Where to keep jewellery Part II

Here is the Part II of the results of our small research.

We now have six major categories of jewellery organizers. Let’s list them: 

1. Boxes
2. Stands/ trees/ hangers/ tiers
3. Screens
4. (Hanging) pocket keepers/ organizers
5. Jewellery cabinets
6. Improvised jewellery organizers

In this post I will discuss some main + and – of the first category – jewellery boxes.

I’ll begin with simple one-section jewellery boxes, which can vary in size. Example:

Advantage – good if you don‘t have lots of jewellery and the ones that you have are made of the same material (I believe you know, that each piece of jewellery made from different materials should be kept separated). Gold rings and necklaces should be kept separated from silver rings and necklaces.  It is nice to have few such boxes for some special jewellery that you adore and that reminds you of precious moments or special people. Lets use these uniquely designed one-section boxes for single pieces of jewellery.

Disadvantage – if you have lots of jewellery, you will definitely need more than one box. How many you’ll need? And how much space they will take? Will it be comfortable to look through all of these boxes when searching for jewellery you need on this special/important Tuesday? Or will you learn the contents of each box by heart? :) Consider this.

Then there are jewellery boxes that have separate sections for rings and for other jewellery.

 These boxes IMHO are great for jewellery sets. If you have one necklace that goes perfectly with few of your rings, why not to put all of them into one box? So the advantage is that you can keep more than one piece of jewellery in it and that you can organize your jewellery according to its color/style/whatever.

The disadvantage – there still is not enough room for all of your jewellery, not even close to it..

So again, it is useful when you have just a few jewellery pieces, otherwise you’ll have the same mess that I already have :)

There are also bigger jewellery boxes with several sections-drawers and even mirrors.

Advantages – practical, because there is a mirror and quite a lot of drawers and separated spaces. You can keep it in your bedroom, or where there is no mirror. The second picture illustrates the men’s jewellery organizer. They might also need these ;) Consider this when making your Christmas present list :) These are useful for those who like the variety of jewellery materials – they gives an opportunity to keep your jewellery separated so that they would not be harmed by each other.

I can’t see disadvantages of these, but I would say that classic design of the box (as in the pictures above) requires classic jewellery to be kept in it, but then where to put all of your hand-made jewellery or bijouterie?? 

Here comes, as I call them, monster-boxes. By the word “monster” I mean huge. These are also called jewellery storage chests. 

I will begin with disadvantages. The first thing that I don’t like about this-kind of plastic transparent organizer is that… it looks cheap. Call me finicky, but big pieces of transparent plastic look cheap to me.. The second thing – I don’t want my whole jewellery to be seen by everyone. I think jewellery has to have some secret, and therefore it should be kept more privately. If this would not be transparent I think I would consider it as an option.. I am still not sure about the solar effect on jewellery which is kept in transparent boxes, but I promise to find this out. And I am pretty sure that this could be another disadvantage…

What about advantages? Well, on the other hand, it might be useful. Due to its transparency you can see what’s inside and you don’t have to waste your time searching and thinking where on earth are your favourite earrings. 

And this is probably it. All boxes now have been discussed, and next post will be about jewellery stands, trees, hangers and tiers.

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