Thursday, October 2, 2014

Velvet and rhinestones and an-easy-yet-efficient-storage-solution-for-my-accessories oh my.

Lest you think I'm a total flake I'm hear to assure you I haven't forgotten about showing you my "final" bedroom - whatever that means.  I'm fine if you think I'm lazy but not a flake.  I have personal standards.

Ok I actually keep forgetting to print a photograph to frame so I guess that does make me somewhat flaky... 

And since I'm wrapping up some things in my bedroom I'm shifting focus to other things like ORGANIZING.  Can you even contain yourself with how much excitement you're feeling right now?!

Depending on how you much like jewelry and order maybe you ARE feeling excitement.  I happen to j'adore jewelry and order so much it causes me to use phrases like 'j'adore' in sentences with no hint of sarcasm.

I have a pretty large collection of jewelry - wait, I should say shiny things I adorn myself with because none of that shit is real.  I mean, it's 'real' in the sense that I didn't metaphorically buy it from Forever21 but not real in that sometimes I still find tarnish on my finger when I take my jewelry off.

But I'm tired of shamefully storing it in ugly plastic bins with drawers.  I'm going adult!  With my plastic jewelry.

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However much I would like to casually-but-purposefully display my "jewels" with the help of antlers or Brutalist sculptures or figures from my brass menagerie,  I just don't think I want this much clutter on my dresser top.  I'm not to be trusted with artful mess.

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I j'adore 'artful mess' but the problem with 'artful mess' is that it quickly becomes j'pile of artful shit.

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No way I can maintain a curated mess like this all the time.


Now THIS mess, maybe...  I love the Chanel bag behind the bottle of Yellow Tail.  I can't tell if I love this girl or want to pee in the bag while flipping her off.

Regardless, it's a j'izzillion times better than this mess:

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Jesus crafting Christ, y'all.  

Let's check in with some professionals because this cheese grater shit is the Ebola of Pinterest.  (Creating lots of unnecessary hype in this country by middle class white people that probably watch a lot of Fox News.)
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Stylist Mary Alice Stevenson really knows how to, well, do everything in life perfectly, I'm guessing, based on how meticulous her designer jewelry collection is displayed.  See the rest of her closet here and j'weep in joy and jealousy.

We can't talk about jewelry organizing with talking about everyone's favorite/feared designer Kelly Wearstler.
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Her closet is just as impressive/fearful as you would imagine.

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Somehow I just feel a maniac lurks beneath her expensive exterior.  But I'd be j'happy with her maniac closet and jewelry organization.

But the rest of us plebes have to make do with the Container store and costume jewelry but I'm fine with that because both of those things make me squee.  Who's the middle class white lady now, huh?!?!?!?

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I'm not allowed to look at the jewelry displays at junk stores anymore.  I'm like a magpie but only for bargain sparkle.

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I have a lot of big bangles - it's my crutch signature - so bracelet storage is the cornerstone of my setup.

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Cute little storage bowls like these are fine for some people but I need architecture.

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Although one day I really would like a printer's cabinet or apothecary cabinet or flat file solely filled with glorious jewelry but I'll settle for a drawer or two of my IKE-Rah Malms right now.  

Until then, please continue to enjoy this collection of jewelry storage porn.

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So velvety, so shparkly.

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I mean, damn.

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Literal moist panties right now.  

I j'cream for tray after tray of glitz apparently.  Big surprise.

So I've been researching organization trays for my drawers and the next time you see me I'll probably be draped in powder blue silk and perched atop my Louis Vuitton luggage going through my drawers of aphrodisiacs. 

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13 comments:

  1. The Chanel bag proudly propped up behind a bottle of Yellow Tail is probably my second-favorite thing on the internet right now. (This being the first: http://happyplace.someecards.com/cats/this-guy-decided-to-take-his-cat-for-its-first-walk/)

    Also I don't have a lot of jewelry, just some janky shit I picked up on clearance at Target, but if I did I'd have to go with drawers. All of the displays of stuff left out on dresser tops are obviously put together by people who do not live with cats.

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    1. Hahaha THE VIDEO.

      Yeah, cats and Lacy humans do not do well with too much small shit on surfaces.

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  2. OMgosh. Thanks for making me lmao...again. Personally, I have the cheap, plastic 3m hooks on the wall in my closet with everything hanging from it. And a couple of bowls on the dresser. I need a drawer. I'm lacking drawers apparently.

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    1. Hey, I've been using cheap plastic storage too so no shame! I think I'm okay with it as long as it's tucked away. But drawers are where it's at! The few pieces I have so far I love and I'm still working on it!

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  3. My bedroom is the last thing to get renovated in my house (in which every OTHER room has been renovated so far) and it looks pretty ghetto. I have a wall with 40's wallpaper (and water stains) that I just hung a zillion hooks on and hung my jewelry on those hooks. It makes me so happy and I feel I can live in there until we can afford to do the room right in a year. Good jewelry display does a lot!

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    1. Some people love being able to SEE their jewelry or use it as "decor" but that's not me. I wish I had that kind of charm! But once you get to the bedroom it's really worth it - even if it sounds cliche it really is like a sanctuary. You'll appreciate it sooo much when it happens!

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  4. wait, so, i started this post expecting pictures, either sneak peeks of your bedroom or of how exactly you've now chosen to store your jewelry. but then i got to the end and i think they were all other people's pictures. from the internet. you can't play these mind games with us. all this talk about, excitement, it makes it seem like there's a big unveiling. and then just nothing. =,(

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    1. Sowwwy. I figure by now that you'd know I can't be inspired, find a solution and then execute all within ONE post! Wait, that actually makes a hell of a lot of sense to do that and I should probably do it that way from now on... :-/

      BTW, I STILL can't find you on Google+!

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    2. oh, geez, what's wrong with me? i hadn't CONNECTED the two accounts. i just assumed they were connected. but they're connected now. click on my picture or name now, and it'll take you right to my g+ page.

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  5. OMG but I j'adore finding bargains at swap meets. Fortunately jewelry -- in any J'adorable form, is not my shiny squirrel. I bring home rescued furniture. Really, think big with these kind of addictions!

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    1. Oh I do that too. It's like I find the most expensive hoarding hobbies and do them ALL!

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  6. But what the world really needs is gorgeous velvet lined drawers in an acrylic dresser. I have a vintage leather jewelry box (red satin lined!!) that is gorgeous but since i have to keep it closed (damn you, tarnish!) I never wear anything that isn't piled unceremoniously next to it.

    I'm classy adjacent.

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    1. Hahaha I'm going to steal "classy adjacent" for all manner of things now.

      That's the thing - coming up with a solution that's "classy" AND functional aka something my lazy ass will also do.

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