Storing rings - tips & tricks

Truth be known, I love wardrobe organising more than I love shopping. Figuring out how to place loot so it makes your life easy and looks pretty is just the most fun you can have. Apart from then just watching your results.

SIX BASIC RULES in LOOT ORGANISATION:

There are SIX rules in closet organisation that are immutable. Closet in this context includes clothes, shoes, accessories, jewellery.

We all know that you wear approximately 20% of your closet 80% of the time. Bad statistic. Really bad statistic. Bad for the planet, bad for your wallet. So the basis of these rules is that we want to increase the 20%. Alot. 

Rule #1:
The more visible the loot is, the more it will be used/worn. 

Rule #2:
The more accessible the loot is, the more it will be worn/used. 

Rule #3: 
If you need to wear/use it more frequently (eg: for work), than other loot, then it should be more visible & more accessible than the less frequently worn loot. 

Rule #4:
Items which are functionally similar (ie: worn/used for similar occasions/situations) should be placed together. 

This means that suits need to be broken up so the jacket is with the jackets & the skirt is with the skirts. A necklace with matching earrings needs to be separated. Certainly bags & shoes need to be separated because you don't want to age 10 years by wearing them together.

Rule #5:
By all means, cull if it's getting out of control but what Marie Kondo does not understand is that if you love fashion, you become a collector of loot you love to wear. Especially if you've hit say the right side of 30. Duplicates of your favourites is not a crime as long as it's not stressing you.

Rule #6: 
When arranging everything, keep the supporting stuff consistent. 

So keep the hangers the same in style & colour. Keep your storage tubs the same style & colour. This makes everything look less messy & more inviting hence more likely to be used/worn. 

So, why this post?

I have recently started a clean out of, well, everything called loot. That's what's prompted this post. 

As far as jewellery goes, I am just focusing on the ring overhaul here. My previous "system" (using the word very loosely) was a disaster in that more than half my rings were in plastic bags hidden by other stuff in loot tubs. The olive tray worked well, but it only displayed a fraction of what I own. 

Here it is/was:

I picked up the acrylic drawers from (where else?) TKMaxx for $40. 
I lined the drawers with felt in a pale colour so it wouldn't interfere with the colours of the loot. 

The felt also stops the rings from moving around, as they would if I had lined it with paper. 

                                                                                                Then I filled it. And there is a method here. A method to the ring madness. I placed related rings together. That's rule #4. 

Top left: The plain but chunky silver rings which I love because they are chunky & at least one, often two, are worn every day.

Top right: Designer names (their boxes have been stored) like Holly Ryan, Chanel, Bouvier, Gem Kingdom (eyeball), Jan Logan, Lawrence Oppermann, YSL, Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester & Bottega Veneta. I will pick one of these every day.  These are all brands I wear in clothing and frankly, it's not unusual to gravitate toward same brands in jewellery as with the clothes. 

Middle left: Every plain silver ring which isn't chunky. 
This one's crowded but it doesn't make my heart skip a beat. They are just fillers. Most of these are from op shops. 

Middle right: The rubber ones, modern arty styles, balls & circles. Love these too. 

Bottom left: A bunch of delicate gems which I stack & a whole lot of silver which are ornate but delicate. 

Bottom right: Colourful chunky silvers incl Dinosaur Designs. 

Most are sterling with a few gold, either plated on sterling or plated on base metal. 

                                                                                                  My favourite without a doubt is eyeball. Then I like everything Bottega Veneta (the woven ones). 

I should have done this ages ago. It's such a good idea to have everything accessible & in view.       

                                                

The only thing I didn't do was cater for growth! 

I am going to do another one like this for earrings. Watch this space. 

Have you been re organising your closet lately? 

Hunters - from fashion to floods

I wouldn't be able to make this up. 
So here are some photos. 

About 4-5 years ago, Myer used to hold a $99 on all boots for a day at the end of each winter season. Sometimes there were exclusions. Hunter was excluded sometimes. But not that year. 

So I bought them even though I am not a boot girl. 
I have 3 pairs of boots excluding the Hunters. I have over 400 pairs of shoes. Definitely not a boot girl. 

My intention was to wear them as fashion items. Skinny tucked in jeans, jacket, cashmere turtleneck. Too easy. 

Today was the first day I wore them. Because the back yard was flooded, almost to the back door and I wanted to try & check if some drains were blocked. Calf deep water. Perfect for Hunters despite the more noble intentions I had for them at the start.

So I put them on. 

That's when I noticed the following:

The right boot was a right foot.
The left boot was a right foot also.

It gets better. 

Each boot was a slightly different style. One has the strap on the back. The other has the strap on the side. The toe caps differed. The tread differed. The left right foot was slightly greyer than the right right foot. 

The left was a 39.
The right was a 40. The box was for the 40. 

Oh dear. 

For their first outing in the flooded back yard, they did fine although my left big toe was rubbing & wasn't quite happy. 

What killed me was taking them off. It took a few minutes to do the right foot, but I was fighting with the left foot (the left right foot) for half an hour. 

So I got a scissors & cut it open. 

What a complete mess. Crimes against Hunters.  

HINT: If you have something for 4-5 years, unworn, own up to the mistake & get rid of it.