How to Make a Craft Paint Storage Organizer from PVC Pipe and a Duct Collar RIng with this full photo tutorial | #craftroom #storage #organization

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Do you need to store all of your bottles of craft paint, but want easy access to it? This pretty and colorful DIY “wallflower” craft paint storage organizer not only organizes your paint, but looks oh so cute doing it!

So you know those chic women who love black and white? The ladies who always look sophisticated with their neutral decor and dramatic blacks? Yeah, that’s not me. I love COLOR! And lots of it. So it’ll come as no surprise to learn that I have a lot of paint colors in my craft room. During my 30-day craft room organization challenge, I found that I had over 50 of those little 2 oz. acrylic craft paint bottles in one box alone. So when I decided to organize my paint, I knew I had to make some sort of craft paint storage that held a LOT of paint.

I could have just made a shelf unit and set all the little bottles up on the rows, side by side, like little cheerful soldiers. But I was worried it would take up TOO MUCH of my wall storage space. So I came up with another idea—if I let the paint lie on its side, I could fit more paint bottles on the wall and I could still see all the colors.

So I scoured Pinterest, hoping for some ideas. I didn’t find much, but I DID see people using PVC pipes to build things, specifically to build craft organizers. That’s when I got the bright idea to use cut pieces of wide PVC for my paints. And while I was at it, I could arrange the PVC pipes into a pretty flower!

And that’s how my wallflower craft paint storage was born.

Colorful craft paint storage organizer made from PVC pipes and a duct collar -- click to see the full tutorial! #craftroom #organization #storage

I am SO happy with it! Not only am I storing all of my paints efficiently, but it looks SO CUTE on my wall. And the great thing about this is that it didn’t cost much to make at all!

Colorful craft paint storage organizer made from PVC pipes and a duct collar -- click to see the full tutorial! #craftroom #organization #storage

Since I made this tutorial, I’ve repositioned the Paint Wallflower on my embellishment wall and it now looks like this:

Paint Storage Wallflower on my embellishment wall in my craft room

I am excited to show you how to make my wallflower, so let’s do this! This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a penny more)! Read my full disclosure policy.

Materials Needed to Make My Craft Paint Storage Wallflower

Tip: If you need a Pop Rivet Tool, try Harbor Freight for inexpensive tools!

How to Make My Craft Paint Storage Wallflower

Mark your PVC pipes at 3 3/8″ intervals with a pencil. We determined this size by measuring the little paint bottles and subtracting just a little bit so the edges of the bottle would stick out a little past the edge of the PVC and make it easier to grasp.

Measuring and marking the PVC for cutting into the craft paint storage organizer

Cut your PVC pipes at each marked interval. We used a table saw to cut them, but you could also use a handsaw. You want to cut nine PVC pieces that are each 3 3/8″ deep.

Note: If you do not have a table saw, you may find it easier to use a Dremel. Reader Tracy Gooch said she had good success using a Dremel with a cut wheel and a duct clamp with a worm drive fastener. She says it was a little slower going but she got a smoother cut and it wasn’t as scary.

Cutting the PVC pipe to size on a table saw to make the craft paint storage organizer

Pound down the protruding metal pieces halfway down your duct ring with a rubber mallet.

Pounding down the metal on the duct collar ring to make the craft paint storage organizer

Test fit your PVC pieces around the duct ring, which will probably be too big. If it is too big, open up the duct collar with the tab on the side and narrow the opening until the PVC pieces fit around the duct ring perfectly.

Test fitting the PVC pipes with the duct collar ring to make the craft paint storage organizer

If you resized your duct ring, secure it to its new size with pop rivets.

Securing the duct collar ring to its new size to make the craft paint storage organizer

Arrange the PVC pieces around the duct ring again, making sure everything is well distributed.

Remove the duct ring, spray paint it, and allow it to dry.

Mark the PVC pipe pieces with a pencil in the spots you want to drill the holes for the blind rivets. We put the marks in the middle of the PVC pieces.

Marking the PVC pipe for drilling holes to makes the craft paint storage organizer

Drill the holes in the PVC pieces at the marked spots using a 1/8″ drill bit.

Drilling holes in the PVC pipes for blind rivets to make the craft paint storage unit

Glue the PVC pipe pieces together with the PVC cement, matching up the drill holes. Note that this may not be necessary, but we’d bought the cement, so we did it anyway.

Gluing the PVC with cement to make the craft paint storage organizer

Push blind rivets through the glued PVC pipe pieces and attach the pieces together with the rivet tool.

Pushing a rivet into a PVC pipe to make the craft paint storage organizer

Pop riveting the PVC pieces together to make the craft paint storage organizer

Put the painted and dried duct ring back in the center of the attached PVC pipe pieces.

The yellow duct collar ring inside the blue PVC pipe pieces

Drill holes through the duct ring and into the PVC pipe pieces. We drilled holes for the top three PVC pieces and the bottom three PVC pieces, rather than all PVC pieces.

Drill through the duct collar ring and into the PVC pipe to make the craft paint storage organizer

Insert machine screws from inside the duct ring into the PVC pieces, putting spacers in between the duct ring and the PVC pieces as you go.

Put spacers on the end of the machine screws to make the craft paint storage organizer

Put washers and nuts on the ends of the machine screws that extend out into the PVC pipes.

washer and nut on the end of the machine screw in the blue pvc pipe

If there are any pipe markings visible on your finished wallflower craft paint storage organizer, you can clean the markings off with acetone.

Removing the ink markings on the pvc pipe with acetone

Attach the D-ring plates to the insides of the two PVC pieces using blind rivets. See the second image below for the location of those D-rings.

D-ring on the inside of the blue pvc pipe

Installing the D-rings on the pvc paint storage organizer

Hold the wallflower unit up on the wall to see where you’d like it to hang and mark the location of the D-ring hangers.

Install the 50 lb. picture hangers according to the directions. It’s important to install these properly so they can support the weight of the unit filled with paint.

Installing the 50 lb. picture hangers on the wall to hold the craft paint storage organizer

Hang your paint storage organizer on the wall and gently push down on the yellow metallic pieces to make it look like the center of a flower.

A wallflower made of PVC pipe and a yellow-painted duct collar ring

Now fill up your paint storage organizer with paint … or whatever! I sized this to work with the little paint bottles, but you could use it for other things, too.

Bottles of paint in a paint storage organizer made of pvc pipe and a duct collar ring

Paint Storage Wallflower on my embellishment wall in my craft room

Note: If you’re curious about the overhead shelf and lighting, check out my DIY Under Shelf Lighting tutorial.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! We had a lot of fun designing and making this. All of the credit for constructing the wallflower goes to my partner, Greg!

I’d love to see your project! If you make a craft paint storage wallflower, please share a photo in our Facebook group or tag me on social media with #jennifermaker.

 

JenniferMaker.com

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How to Make a Craft Paint Storage Organizer from PVC Pipe and a Duct Collar RIng with this full photo tutorial | #craftroom #storage #organization

This craft paint storage organizer is designed to look like a flower to store all of your favorite craft paints. I have included a step by step tutorial to create your own wallflower out of PVC. #diy #tutorial #craftprojects #craftroom

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13 Comments

  1. Jennifer!! I think you should sell this wall flower for paint storage I would buy it in a heart beat!!!!

  2. This looks great! Would you mind telling me what the overall dimension is of the flower when done? I just want to see if it will fit on my wall before I try making it!

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