One thing that every apartment dweller will tell you is that when you don’t have a ton of space to work with, creative storage solutions are key. When I first moved to New York, I made a point to only buy furniture that had a storage element to it. My entire bedframe lifts up to reveal a storage space where the box spring should be as well as space underneath the bed for rolling storage bins, my TV table is a credenza where I store candles, books and pictures, my couch is a daybed for overnight guests with drawers beneath where I keep extra sheets, books and crafting supplies, and I’ve devoted an entire small dresser to jewelry storage. I know that it sounds a little nutty to have a jewelry dresser, but when you have a jewelry fetish such as mine, a jewelry box is like a 1 bedroom apartment for a family the size of the Duggars (aren’t they around 20 kids and counting now? You see my point, always growing, space is at a premium).
I haven’t outgrown my space yet, but certain pieces always end up out of the dresser more than they are in, so I wanted to get something to allow me to have those pieces in easy reach to grab on my way out rather than search through drawers and trays to find them.
Enter the Elk. I saw this pretty baby, by Twos Company, on Burke Decor’s website (a pretty snazzy home goods website that I’ve found myself perusing often since discovering it a few months ago). While they display it as a modern and humane take on a mounted animal head (of which they also have deer, gazelle, rhino and ram), I saw much more in store for him. Thus, he became my unexpected take on a jewelry display.
Now my heavy-rotation jewelry doesn’t have to just lay on the dresser, but hangs nicely off of his antlers, waiting for me to snag that one last necklace, bracelet or ring to throw on on my way out of the door (these days Chanels old adage of “always take one thing off before you leave the house” can be shelved until the terms “arm/neck party” are no longer heavily used in the fashion scene). He does his job well. So well, in fact, that I should probably name him so that I can thank him for his effort by telling him how dashing he looks in my jewelry and thank you ever so much for letting me borrow it back for the day. I think I’ll go with....Elton the Elk.
Now my heavy-rotation jewelry doesn’t have to just lay on the dresser, but hangs nicely off of his antlers, waiting for me to snag that one last necklace, bracelet or ring to throw on on my way out of the door (these days Chanels old adage of “always take one thing off before you leave the house” can be shelved until the terms “arm/neck party” are no longer heavily used in the fashion scene). He does his job well. So well, in fact, that I should probably name him so that I can thank him for his effort by telling him how dashing he looks in my jewelry and thank you ever so much for letting me borrow it back for the day. I think I’ll go with....Elton the Elk.
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