Decorative Jewelry Storage Ideas

• Decorative jewelry boxes will encourage you to keep your jewelry organized. Inti St. Clair/Photodisc/Getty Images

  You don't need to keep your jewelry stored in an old shoe box or scattered across the kitchen counter or on your dresser. Jewelry left out in the open can get lost, damaged or dirty and jewelry left in shoe boxes can get tangled or scratched. There are containers that you can use to keep your jewelry stored and organized in a decorative way.

Hardware Store Box

• Most hardware stores sell storage boxes of various sizes. These boxes are full of small compartments for nails, screws and other items as well as larger compartments for tools like screwdrivers and hammers. Such a box is very appropriate as you can use the smaller compartments for rings and earrings and the larger compartments for necklaces and bracelets. Decorate the box by hot gluing pieces of a rich fabric, such as velvet, taffeta or silk to the top and sides. Glue on edging like cording or lace to decorate.

Key Holders

• One of the easy aspects of storing jewelry is that jewelry is inherently decorative; thus, you don't necessarily need to sock it all away in a cupboard or box. You can store jewelry decoratively and out in the open if you store it in an organized way. For example, use key hooks to hang necklaces and bracelets. Key hooks either come in self-sufficient stand or strips that you screw into the wall. Also, small ceramic dishes for keys designed to rest on tables next to the front door make suitable jewelry holders, just as long as you don't pile your jewelry in them, but use one dish for two to three rings or pairs of earrings maximum.

Jewelry Frames

• Jewelry frames are elegant, original pieces that you can easily make yourself. Take an old antique frame or a rustic wooden frame or throw a bright coat of paint onto a boring frame to revive it. Cut a piece of lace to the dimensions of the interior of the frame. The lace should stretch tautly against the back of the frame, held by staples from a staple gun. Now you have a place where you can store your earrings: just gently poke them into the holes of the lace and drape your necklaces around the corners of the frame. Your jewelry will look like art.