Jewelry Storage - How do you store your jewelry?

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#273
Safe. I used to store valuable/sentimental jewelry in a safe deposit box, but I rarely wore it because it required a trip to the bank. There are still a few pieces I keep in the bank like my parents' wedding rings.
 
#278
lovequality said:
thank you for your feedback. I have a question with small safes- isn't it easy just to take the safe as it is if someone wants to do bad thing?
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A friend of mine just had her house broken into and all her jewelry was stolen, except for, the jewelry in the safe. It's one of those that sits on the floor and she had something over it, so they didn't see it, though it's heavy and they couldn't have carried it out alone anyway. Unfortunately her favorite pieces including her wedding rings, were not in the safe, since these are things she wore often.
 
#280
wow... you ladies are really serious about your jewelry.

Hmm... at what point would you all say that one needs a safe? When your jewelry is 5K, 10K, 20K, or 30K+++ then you should get a safe?

I'm wondering if I should look into this myself too. I mean I have my stuff insured. So even with insurance, is it necessary to still get a safe?

I also don't have a whole lot of fine jewelry as I'm just starting out, but maybe in the future :graucho:
 
#281
CEC.LV4eva said:
wow... you ladies are really serious about your jewelry.

Hmm... at what point would you all say that one needs a safe? When your jewelry is 5K, 10K, 20K, or 30K+++ then you should get a safe?

I'm wondering if I should look into this myself too. I mean I have my stuff insured. So even with insurance, is it necessary to still get a safe?

I also don't have a whole lot of fine jewelry as I'm just starting out, but maybe in the future :graucho:
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One consideration in getting a safe is where are you going to put it? If it's installed in a wall built of dry wall a thief could simply pull it out or hack it out. It needs to be bolted to a concrete floor or wall.

A friend used to take her best jewelry and pin it inside the sleeves of heavy coats with a myriad of safety pins. The rationale being that a thief is not apt to run off with a bunch of heavy coats in his arms and is not going to have time to fish through the sleeves and undo all those safety pins.

I've heard that burglars head to the bedrooms first because that's where women are most apt to store their good jewelry. When my mom's house was burgled the thief scooped everything off the dresser and into a pillowcase, several pounds of costume jewelry included. No time to sift through it for the good stuff. So hiding your good jewelry anywhere other than a bedroom is probably a good first step in securing it if you lack a safe.
 
#282
I personally do not like the idea of either safes or safe deposit boxes. Safe deposit boxes I find very inconvenient and I am not possessing my jewelry, I love having them around me and in my possession and I do not feel safe about storing them in a bank at all for various reasons. Safes are what most burglars look for and either they take them or try to hack them. Also, in case of a fire or other emergency I may not have the time to take them out. I have mine on my dresser and always wear them out, things I do not wear every day are hidden away in a place I find easy to reach on the way out. I guess nothing is completely safe but I also prefer seeing most of my pieces every day and I clean them often. It truly depends though. Built in safes are necessary for a lot of pieces and I have that too for customer things. However, the safe must be really good and the really good ones are very pricey.
 
#283
BigPurseSue said:
One consideration in getting a safe is where are you going to put it? If it's installed in a wall built of dry wall a thief could simply pull it out or hack it out. It needs to be bolted to a concrete floor or wall.

A friend used to take her best jewelry and pin it inside the sleeves of heavy coats with a myriad of safety pins. The rationale being that a thief is not apt to run off with a bunch of heavy coats in his arms and is not going to have time to fish through the sleeves and undo all those safety pins.

I've heard that burglars head to the bedrooms first because that's where women are most apt to store their good jewelry. When my mom's house was burgled the thief scooped everything off the dresser and into a pillowcase, several pounds of costume jewelry included. No time to sift through it for the good stuff. So hiding your good jewelry anywhere other than a bedroom is probably a good first step in securing it if you lack a safe.
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Thank you for taking the time and sharing the tips!
 
#284
CEC.LV4eva said:
Thank you for taking the time and sharing the tips!
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No problem! Glad to be of help. Especially this time of year when home robberies are common during the holidays and its very important to secure your valuables when you're away from home. One more tip: A friend was robbed and said the burglars pulled out all the shoeboxes off her closet shelves and pulled all the paper out of the toes of the shoes, searching for jewelry hidden in the shoes. Obviously hiding jewelry in toes of shoes is not a good idea.
 
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