The easiest way to make jewelry unwearable or damaged is to not store it appropriately. Kinked chains, tarnished silver, scratched up settings and damaged gemstones are easily reduced or eliminated with the right storage.
If the jewelry wearer has the room, the best place to store jewelry is in the box in which it was sold. Otherwise, finding ways to section off storage areas for the jewelry can also be a method of safeguarding the jewelry owner's investment.
Custom Jewelry Boxes
These boxes are custom sized to the jewelry, which makes them less than great for storage, as it will be a cattywompus arrangement of different size boxes teetering on top of each other. Also, unless the jewelry lover has a fantastic memory, it will be hard to remember exactly what piece of jewelry is in which box.
If closet space is available for this method, the jewelry boxes should be hyper-organized. Rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets - all in their own separate section. These sections should be further organized by different types of precious metals and gemstones.
Finally, the jewelry owner could prepare a directory to the jewelry keyed to letters or numbers that have been stuck on the jewelry boxes. Recommended are peel-and-stick to make it easy work if the identifying number or letter has to be changed.
Customized Slim Pull-Out Drawers
If lucky enough to have custom-built closets, slim, pullout drawers are great to use to store jewelry. Store the jewelry outside its box by lining the drawer with velvet to protect the jewelry from the drawer material. Lay each piece of jewelry flat, keeping the edges of one from touching the next. Once again to easily find the piece of jewelry being looked for, organize by type of jewelry and gemstone.
Jewelry Boxes
Jewelry boxes with fitted lift out trays are a great alternative to custom-built closet space. Those that are uniformly square or rectangle in shape are the best bet. Jewelry boxes of like size can be stacked on each other or on a cheap metal storage unit. Have some sort of logical organizational system for each jewelry box and label the front of each box as to contents.
Top of the Line Jewelry Boxes:
Check out these merchants of fine jewelry boxes. Be ready for some sticker shock! These expensive jewelry boxes provide guidance as to the features jewelry box purchasers should look for:
- T. Anthony - make sure to click the interior view link
- Smythson - ultra-expensive providing a good benchmark for quality
Quick Jewelry Box Pick:
The oblong rosewood jewelry box shown on this page is available on Amazon.com for $27.
Interested in inexpensive ways to store costume jewelry? Learn how to use cheap plastic organizers.
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