Look at jewelry displays (used by jewelers) - a simple tall T-bar can hold multiple necklaces and/or bracelets. There are many places selling jewelry display supplies (think of all those Etsy sellers!) and Amazon probably has some too.

Are you more wanting to store or display? I've just recently been trying to organize and store a bunch of jewelry that I want to protect and keep in a box, but then it is prone to tangling. I ordered, but have not yet received, a big bunch of organza drawstring bags from ebay. This way I can store pieces one or a few to a small bag and then put the bags in a box for storage. I hope things will be easy to find as I look for them in the future...

All great ideas, thank you! And I never thought of storing them, but now you've given me the idea, quasifish, I'm a bit more undecided :)

Food for thought...

Jewelry boxes are never quite right are they?

" a big bunch of organza drawstring bags from ebay. This way I can store pieces one or a few to a small bag and then put the bags in a box for storage. "

I did something similar, but I made mine from infant socks (I just rolled over the top, sewed it down to make a tunnel, and threaded a shoelace through as a drawstring). My intent was more for travel, to protect each from rubbing up against each other while they move in my bag, but they do serve to keep them from being tangled as well. But they are a bit more involved to pull out to wear.

To expand on the idea a little further, my plan is to stand the bags in rows in a box of some kind, so the idea will be that I can thumb through them sort of like files. FWIW, I'm in the US and bought from a US seller who sells the bags in bulk for roughly 10 cents each. If you are willing to order from China, they are even cheaper.

For some rhinestone costume jewelry that I had and wanted to store carefully, I made pouches a few years ago from a thin costume velvet similar to the tubes Toronto Veterinarian described. They are really nice for protecting the jewelry, but it's hard to tell what is in them without opening and looking. Hopefully that will be the nice thing about the organza bags- you can see what is in them without opening them up, but the downside is less protection for certain pieces of jewelry. Most of what I plan to put in the bags is rather inexpensive jewelry, so that is a consideration as well.

I have a jewelry armoire which is essentially a small bureau that holds jewelry. The middle are drawers - one has slots for rings; some have little partitions of varying shapes and sizes. The sides swing open on either side and have many hooks for necklaces.

I am remodeling and my first armoire (which I just got rid of) was oak and looked like a little antique chest. I had toyed with having something built into my closets but then realized I had the perfect spot for a new jewelry armoire and that it made sense to use that spot rather than take up space in my closets. My new jewelry armoire is a mirrored chest which will minimize it visually since it sits next to one of my closets which has sliding mirrored doors.

I collect vintage costume jewelry and went overboard in terms of acquiring stuff as it was just fun to get to a flea market on a Sunday morning and see what caught my eye so the armoire just holds the stuff that I actually wear :-) although I am sure that there are "gems" that I have stashed away that I have forgotten about.

Totally forgot about the jewelry armoires! Thanks Helen....One would fit in my closet....Hmmm...

I think I'll check Craigslist :)

I don't have a lot of jewelry, (but I do have scarves and stuff that might fit) but I'm just so over the whole chain detangling game.

I have some small zip-lock plastic bags that I put the silver chains in, so they don't tarnish. And I tuck them all in this, an organizer that has lots of pockets (some on both sides) that hands in the closet.

Stuff doesn't tangle, and those plastic bags will tuck in there.

http://a.co/d/d1TKkIh

Though I do sometimes wish I had a way to display them in a way that makes them easier to see, so I'd be inspired to wear them.

I guess if I had hooks, I could use a binder clip to hold the ones in the little plastic bags, and hook the loop of the binder clip over the hook

@pennydesign - Too bad you didn't post earlier when I was getting rid of my old oak jewelry armoire as I would have been delighted to find it a new home. I gave it to one of the men who work in my building for his wife but I suspect that you have a real need for a dedicated jewelry storage armoire.

If you have sufficient room in your closet for a jewelry armoire, I think it's very functional. I hadn't mentioned other accessory storage but it also works well for that as well since it has the multiple not too deep or large drawers. I did actually keep a few of my favorite scarves in there. As you may have suspected, I am a "hoarder" of things but without appropriate storage I get overwhelmed.

