recycled drawer pull barrettes

Take an old cabinet drawer pull with a retro or intriguing design and repurpose it for your hair.

Step 1: Materials and tools

Cabinet drawer pulls.  (My local Habitat For Humanity store had mismatched old cabinet pulls for 10 cents a piece.)

a means for filing metal.  I'm using a tile wet saw.  That may constitute tool abuse, but most metals were once mixed in with stone, so I don't see a problem here.

Elastic hair band

Comments

[RaNDoMLeiGH]

I was thinking, hmm, saw off the screw-receptacle bits, adhere to a barette blank. But this way is much cooler, and when the elastic goes, it's really easy to fix. Nice!!

[mslaynie]

Holy WOW, this is FABULOUS!! I am so inspired by this!! Seriously, this is fabulous!!

[foobear]

hehe cool

[mslaynie]

Do these actually stay in your hair? I'm just... wow. Love this!!

I bet you could also use solder to attach these to metal barrettes or clips, for small knobs or pulls. You are NOT helping my list of things to experiment with!! :D

[foobear]

hehe. Yes, some of these are heavier than normal barrettes, to be sure. But if a person had thick curly hair, no problem right? The lighter ones stay allright. I have very thin hair, so I have to wear a light one. And yes, it would work better to solder them to the barrette clips, but I wanted to be a purist. =)

[mslaynie]

I totally get that. So many of my projects would be easier if I wasn't so darned intent on doing it all myself!

[debdegraeve]

This is so clever!! I wear things in my hair all the time, and I always see handles I love. I will be trying this.

[foobear]

cool!

[Mr.Sanchez]

And it works for self defense...Nice...!!!!

[Dr. Pepper]

I love Habitat For Humanity!

[foobear]

Yes they are wonderful. We have two 'Builder's Bargains' in my area and I'm very happy about that..

[Dr. Pepper]

Yeah! They have great deals on stuff.

[Browncoat]

What a neat idea!

[foobear]

thank you!