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Man, people are so rude on this site sometimes.

Some of these are pretty. I like the tree branch thing, but not completely overwhelmed like in pic 5.

The arrangements look good close up, but I question if they read as well in the context of an entire room. I guess I prefer to just store mine out of sight

I used to hang all of my necklaces on the wall when I was in high-school, so it's difficult for me to see it in any other light. I also think it tends to look a little too 'busy', which I find distracting.

Maybe if you had one, large, show-stopping piece displayed as artwork. But too much isn't appealing to me.

I don't think jewelry in the bathroom is a good idea. Now I'm not talking about the kind with dressing rooms attached. Just seems to me all that mositure wouldn't be good for it.

the little white tree comes from urban outfitters, or atleast Ive seen something similar there.
classy ladies have jewelry boxes though, right? haha

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I like the way these displays look ... but I just have too much jewelry to do this! I've got two long peg racks inside my bedroom closet, one on either side, as well as two sets of double-pronged "bathrobe" hooks on either side of the inside of the closet door ... and that's just for the LONG necklaces! I did have the peg racks on the wall behind a door in the bedroom of my old apartment. They got dusty, which was an annoyance; I thought about mounting a piece of fabric (or even a pillowcase) above the racks which would hang down and cover them, and could be lifted to access the jewelry.

@swabyjustin: Yes, we classy ladies do have jewelry boxes! But the big, chunky necklaces don't always fit in the boxes well so hanging them on a cute stand or on the wall is not a half-bad solution. Right now I have my BIG necklaces hanging on the top corners of my mirror and they look pretty cute.

i love this idea...having it out to see. i find that if i put them up that i don't wear them as often. it's a constant fuss between my husband and i because i leave earrings and necklaces all over the bathroom. ikea has a sweet little jewelry tree too. http://peppermags.blogspot.com/2009/02/accessory-jewelry-tree.html

jewelry can be such a nice "accessory"

~jacklyn

I like this idea better in a bedroom than in a bathroom; the germs that get sprayed around (no need to go into detail as to where they are from) is not what I want on my jewelry.

Just a thought, but if those jewels are really valuable, you might not want them on easy display if you were to have a break in....

Because I live in a studio apartment and there is not a lot of places to store things, I use my stereo speakers, shelf and busts to hang my necklaces.

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I have some of mine out and some stored away. The items that are out in the open (necklaces hanging on hooks on the wall, earrings pinned to a canvas hung on the wall and rings and bracelets in shallow dishes) are items that I tend to wear at least once every other week or so. Items that I wear less frequently are packed away in jewelry boxes or into a hanging jewelry holder (in the closet). I tend to wear a small subset of items over and over, so it is easier to just leave them out.

Jewelry and dust are not a good combination. Of course, dust may be something that only happens in Florida and in our house.

I collect costume jewelry and I make it, too -- so I have tons.

I have a walk-in closet that serves as a (small) dressing room. In there I have a narrow sofa table agains a wall. Over that I have a mirror and two wall mounted necktie racks for necklaces -- essentially bars with many hooks. I have a large silverware chest that I painted decoratively for my costume jewelry (earrings, pins, more necklaces). Stacked on that I have another chest with very shallow drawers meant for storing collector coins or something that now holds my hand-crafted polymer clay jewelry (both my own and things I bought or traded for). I have an interesting nearly-pyramid-shaped jewelry box with little drawers for my rings, special earrings, etc. And I have a shadow box frame containing a few expensive collector level pieces of polymer clay jewelry (the multi-hundred dollar stuff I am afraid to wear, but love to look at). (No, I don't spend like that often, but when you get the chance to invest in art that will appreciate in value once every few years when you take classes with the artists or something, it seems worth the budgetary stretch!)

But none of that is out in the bedroom or bathroom because of the clutter effect and the functionality -- I can select and put on my jewelry while getting dressed.

I'm with the others who have too much jewelry to display. I have too much costume jewelry for a jewelry box! I just got a new bedroom set (Craigs List) and am looking for dividers for the dresser drawers to store mine. I like the idea of having one show stopping piece out on display, possibly framed and hung on the wall.