I actually had drawers installed in my new closet but realized that they didn't have the side opening things with all the hooks so it wasn't as functional for my jewelry as my old jewelry armoire had been which is why I decided to replace it.

They aren't that expensive - especially for one that you are stashing in your closet. I don't have the costs for each component of my closet but I wouldn't be surprised if the drawers I had built into the closet cost more than the new armoire I am getting.

I have been looking for a way to store mine as well. Hanging them on hooks works great but I have so many I think they would get dusty hanging there. If I only wore a few different necklaces that would be different.

i don't want to go out and buy something expensive and I have been looking online for a DIY project to possibly make something. A few years ago I found online a DIY glass door shadow box that someone used to hanf necklaces in.

I have been looking but cannot find it. If I do I will post it on here if you are interested.

Helen, you're the sweetest person ever!

I am still looking, and winker, I have something in the works that came to me during an insomnia episode...I'll post what I come up with as soon as I finish it.

This is similar to what I did with a wall mirror and scrap wood.

Raye, I would love to see!! What a great idea, a bit like the armoire...I guess you could wall mount it, too...Wow, what an accomplishment!

Thanks mdln! I see a good Christmas gift suggestion evolving here...

I preferred to make my own so that I would have more hanging earring space, used dowels for those. Also I put more necklace hanging hooks on the backside of the door. Also mine is all wood, I don't know if the store bought ones are made of wood.

I have a floor mirror--I wonder if I could figure out a way to do this!

I don't think w/ that mirror, though; it's got round edges. But I suppose I could make the unit with its own door, and then Liquid-Nails my mirror onto it.

I imagine that basically you make a divided "tray" (designed with your own jewelry needs in mind) and then get some hinges to attach the mirror...this would be to hang it on the wall, though. I can't imagine how to do that to a standing mirror. I guess you would have to figure out how your pivot points work and replace the mirror with the divided bit, then hinge the mirror?

Basic instructions, use 3/8" plywood for the door, attaching the mirror by surrounding it the trim. Attach the door to the box with hinges. If your making a cheval glass, Rockler sells the hardware to attach the box to the stand. If your attaching it to a wall screw the box into the studs. I probably spent less than $50 for supplies and several hours to make mine.

My favorite necklace storage I had was in a walkin closet. I had a small dresser under, and the closet rod that extended over it was the ideal spot for necklaces with clasps. They never tangled or overlaid one another, and I never ran out of room.

The bracelets are in those divided trays in shallow drawers in a small secretary desk.

I was going through my design files and came across this photo of jewelry storage which I though was ingenious

neat that it has the mirror on the inside, so you can see where the necklace is falling BEFORE you close the door.

@RayeSmith: I don't think I can attach my mirror directly to a hinge, given how it is constructed.

(1) the frame is completely round, front and back

(2) the back of the frame is not very wide

(3) I don't think the construction of the frame is strong enough to stand up to the stresses of movement.

@pennydesign, I don't think I'd try to convert the floor mirror to a jewelry mirror--I just think it would be too complicated.

But I could make the box/tray that attaches to the wall, and attach a slab door of plywood (size everything so that door fits inside the frame of my mirror), and then remove my mirror from the stand and glue it to the slab door.

Maybe the frame would stand up to that simpler stress.

I've wanted to hang that mirror on the wall all along anyway; I love how it looks (the design of the frame), but having it on a stand is a PITA.

I didn't attach the mirror directly to the hinges either, I backed it with a sheet of plywood and hinged the ply. Helen, the mirror is pretty on the inside but I used that area to install little L hooks for hanging necklaces. A slab door may be more than your need for what your making. Another suggestion, use contact paper or wallpaper on the inside back of the box and the back of the door.

ooh, or a sheet of stainless steel, so it will hold magnets, for hooks, etc.

There is magnetic paint, too.

I found some anti tarnish fabric on Amazon that could be used to line the sides and reverse/backing of the mirror...I ordered some to go around my temporary hook thing for my necklaces. I found that I wasn't wearing them because of both tangles (I'm always in a mad hurry and it seems to be the last thing I do before dashing out the door) and tarnish...