Have you ever shopped for a nail polish rack? They are not that easy to find and they are pretty darn expensive. I thought I would get one of those plastic ones – like they have at the salon? But there are so many other things I’d rather do with $90, I couldn’t bring myself to click “Buy”.

Then I saw on Pinterest that someone had made a nail polish rack from a little spice rack. Probably much more affordable, but not exactly my taste. At least it sparked the idea of using a spice rack. So after much shopping around, I decided I liked these ones from IKEA the best.

Mostly because I could paint it whatever color I wanted. And they were $3.99. I felt very accomplished putting them together in under 10 minutes.

Do those weird little screwdrivers give anyone else a hand/arm cramp? Or make your wrist look like its detaching from your body! Ew! Seriously, why is mine doing that?

Anyway, I got them put together, spray painted them a happy shade of orange, and filled them with nail polish. Not too shabby for about $5/each!

Bonus points if you can hang it straight on the first try. Oops! There are about 13 holes in our wall now. Also, sometimes people need 3 (or 4) nail polish racks. But we don’t judge those people.

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