Hi! It is exactly as @glamourbag says. You order the tray, and then any inserts you want, and then you pick your lid.
My suggestion on how to go about planning your soon-to-be awesome trays!...
- First, think about what pieces you want to store to asses how deep you want the tray. They come in 1.5", 2", and 4" deep. Think also if you want to store them inside a drawer as the thickness of the drawer will dictate your max depth.
- Next, think about the height of your tallest piece. If you have a big cuff bracelet, a 1.5" depth may be too shallow for the lid to close. I have a Tiffany Bone Cuff which is 2.1" at its tallest which I use a 2" tray. When I put the lid on with an insert, it closes, but there is a tiny tiny tiny gap and the lid wobbles. Well, that annoyed me, so I took out the insert and it closes perfect.
- Finally, stare at the inserts and see if you want any. You can use the tray as-is, like @glamourbag which gives you the most flexibility. Or, you can order inserts.
I posted some pictures of a tray (it's my Tiffany Elsa Peretti silver stuff... which I really like her designs... they are so bold, yet the lines are so clean, soft and fluid).
The tray is the 2" depth tray.
- The first photo is how it is normally stored. There is an insert on the right as you can see, and the insert height is slightly lower than the tray height... it works great.
- The second photo is the insert taken out so you can see what it looks like blank. The inserts are now at the bottom of the photo. You can see I do not use the left insert. This is because my Bone Cuff (upper right cuff bracelet) is too tall once I put the insert in, hence I had to redesign my layout!
- The third photo is with the insert back in, and a visual so you can see if I had used both inserts.
I would also think about how you prefer to organize your bling and what type of bling person you are. Are you more a ring person? A bracelet person? A long necklace person? From my photos, you can see I'm more a big jewelry piece person, so tiny little sections in an insert or jewelry box don't work for my pieces. I also prefer to group sets together versus the style of jewelry. As in... I group my turquoise pieces together, my black pieces together, vs. grouping all earrings together. Hence, for me, I like medium size cubby holes to store "sets". I hope that made sense. This is also true of my jewelry box which holds several pieces of a set in the same cubby hole. I hope that made sense. It's all preference of course. The more versatile option is to not use inserts of course as @glamourbag did.
Warning: For me, I find those necklace inserts useless. They look great in photos, but I find them very skinny, mostly good for chains. If you have a substantial necklace or a big pendant on the chain, it looks kind of goofy and gets crowded, to the point the lid may not lay flat over your tray. This is also true of jewelry boxes when you see a lot of "necklace/bracelet" sections. They look beautiful, but not very usable to me. Hence for my necklaces, I like to just put them in an open area. Like pearl strands... they are chunky and take up so much space, so I like big cubby holes to swirl my pearls in them.
Sorry for the long post.. I hope it helps. Take your time, don't rush... it can be a lot of fun planning and buying jewelry boxes. Jewelry is like a hobby... always something new and fun!
CORRECTION: I made an error... Thinking now... I measured my Bone Cuff, and it was 1.9", so it should have just fit. I remember thinking, wow... it fits, but barely, by a tiny fraction. However, I did not factor in the loss of height from the insert, so when I used the insert, the cuff sat higher and the lid had a tiny gap. Just FYI to also factor in the insert if your piece is on the edge of being too tall.
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