I have a jewelry cabinet and use a toiletry travel organizer which has 2 sides of plastic compartments and a hanger.

I have a jewelry box with a door where I can hang small necklaces with drawers for earrings. I have a rack with lots of small hooks on the wall in the closet where I hang larger necklaces, and I have a hanging pocket pouch thing in the closet for the larger earrings and bracelets and such.

I bought one of these around the holidays for larger necklaces, bangle bracelets, and french hook earrings...Cost plus jewelry hanger

For the stuff I interchanged frequently, I have one of One hanging things with variously sized vinyl pockets on both sides. For rarely worn stuff I have jewelry boxes. My dilemma is how to store the watches I rotate...nothing expensive, just silver and gold colors, and leather bands of different colors. Any watch ideas?

I have them in two drawers in my dresser, one devoted primarily to earrings and the other to necklaces (oh, forgot small drawer for bracelets). I subdivide with cardboard boxes that checkbooks were stored in and boxes in which jewelry was sent from e-bay. Every once in a while I empty out all the drawers and sit on the rug with the boxes, resorting them according to color, and putting aside items I no longer want which I then give away. Primitive, but it works.

For costume jewelry I use a hanging jewelry organizer.

http://www.containerstore.com/s/canvas-80-pocket-hanging-jewelry-organizer/d?productId=10014111&q=hanging%20jewelry%20storage

My really good jewelry is in a tampon box under the sink :) The rest of my things are in compartments in the lingerie drawer of my dresser.

I rarely wear jewelry these days, but when I did, I had one of those stand-alone chests with doors for hanging necklaces and drawers for organizing other types of jewelry.

We asked for a couple of shallow drawers on each side of our built in dresser when our closet was constructed. Mine have trays lined with velvet for my jewelry. The really valuable stuff lives in a small safe that is built into one of the closet bays.

Blubird, I have several everyday watches in the current rotation, a couple of seikos, a tank and a couple of Brightons that are kept in long leather bracelet boxes two or three to a box. They fit nicely along the sides of the jewelry liner in one of the drawers. Oh, and a "fashion" watch from Brooks Brothers that stays in one of the open jewelry compartments because the band is a shapeless chain.

I don't have valuable jewelry. My earrings are sorted in one of the Container Store organizers Marie Cate linked to, and my necklaces hang on a different Container Store organizer - This oneVery convenient. My only sentimental/valuable jewelry are diamond studs that were my two grandmothers' engagement ring diamonds, and they're in a little pouch in my drawer - I wear them all the time.

I have a velvet lined wood jewelry chest about the size of a bread box. It sits on my dresser. It was a gift from my parents and I love it. They know I love jewelry :-) It has a drawer with compartments for earrings at the bottom, and the lid lifts up for the ring/bracelet section. I hang my necklaces on a little wall mounted rack; otherwise they get hopelessly tangled.

My everyday jewelry-- rings, watches, tennis bracelet-- is either in a glass dish in the bathroom, or I'm wearing it.

Super cheap here and we have moved a lot over the years --- my closets have always had open wall space on the sides of the cabinets and along the walls. Or, in a pinch, the back of the door. I hammer nails level and hang plastic coated flatware holders. like this but even cheaper The loop ear rings hang off the plastic and the necklaces are hung off large paperclips clipped to the plastic. Minor investment that takes no space. I only wear one ring and that will get pulled off my cold, dead, left ring finger some day. My post ear rings are thrown in a bowl on a shelf. I have moved a bunch over the years. When I move - I take them off the wall and wrap tightly with plastic wrap and thrown them in my suitcase to hand carry to the next place.

Funny, but just last week I decided I needed to do something different and since I had some vintage wooden hangers, I drilled some pilot holes and added hooks. I plan on putting them on the back of a cabinet that juts out in to the closet. I just replaced the back with beadboard and a mirror. (FYI it is nothing $$)

gotta remember that tampon box!

I keep mine in a safe in the MB closet. The safe is a recent addition and it gives me much greater peace of mind than I had anticipated....

Speaking of watches, why is it I can never throw old ones out even after they stop working? I have really old wind ups from DH's old maid aunt yet...the kind with the bands that pinch. I'd never wear them, but there they are. Go figure.

Annie, if you have a local community theater group that keeps a stock of costumes, props and accessories, they would probsbly appreciate it. It doesn't matter to them if it runs and the pinching band might put the actor wearing it in a period frame of mind :-)

Annie, I don't even WEAR a watch, and I have probably 10 watches in various states of repair - none very expensive, and I don't need or want them, but there they are!

I have some trays similar to these. I bought mine online several years ago and they are stacked on a shelf in our closet. BB&B has these now that are very similar. I hang some longer necklaces on a hanger with hooks (I also use it for a few small belts).

Our dresser also has 4 small divided drawers for jewelry that I use for some items & the nicer pieces go into our big safe that is bolted to the concrete in the storage room off the garage.

I have stacking trays, but I'm too impatient to lift one out to get to the one below, and when I do, the one with necklaces gets all tangled anyway. They really are best with each in its own little section or else hanging up. Also, I like to be able to see everything easily, otherwise pieces go unworn, and the next time I organize it I think "oh, that necklace would have been perfect with the outfit I wore to Event X 2 months ago"

i think I will do this: my "secretary" has three shallow drawers, a fold-down desk with a couple of little drawers and slots in there, and two more little drawers. The whole think is not real wide. Currently I keep stationery in there, but who am I kidding?! I don't write letters! So I think I will put some of the trays in there, get some other dividers or boxes.

