In my pearl thread, April asked how I store my rather sizable jewelry collection. I thought I'd start a new thread in case anyone else is interested.
Basically, I took over this antique armoire (pic 1) when we moved into our current home. It used to function as a closet (albeit a small one) in our old house, which had tiny closets. My husband used this for his clothes, but now he has a whole side of our walk-in, much to his delight.
The armoire is now my accessory wardrobe. I removed the hanging rods and put in wire shelving, and added removable hooks on the inside walls and the insides of the doors.
In pic 2, you can see that I store hats and travel necessities on the shelves, as well as boxes that hold some of my mom's old sentimental costume jewelry, bracelets, etc. In pic 3, you can see how I use the hooks to hang my necklaces on the doors and inside walls.
On the right side of the armoire (pic 4) are storage boxes with graphic tees (stored in "filing style") and scarves.
And then my bureau has a built-in jewelry tray in the top. That's where I keep rings, watches, earrings, and pendants and chains. There is stuff in here that was my mom's, and pieces of mine that date back to the 80s.
I could probably stand to go through all of this and edit the collection a bit, or at least put some in a holding zone, but I'm so sentimental about jewelry, and some things were my mother's, so I'm not so quick to let go.
Whew! I know, it's a lot. What about you? How do you store your baubles and extras? Do you feel like your system works for you? Do you edit often?
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