DIY Earring Holder (a.k.a. Much more fun that washing dishes)

Tonight, I promised myself I'd do all the dishes. They've piled up this past week. Before you judge, you have to cut me some slack for the following reasons:

1. Our house has no dishwasher (unless you count me, but I'm referring to the appliance)

2. There are 6 of us eating three meals a day. One of us is a teenager. That's a possibility of 18-25 dishes a day.  Over 5 days, that's...well, a counter-full of dishes. 

3. Chad had knee surgery a week ago and I'm down one person on my two-man team.

I looked at the dishes.
I thought about how my parents are coming in this weekend. My very tidy parents...
I looked at the materials I had for a quick DIY project.
I looked back at the dishes.
Then back again at the DIY project.

I haven't looked at the dishes since then.

Here's my fun little project.

My parents recently gave me this old cabinet door. They had it hanging in their house with a few items displayed inside. Very cute. But, I saw an idea on Pinterest for an earring holder and knew this door was the perfect foundation.





Here's the door.  Cute!  Look at that tiny glass knob!





This is the backside - oooooh, racy!





Here's the decorative radiator grating I decided on from Lowes.





Detail of the grating.  It's very pretty.





I measured what I needed and then used metal snips to cut it.





The metal snips left the edges bent this way and that.  Ugly!





I used a highly technical maneuver to straighten the edges. 





I popped the metal grating into the back - it fit so snugly, I didn't
 even need to use tape or staples.





The finished product!  I will go back soon and staple the metal to the
door for stability.





Ooooh, aaaahhhhh.  So pretty.  So girly.  So awesome...





Seriously, if you looked at this mess and then looked at an awesome
earring holder just begging to be made...there's really no choice.