Alternative uses for jewelers

The main use of jewelry boxes is in the name: to store and organize your jewelry collection. However, it is possible, in a pinch, to use your jewelry boxes for other purposes. That is, of course, assuming you have room to spare in your jewelry boxes for anything other than necklaces, rings, and other beautiful trinkets. If you’re a pragmatist who uses everything at hand to solve your problems, this tip may come in handy. Jewelery purists may be horrified, so beware. These are just ideas. We never said they were good.

Extra Hardware – At best, many of us have at least a couple of loose screws, or a nail or bolt or two. If you have a couple of extra drawers available in your jewelry boxes, you could dedicate them to storing extra hardware you accumulate from putting together furniture or toys, or just the ones you buy because you think you need them and then need a place to put them that keeps them from being in the closet. floor and then get stepped on by your bare foot. Jewelry boxes are great at keeping small things like earrings from falling apart, so they’ll also keep all the nuts and bolts square.

Memory Leak – If you have a digital camera or other data storage device, chances are you are using one of those powerful but annoyingly small and thin SD cards. They’re thin, fragile, and possibly their closest equivalent to a family photo album, so keep them somewhere safe. Jewelry boxes are perfect for this because, once again, they are perfect for storing small and breakable items. The soft suede or velvet lining of many jewelry boxes will keep your memory cards (and by extension, your memorabilia) safe.

Power source: Batteries, like screws and nails, are other small things that are necessary but sometimes problematic to store. Some are quite large, like the D’s, while others, like the ones on watches, can be frighteningly small. Jewelers can help with all of this, keeping them stored, organized, and ready for when they need to connect to a device and turn it on. The smaller batteries can be stored in ring rolls or in the small compartments you’ll find in jewelry boxes, while the larger ones can be stored in one of the larger drawers or in some watch compartments once you remove the pillows. . Wait, now what do you do with the pillows?

Well, it seems that there are many things that could be kept in jewelry boxes. You could even use them to store office supplies, like paper clips and staples, or hot beverage items, like sugar packets and tea bags. However, they are probably best used the way they were designed, to provide dignified and safe storage for jewelry that is as beautiful as the boxes themselves. Using jewelry cases to store something other than jewelry seems wrong, somehow, like it diminishes the boxes in some way. Better, in this case, leave things as they are.