Learn how to organize jewelry to keep your collection tidy, untangled, and ready to use.
Jewelry requires special storage to ensure it remains safe and tangle-free.
Long necklaces, for example, will be organized much differently than your stud earrings.
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Before you begin organizing your collection, go through it and carefully inspect each piece.
Sort the remaining pieces into categories such as fine jewelry, dainty and chunky necklaces, or dangly earrings.
This will give you a thorough overview of what you own and the types of storage vessels you need.
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Then, follow these ideas for storing jewelry safely and effectively.
They are inexpensive and typically extendable to accommodate a variety of drawer sizes.
Each hook holds multiple statement necklaces and allows you to sort them into categories while providing easy access.
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Repurposed Storage Containers
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Repurpose smallfood storage containersand use them to organize a jewelry drawer.
Its a great catchall where you might corral small pieces to prevent loss, damage, and clutter.
Reuse Vintage Finds for Jewelry Organization
Find creative ways to store and display jewelryusing flea market finds.
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A vintage frame fitted with a mesh screen, for example, makes a clever organizer for dangly earrings.
Add small S-hooks for hanging long necklaces or bracelets.
Keep necklaces knot-free by hanging them on a makeup mirror or wall-mounted hooks or knobs.
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Use small knobs for jewelry and add larger ones to hold hangers, bags, or belts.
Designate a Jewelry Drawer
Assign a drawer in your closet or bedroom for storing jewelry.
Shallow drawers typically work best so the pieces are easily accessible.
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These jewelry storage solutions keep rarely used pieces safe, organized, and dust-free.
Use stackable plastic jewelry boxes or drawstring jewelry bags to hold bulkier bracelets and necklaces.
Hang Jewelry on Your Closet Door
Turn the inside of acloset doorinto a functional jewelry holder.
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DIY Branch Jewelry Stand
Take the DIY route and make your own branch jewelry stand.
This way, items are always out and easy to grab while still being neatly organized and safely stored.
Decorative Wall Hooks
Use decorative hooks that double as wall art to hold a necklace collection.
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Paint it a fun color and install it above a makeup vanity or inside a cabinet.
Corral together other items such as perfume bottles in decorative trays to keep the open shelves neat and tidy.
Store earrings, necklaces, watches, and bracelets in specialty jewelry holders that are open to view.
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Seeing your treasures lets you do a visual inventory, which will alert you when something’s gone astray.
Store Necklaces on Hooks
Hanging necklaces individually prevents snarled messes of pearls and pendants.
Placing them where they can be seen means you’ll wear them more often.
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Attach decorative hooks directly to a wall in your dressing area to display necklaces.
Alternatively, purchase a hanging jewelry organizer designed to be mounted on the wall.
Organize Jewelry into Compartments
A painter’s palette provides a fun foundation for storing jewelry.
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Use the crannies as caches for rings, earrings, and extra earring backs.
Another jewelry organizer option is compartmentalized trays and platters.
The versatile design allows longer pieces to freely dangle while corralling small posts as pairs.
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Use hooks to suspend a jewelry or shoe organizer from a curtain rod where you get dressed.
Use pearl-headed pushpins for holding necklaces on the bulletin board; hook earring wires through openings in the screen.
Hang a Wall Jewelry Organizer
Purchase a wall-mounted jewelry organizer to hang above your dressing table.
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