Solid Wood Vintage Jewelry Armoires
Buy the best solid wood vintage jewelry armoires selected and recommended by interior designers. By Eliza Bush.
If you are constantly misplacing earrings or finding a bracelet on the kitchen counter, a solid wood vintage jewelry armoire will look undeniably elegant and also provide a practical place for your precious pieces. All designed in a vintage style and crafted from solid wood, we’ve selected some of the chicest high end jewelry armoires to suit every décor style for you below.
Solid Wood Vintage Jewelry Armoires
Buying Guide
Eliza Bush
Interior Design Expert
Eliza is a creative interior designer who swears by the power of sleek interiors and quality furniture to transform daily personal and professional life. With a B.Sc. in interior design from Philadelphia University and a well trained eye for craftsmanship, she offers unparalleled advice on how to arrange your space to make it sophisticated, comfortable, and functional, whether it’s the office or bedroom.
You can say goodbye to tangled chains, lost rings and half pairs of earrings or cufflinks with a solid wood jewelry armoire. These tall furnishings are set up with the woman or man who must wear a variety of decorative items in mind.
Armoires are intended to act as storage units, and that is just as true for a jewelry armoire as for those intended for clothing or other items. Shallow drawers can contain rings, cufflinks, pins and hair ornaments. Side panels create a place for items that are on chains – from pendants on chains to watch fobs. A well-made armoire can even be used in the dining room area for fine silverware. There are so many different designs, shapes and colors it isn’t hard to find one that will suit your décor, whether you need a sweet pink and white item for a little girl or something massively masculine for your husband’s cuff link collection, or something in between those extremes, there is likely to be something that will work for you.
Like clothing or technology armoires, jewelry armoires can be made from all sorts of materials from simple stained pine to rich mahogany or teak. The basic design is usually a series of shallow drawers, but fold outdoors can also be included to allow necklaces to hang. The drawer pulls, and doorknobs can be made of various materials, but brass or bronze are favored.
A jewelry armoire with a full-length mirror
One interesting armoire style is a full-length mirror that opens out to reveal the hanging jewelry behind it. This arrangement combines a handy way to check your appearance before leaving the house with those last ornamental touches for a well-dressed costume.
Wall-mounted jewelry armoires
When there’s wall space and opportunity, it’s sometimes handy to mount an armoire on the wall. This puts it out of reach of the family small fry and puts it at a reasonable level to see inside to locate the items desired. It eliminates bending over and rummaging through drawers or through jewelry boxes to find your ornaments quickly.
Armoires for kids
Not all jewelry armoires need to be impressive, solemn pieces of furniture. Youngsters often acquire bits of costume jewelry and sometimes even some family heirloom pieces meant for children. Alternatively, a child’s jewelry armoire can be used for small toys, such as building block sets, small cars, dolls or miniatures. This keeps them from scattering and provides a place where they can handily be sorted.
Armoires are not usually intended for heavy-duty security, but some do come equipped with locks. While these locks would probably not stop a determined thief, they could keep little fingers out of their parents’ collections of jewelry, as well as limiting the view of curious visitors.