Friday, July 8, 2011

My Ruler Organizer

I like rulers.  I don't have every ruler on the market, but I do have several.  Do I use them all?  No. I have my favorites that I use over and over and then I have some that I haven't ever used.  But I like having them!  It's just like any other tool; using the right one makes the job easier.  Since my collection has grown, storing them has become an issue.  There are several ruler organizers out there, but nearly all of them take up valuable counter space or wall space.  I don't know about you, but my sewing room has no room to spare!   So when I saw this ruler hanger, I thought it might be the answer.  Perfect to hang on my sewing room closet door

Once I got it home, of course, I soon realized the pitfalls.  Once you put your rulers on it, to get to the one you need, you have to take the little end covers off, and slide the rulers around which of course  means that some slide off.  All in all just a major hassle.  I told my husband I needed hooks on the hoop to hang my rulers so I could get to the one I needed easily.  He came up with this idea.  He bought some chain at the hardware store.  Using two links, he created these hangers for me.  One link slides around on the hoop; the other he separated to form a hook.  He filed the rough edges smooth so they wouldn't scratch the rulers.  I added the wooden balls (craft section at Jo-Ann's) to separate the hooks.  Now I can get to my rulers easily and they sort of look like giant chandelier earrings on the closet door!





Now my problem is I need to make another one!  Too many rulers!

LaDonna

20 comments:

  1. You do have a lot of rulers! Great idea.

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  2. Ha ha ha...great idea and looks like fun. I think you should add some ear lobes for them to dangle from!

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  3. I'm jealous of your ruler collection! Really great idea for storing. I'm going to pick up chain to make one, too.

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  4. what a brilliant idea, I have one of these and found it really annoying trying to take a ruler off when I wanted to use it. Will have to show hubby this and get him working

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  5. I just bought one these. I love the idea of the beads. Hugs.

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  6. My goodness. What a good idea! Yes, they look like dangle earrings.

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  7. Great job! Boy, you do have a lot of rulers! and there are more!

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  8. Hubby is a genius! I bought this hanger a couple years ago and had the same problem. Put a few rulers (the ones I never Use) on it but it was a hassel, and the holes in the rulers were too small for them to come off easily. What a great idea, will check out the hardware store.

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  9. What a handy dandy husband you have - you two make a great pair you make

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  10. Smart husband! Great idea!!!

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  11. What a great idea.
    Hugs
    donna

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  12. I have one of these, and I don't use it for the same reason you didn't like it. I might have to try your 'fix'. I also have 2 wooden ruler caddy's that I love. Lots of slots, and, one is HUGE and holds most of my rulers.

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  13. Great idea!!! I keep moving my rulers around... right now I have them on hooks on my pegboard. This may be a better idea for me though.

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  14. What a great idea! You can put the rulers that you use the most in front. Nice!

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  15. You and your husband are brilliant!! I am going to keep an eye out for one of those organizers now...I have trouble keeping my ruler's organized and my peg board, isn't big enough for all of them. This would solve that problem.

    Thank you for sharing!
    Deb

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  16. most excellent! just the solution to my ever growing # of rulers (all of which I need...:) and I love that I will be able to reclaim my peg board for threads, stencils, etc.
    thank you very much! I will post a pic on my blog with a link to your genius.

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  17. I love the creative solution to the problem. Great idea.

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