Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 3rd Edition: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized

by Susan C. Pinsky

Jewelry Storage Tips Jewelry should be stored in front of the mirror where you put it on. Long necklaces belong on press on hooks. Clear plastic trays with OPEN (no lids!) bins make it easy to see and stow jewelry. Multiple little drawers and covered boxes impede access/visibility and should be shunned. Keep cardboard jewelry boxes lidless (store lids underneath) and remove the lids from any jewelry trays. Small, tangle-prone necklaces and bracelets get individual bins in a clear jewelry tray. Rigid styles can go all together in a larger tray. Rings and pairs of earrings can go three to a bin in a jewelry tray. Sort roughly by color or style (pearls, hoops, red, etc.). When the bureau-top tray overflows, expensive pieces and lesser used pieces can be quickly and conveniently transferred to lidless boxes in the top draw. Reduce packaging to just those cardboard boxes you’ve drafted as open bins, and two or three little mesh or felt bags for travel—dump the rest. Create jewelry staging areas—a small bowl/box will suffice for those areas (sink, couch, desk, table near stairs) where you regularly dump jewelry.