I like that idea to put little hooks in a wooden hanger. I have a couple of vintage ones, too, I think I will try that. Thanks!

Very clever, Olychick!

That is clever, Olychick! I think I'd like to do that on the cabinet above (getting to old to bend down lol!). That really is secret. I like the tile apron above the cab doors, too!

olychick, love yours and would like to have one built one like that. I guess it can't be done with existing cabinets?

Oly, that's just a super cool idea!

I have this from Amazon. It hangs on the inside of my French Door closet in the master bathroom. Why didn't I think of this YEARS ago!? I could have saved so many hours (that added up would be days <lol>) searching for the piece(s) I wanted. Putting jewelry away is just as painless. $12.99. It's not an heirloom piece but it's just what I needed.

Closet Complete Ultra 80 Pocket Hanging Jewelry Organizer

I mostly wear just earrings and have divider inserts---I think from Amazon--- in a drawer in my closet. They are separated by color, so fast and easy to coordinate with what I'm wearing. Necklaces, etc. are in a jewelry box on the shelf above my earring drawer.

I have an amoire, which I bought from JC penny during thanksgiving sale. Similar to this one. It also holds my nailpolish, makeup, socks and hosiery. It has a place in my closet.

I used to keep watches in them, but now they stay in something like this:

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Nutsaboutplants, I think the only way you could do this in existing cabinets would be to reconfigure the doors and add the pullouts to the side, but I'm not sure.

Thanks Oly! We have a cabinet maker building us some cabinets for the kitchen island. When he comes here to install the island, I will ask him about it.

I have mostly good jewelry. I hardly own any costume jewelry at all. I recently went through it and separated it into some clear divided jewelry trays with lids that I bought at Walmart in the jewelry dept. They are lined with velvet and have covers that fit inside. They are stackable, made in the USA, very reasonably priced (under $10), make it easy to find the piece that I want, plus retrieve easily, and keep it safe, lessoning the chance of it getting tangled or broken.

I have a medium-sized jewelry box with sides that open to hang delicate necklaces. It has small drawers with dividers and partitions for post earrings.

For my costume jewelry -- necklaces and bracelets, I have a metal jewelry stand with two bars that I bought from a local store going out of business. It was only $5 and is stainless steel.

I'd first thought to put some sort of jewelry hanger and drawers in our walk-in MBR closet, but quickly had second thoughts about that. I pictured myself dropping a ring or earring and having to go searching on my hands and knees for it under racks of slacks or shoes. I'd definitely lose things in there! So, I finally came up with adding the velvet lined jewelry trays to 2 of the drawers of my dressing table in our master bathroom.

Darn it, I thought I'd added a pic of the Command Hooks I used, but it didn't come through for some reason! Here they are. Small, clear, inexpensive and easily removable:

LynnNM, I think that looks very nice! I wish I had a cabinet or door to do that, but the closet has bypass sliding doors -- ugh -- and the only cabinet is in the bathroom...over the toilet. Handy for toilet paper, NOT for jewelry :)

I do have the clear acrylic trays with red velvety dividers and lids. They stack, so a drawer holds a lot, but I'm too impatient to be careful enough to keep them organized for more than a few months.

when I had my walkin closet, I hung the jewelry on the clothes rod, but a small chest of drawers was below with a jewelry box and a dish on top for bracelets and pins, so things didn't fall under racks of clothes. i like the 3m hooks, looks like they keep everything visible and easy to grab and put back.

Related question: how do you organize your jewelry?

The royal gems in the safe or in the Columbus Day decorations box, roger.

Everyday jewelry, like you wear a certain bracelet or earrings almost daily, maybe in a dish on nightstand, dresser, vanity.

What about everything else? All the bracelets together? Or the bracelets and necklaces and earrings that are the same "type" and you are likely to ear together? Do you sort by what outfit they go with? By color? By metal? By style? By stone? All the silver bracelets together, but with the silver earrings? Or, the silver-and-amber bracelets are with amber necklace?

Im sure I have way more jewelry than I need or wear, but when I have an outfit on, sometimes something old jumps out as just the right piece to put with it.

Hmmmm, good question! It'll be interesting to hear what others do with theirs. I have a lot more silver jewelry than gold. You've seen the jumble of how I hang my necklaces on the inside of a cabinet door. No rhyme or reason there, except to keep them displayed so that I can see them all in a glance. I have a LOT of earrings. I use those stackable, velvet-lined jewelry organizers in my large, long dressing table drawer. I keep the gold and silver earrings separated. I then try to keep them grouped together by stone colors, so that I can quickly choose between them. I don't wear bracelets, but keep my Native American silver (with turquoise, green turquoise amethyst, etc.) wrist cuffs in that same drawer. My rings are all in one area of the drawer, as well. Jewelry that I don't wear as often, such as my silver concho belt, good watches, old charm bracelet from high school, out of season jewelry, etc. are stored together in the second jewelry drawer. It works for me.

I keep all necklaces together, all earrings, all bracelets, pins (which I actually don't wear at all) and watches. No other sorting.

I have a small jewelry armoire but it is totally disorganized. I have the main jewelry that I wear in a top drawer of a hall chest. My necklaces are on one side and the other side has several compartmented boxes that I purchased at Michael's that holds my most worn earrings. I have all my valuable jewelry mixed in with it. DH is constantly fussing at me to put it in the safe. Both safes are downstairs and not at all handy. We should have a safe built into the closet but that would be way down on the list.