Behold: wrapping paper under control!
Neat, orderly and kind of fun to look at too. And, it works!
How I did it:
1. I started with two sheets of 2' x 4' pegboard and mounted them to the wall of my sewing room at right angles to each other. This particular pegboard is vinyl and came with 1/2" plastic spacers mounted behind the pegboard to provide the space needed between the pegboard and the wall.
2. I added various pegboard hooks to meet my needs, which were:
a. someplace to store wrapping paper rolls that would keep them under control but still allow easy access;
b. ribbon storage;
c. tape and scissor storage .
Wrapping paper storage:
I liked these multi-tool hooks and thought they could be used for wrapping paper storage, if I placed two of them vertically on the pegboard and inserted dowels through them.
It worked terrifically well. I used 5/8" dowels and added pre-drilled balls to the top as stops.
Ribbon storage:
I have several large spools of ribbon and several small rolls of ribbon. I used 6" long pegs for the rolls and found these great wire baskets from Ikea. I hung the baskets from two small pegboard hooks. They turned out to be ideal for the small rolls of ribbon, as well a tape storage.
For scissors and other supplies, I found hooks and more small tool storage hooks.
I mounted all the hooks, spacing them as needed, and then started adding the wrapping supplies.
I spray painted the dowels and balls to look pretty. The balls were not glued to the dowels: they fit snug enough and I only needed to push them on. Then I added the wrapping paper.
Originally, I also wanted card, tissue paper and box storage on the same wall, but since I also needed to hang quilting supplies somewhere, I compromised by storing those items in 2" tall boxes in a storage cabinet next to the wall storage.
