
desktop design. This model looks like a box in which the keys are stored. The design, shape and design of this model may be different.
cabinet design. Outwardly, this model resembles a small cabinet with doors.
How to make a housekeeper with your own hands
The key holder is a versatile item, because it can store not only keys, but also other small things, such as glasses, or mobile phones. In the event that you plan to place not only keys in the key holder, you will need to install additional fasteners in it.
Wooden key holder
Many are interested in how to make a key holder out of wood? wooden model making key holders is not at all difficult, this will require plywood scraps, acrylic-based paints, varnish and a few napkins, as well as a few brushes, glue and fasteners.
First, you need to cut out a rectangular part from plywood or square shape and sand it down. Then the blank is painted and varnished several times. After that, hooks for keys are attached to it.
Key holder with lock
More difficult option is a cabinet key holder with a lock. To make such an item on your own you need to have certain skills. You can also see how to make a housekeeper with your own hands master class.
Pocket key holder
A fairly simple way to make a key holder is to sew it. To do this, you will need pieces of leather, threads and a do-it-yourself key holder pattern.
First, with the help of a pattern, details are cut out of the leather, which are then sewn together. If desired, such a product can be decorated with beads or ribbons.
Key holder from the frame
If you have unnecessary photo frames or picture frames at home, then you can make an unusual housekeeper out of them. For this you will need: plywood, glue and fasteners. Such a key holder can be decorated in different styles using a variety of materials.
Decor
When making a key holder, it is important not to forget about the decor, because it is a full-fledged element of the hallway interior. Wooden products are usually painted acrylic paints or varnished. An extensive range of acrylic-based paints with a matte or glossy surface will allow you to create an interesting design.
Varnishes of different textures look no less impressive on wooden surfaces, creating a matte or glossy surface. The varnish with a 3D effect looks especially beautiful on wood, making the product voluminous with a convex pattern.
If desired, you can create wooden surface aging effect with textured paste.
Some use the crackle technique as a key holder decoration, which creates the illusion of cracking. Moreover, the varieties of this technique depend on the composition that will be used in the process.
Keys are a very important item with which we get into the house and open all doors, drawers and cabinets. But often people forget them at home and lose them, for this you need to adapt a storage place for them that will always be in sight, convenient, reliable and outwardly attractive.
Of course, you will have to tinker with the key holder, but it will save you time looking for the keys, save your nerves, and become a bright, spectacular element of the hallway interior.
Of course, in our time you can buy a ready-made version, however, a thing made by yourself will be original, stylish and suitable for you.
All the time we move, hurrying to work, to the garage and home, and we always have to carry a whole bunch of keys with us, open various locks. But few of us think about it, because we use all of them daily. This burden brings a person inconvenience at least from gravity.
It is more convenient to place a significant part of the bunch from your arsenal of keys on a clothes hanger (by the way, you can also make it yourself. Read the details), but from the point of view of modern design, this is the most worst decision. It is more reasonable to put the keys in the drawer of the nightstand in the hallway every time you come home.
The best option for storing keys is a key holder that will complement your exclusive interior corridor, will give positive emotions from the fact that you do not have to look for them throughout the apartment. She will deliver you again spend time and nerves looking for very important things.
The material for the key holder can be the most unusual materials for furniture, but, most importantly, this homemade accessory speaks of creativity the owner of the dwelling and his soul.
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A variety of shapes and ideas for decorating key holders
The wall in this case is most suitable for storing keys, since it is visually easier to determine on it whether each of them belongs to a specific door by a tag. But, unfortunately, such key holders look like nail boxes.
Furniture manufacturers have recently taken advantage of this consumer demand and provided stationary hooks under the mirrors in the hallway furniture. 
Creative people I want a variety of shapes, colors, and not the use of a ready-made template. An ordinary wooden board can be used as one of the key holder options. Just think about what your housekeeper will turn into if you apply such a decoration technique as decoupage to it. This is the whole work.
What to make beautiful housekeeper so that it is functional, and at the same time looks interesting in the interior of the hallway? The first decision that comes to mind is to make a panel from processed wood panel threaded.
However, wood is not the only material available. The use of other improvised materials is not excluded, and even encouraged. They will truly make your key holder original and allow you to decorate it in the most outlandish way.
Everything that, it would seem, is suitable only for a landfill, for example, newspaper tubes, will be used. 
The easiest option is to make a key holder from a photo frame. Instead of a photo, you can put a drawing made by your son or daughter in it, or you can use an embroidered with my own hands picture. 
By the way, the photo frame is also convenient because the background changes perfectly in it, which can be changed according to your mood like on a computer desktop. 
However, look at what things can really be made from ordinary plywood, spending only on hooks and paint with tools. 
It is interesting: constantly experimenting with external lighting, you can achieve gorgeous results. If you bring to the key holder, it will turn out not only the original key storage, but also a convenient night light. Even if there is no main lighting, for example, in the morning when getting ready for work, you will always see exactly where your keys hang.
For those who like to combine useful small things with convenience, we can recommend a closet housekeeper. This locker will serve as a clothes hanger for one person at the same time. 
Key holder finish
You can finish the key holder by painting it with flowers. Original or shabby chic will appeal to most lovers of antiquity. 
By lining the key holder, for example, with salt dough figures or river shells, you will give it a unique look. In addition, it will remind you of your vacation at sea. 
Take note: the effect of an aged thing looks very good against the background of a plainly painted wall. By applying decoupage to the key holder in combination with other materials, you give the product a unique antique look.
An example of making a key holder based on a wooden panel
- The first step is to choose the base (polished for varnish or just painted).
- For better visibility of the key holder against the background of the wall, the ends of the board are painted over with dark paint or stain.
- The main plane of the key holder (background) is supposed to be decorated with a fabric or pattern for lacquer.
- After the background is ready, carefully drill holes for key hooks in its base.
- An iron loop is screwed on the back of the key holder ( keyhole) or two small carnations are nailed, between which a rope is pulled.
Note: at the fourth stage, if you decide to make a fabric background, then pre-glue the fabric.
Let us explain in more detail some of the stages, since they are possible different variants. The design stage of the plane makes it possible to show imagination. For example, as an option for decorating a key holder with velvet fabric.
Canvas fabric can become the basis of the background of the housekeeper
As you can see, making a key holder with your own hands is not so difficult, and the process itself and the result will undoubtedly bring you positive emotions.
An interesting idea for making a wall key holder is presented in this video:
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