Tips for Spring Cleaning and Organizing Your Jewelry Box

Posted by Umbra on March 13th, 2020

It’s time to start thinking about spring cleaning, and that means cleaning and organizing your jewelry and jewelry box. If you don’t have a jewelry box or organizer, it’s also the ideal time to get one and start properly displaying your gorgeous jewelry!

Getting New Storage Solutions

Before you sort and clean your jewelry, you need somewhere to properly store it, such as a jewelry box. Having somewhere to store your jewelry, especially after you clean it, is a vital step. If you don’t have a proper jewelry box, it’s time to find storage solutions. This will help protect your jewelry and make it easier to find than if you kept jewelry spread around your bedroom.

Evaluating and Organizing

Spring cleaning is also a good time to pare down and sell or donate old jewelry that you don’t wear anymore. Sit down and make a list of the items you are keeping, which is important for insurance reasons in case of theft or a disaster. This is also when you should check clasps and fasteners, or anything else that might need a repair or refit. Check prongs to see if anything is loose, such as on your engagement ring.

Once you’ve separated jewelry that needs to be repaired, decide what to do with the rest. If it has sentimental value or is an heirloom, keep it. If it’s valuable but you don’t want to keep it, sell it online or take it to a consignment store. If you want to repurpose stones, take the jewelry to a store to evaluate your options. If you don’t have space for a jewelry box, consider an over-the-door jewelry organizer to make everything you’re keeping easy to find and organized.

Cleaning Your Jewelry

The metals used in your jewelry and the type of gemstone determine the best way to clean it. There are plenty of multipurpose jewelry cleaners that can help restore sparkle and shine. Read the label to ensure the cleaner is intended for use with similar stones or metals. Do not use toothpaste, as the abrasives can scratch both stones and bands. It’s also not recommended to clean your jewelry near a sink or open drain, as a wrong move could require a call to the plumber to retrieve an heirloom. When it’s cleaned, your jewelry is ready to go back on a jewelry tree for display.

Keeping Your Jewelry Clean

You can help keep your jewelry clean by avoiding certain activities while wearing it. Bleach and other cleaners can wear away at precious metals, so make sure you take off jewelry before cleaning. When in the kitchen, consider removing rings to avoid any issues working with raw meat or sticky dough. While you garden, rings can get dirty or snag on your gloves, increasing the chance that they’ll get lost or damaged, so you should leave them on a ring holder indoors. Finally, take off jewelry before a workout. Sweat attracts dirt, meaning you will need to clean your jewelry more often.

About Umbra

For more than 40 years, Umbra has worked with an international team of designers with a common goal: to bring casual, modern, and original products into the home. Umbra, Latin for “shade,” launched in 1979 with a single window shade. Now, the company distributes to more than 120 countries around the world. Their sleek, modern products include home items from jewelry organizers to wall décor. The Toronto, Canada-based company has offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Brazil. Umbra is a global leader in product design and manufacturing for the home, with stylish products including furniture, hooks, jewelry organizers, and frames. Drawing inspiration from the global marketplace and driven by innovation, Umbra aims to give customers practical, beautiful products.

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