The self-employed clerk

Morning fees for work, in the kindergarten or school - there are a couple of free minutes, and then you find that you can not find the keys to the apartment. In this situation, almost every person turned out to be. The keys are eventually found, and in the most unexpected places. That this did not happen, and the keys are not lost at home, you can make a special device for storing the keys - the housekeeper.

The clasp in the hallway can be made of different materials. It is up to you to decide what exactly to acquire a housekeeper, in addition to its main function - storing keys, it complements and beautifies your interior.

Types of housekeepers

Few people know that there are several types of housekeepers and hundreds of options for different key storages.

Traditionally, the key keeper has a place in the hallway. It can be a wall or a place on a bedside table. If you have a shelf or a curbstone for shoes, hats and umbrellas in the hallway, then you can install a housekeeper on it. It will be a great place to store keys. The device can be made of different materials and look different. If you do not wish to purchase magazine copies, you can make a housekeeper yourself from improvised materials. And while you select materials, develop a drawing and do a housekeeper, you can adapt for the keys a small cardboard box, tin can or vase.

Look at the photo, such a housekeeper can be done in only half an hour:

The second kind of housekeeper - wall. Simple models can be made from a soft base - cardboard, dense fabric or crocheted canvas. If you ask yourself how to make a housekeeper, then you can easily build a wall housekeeper yourself from improvised materials.

These ideas of housekeepers in the photo will help to understand which particular housekeeper to do to you:

The third version of the housekeeper is a pocket-sized one. A small case made of leather or soft fabric will always find in the bag( especially in the ladies') a bunch with keys. For convenience, you can purchase several pocket housekeepers at the same time to keep the keys to the apartment, garage, car and office separately. Similar cases for storing keys can be purchased at the store or make a housekeeper on their own.

What are pocket keyers, see the photo:

What is it for

? The main task of the housekeeper is to ensure the safety of keys. It looks like a small box or cabinet made of wood or metal. You can also find options for housekeepers of solid plastic. In such a housekeeper you can store only the keys from the front door, but to entrust the storage of more massive keys - to open the garages it is better to entrust to more durable models made of metal.

The sizes of housekeepers can be different and depend not only on the number of keys, but also on the preferences of the owners. In most cases, housekeepers are selected for the style of the room. The standard metal housekeeper is made in the form of a small box with a door and a lock to limit access to the keys of casual visitors and guests. Inside the housekeeper there are hooks or other fastenings for keys. If you look at the back panel of the housekeeper, there is a place for fixing the housekeeper to the surface.

There are special housekeepers for apartments, offices, hotels, warehouses and other production facilities. For a large facility( for example, an oil refinery or a metallurgical plant) special metal key house owners are produced in the form of large boxes. Install such large-sized models in an accessible location so that in the event of an emergency( fire, flood, earthquake, power problems), it was possible to urgently open all the doors of the premises. Such housekeepers do not have such an attractive appearance as the models for the house.

What are the advantages of a housekeeper:

1. The metal structure does not burn, will not melt and does not deform.
2. The metal housekeeper is not afraid of changes in temperature and humidity, as the surface is treated with special anti-corrosion agents.
3. If you install a housekeeper in the corridor, it will become a reliable storage or a mini-safe for keys.
4. Saves personal time, especially in the morning. With the advent of a wall organizer in the house, you will not have to search for a long key now.
5. Regardless of what material is made of the housekeeper, it can always be removed and installed in another place, for example, in a room that will not be accessible to outsiders. Also a good option for the layout of the housekeeper - in the same hallway, but not on the open wall, but inside the cabinet.

If we consider the housekeeper of less durable materials - wood and plastic, it is worth considering that compared to metal housekeepers, they will not be so reliable. This disadvantage can be compensated for by a more attractive look. Of course, if there is a need for maximum protection of keys, then it is better to install a real safe.

Wretch with your own hands

If you decide to make a housekeeper on your own, then you can go easy way and purchase a simple wall wrench from wood or plywood in the store. You can decorate a useful object yourself. Visit the art store or the store "Everything for creativity", there you can find many interesting things, for example, a suitable stencil and a can with paint. In just half an hour you can make a real masterpiece out of a monochrome boring housekeeper. You can decorate the front of the housekeeper with an individual inscription or pattern, and then paint with paint.

Plastic wallets can also be decorated with a stencil and stained-glass paints, and then open the surface with a colorless varnish.

In addition to housekeepers from hard materials( metal, plastic, wood, plywood), you can independently make a housekeeper of cardboard, leather and even straw. There are even master classes of manufacturing housekeepers from natural materials. You can meet interesting models of housekeepers, closing on an individual key - it's very convenient, most importantly, then you do not have to search for the main key.

How to do a housekeeper with their own hands:

If you do not have free time, and now you want to make a housekeeper and place each key in its place, then you can make a useful item from old things. For a housekeeper a wooden photo frame is suitable. You will have an original wooden housekeeper.

Materials for work:

• small-sized wooden frame;
• hooks( metal or plastic) - the number will depend on the size of the frame and how many keys you plan to send for storage;
• glue( can be "PVA" or "Moment");
• brush - 2 pcs.(for glue and paint);
• paint for painting wooden surfaces.

Do yourself a wooden housekeeper:

1. First you need to decide on the color. Choose a paint of this shade, so that it is in harmony with the interior of the room in which the housekeeper will be located.
2. If the frame is very old, then it must be cleaned from the old paint or varnish. Use the grinding paper. First, sand the surface with a coarse-grained sanding cloth, and then - fine.
3. To paint well on a wooden surface, cover the tree with a thin layer of primer.
4. Now armed with a brush and paint, cover the surface with several layers of paint. Wait until the paint is completely dry to attach the hooks.
5. Initially, we chose such hooks, which you just need to screw into a tree with effort.
6. It remains to think about how we will fasten the housekeeper to the wall and place the keys on the hooks.

If you are a little familiar with carpentry, you can make a real housekeeper from a tree. The simplest option is to take a piece of the old window wooden frame and cut out the right size. To give a good appearance to the future housekeeper you can use paint or varnish. And if you apply such an interesting technique of decoupage, like "craquelure", then you can achieve an artificial effect of "aging" the surface. Using a special set of paints and varnishes, in the end you will get a wooden surface with an "old", sometimes splinter paint. But that from a wooden rectangle we have a creative housekeeper, instead of ordinary hooks you can use old keys or cutlery. Try bending them and screwing them to the surface. On such hooks you can hang not only keys, but also umbrellas and a hat.

And this is an example of the original housekeeper:

You can make such an unusual housekeeper out of an old snag. The main thing is that the natural material is in harmony with the overall interior. In such a wooden snag you can screw in more than ten hooks and hang not only the keys, but all the other things necessary in the hallway. For sure, such a snag will please not only you, but your pets. You just have to make sure that the naughty cat does not wipe your keys with your paw.

Plywood wrench

To make a housekeeper in the form of a house or a pretty little animal, you will need such materials and tools:

• plywood or sheet of fiberboard;
• aerosol can of acrylic paint;
• clear varnish( aerosol can be used);
• tissue wipes;
• napkin paper with a pattern for decoupage;
• brushes;
• decoupling glue or water diluted PVA;
• loops and hooks;
• sandpaper.

How to do the housekeeper yourself:

1. First you need to prepare a paper sample. If you decide to make a housekeeper in the form of a house, then draw a figure on the sheet of paper and cut it out. When the decision is made to make a housekeeper in the form of a cat, print a sample on the printer and increase it to the real size.
2. Put the finished sample on the sheet of plywood. To make it more convenient to work, you first need to cut out the square, and already from it saw the right part.
3. Cut the edges of the workpiece with a coarse-grained emery cloth.
4. Surface paint with the selected color. Acrylic spray paint dries very quickly. To prevent contamination of surfaces, you can work in the bathroom, flooring the floor with an oilcloth.
5. If you have never worked in decoupage techniques, then it's better to start with small surfaces, so treat the keyman's edges with paint( you can use a sponge), and in the middle, attach the chosen pattern from the napkin.
6. How to prepare a pattern: take a napkin and carefully cut the desired pattern with your hands. Separate two layers from the napkin, and attach the top layer with the pattern to the surface.
7. Prepare glue for decoupage. You can buy ready-made glue in the store, but it's better to save and do it yourself: take one piece of PVA glue and one piece of water. Mix the two components and gently glue the paper pattern onto the plywood with a soft brush.
8. Begin to work from the center of the drawing, moving gradually to the edges. Do not take a lot of glue on the brush so that "wrinkles" do not form on the surface.
9. After complete drying of the pattern, the surface can be covered with a colorless varnish in two or three layers. After applying each layer, you should wait until the paint is completely dry.
10. When the workpiece is ready, you can fasten the hooks and loops.