To not want to throw out jewellery boxes?!

[Vijac]

Loads of empty jewellery and watch boxes cluttering my dressing table-Swarovski etc. I never end up keeping the necklaces in the boxes so should I just chuck them. Or should I keep stuff in them instead of on jewellery hangers etc. Think I just need someone to say -chuck them you crazy hoarder. Or are they special and sentimental....ps. This is not a stealth boast, my jewellery is largely tat!

I'd only keep them if I knew I was likely to sell on. (In my case, I have a nice large jewellery case which all stuff goes in, but I do keep the original box of 'special' jewellery.)

I am a secret box lover - I adore boxes etc, especially wooden ones
my family thinks its really funny (my sister loves chairs.... go figure)
so - no YANBU from me

can you use them to put other stuff in?

definitely chuck them!

Oh, I keep them all too. And fancy paper carrier bags. And even nice tags and labels. I don't know why.
And I wonder why the house feels so cluttered...

I have all of mine, but I do actually keep the jewellery in them. I have a big box for costume stuff, but all 'proper' jewellery is kept in the original box. I feel weird throwing stuff like that away, although I would probably never miss it once I did! I used to be terrible for hoarding empty perfume bottles too, but I force myself to throw them out now.

Oh no, this isn't helping at all!! Clearly not just me!

Keep them, but put them in a shoebox in a cupboard somewhere. When I got burgled and all my jewelry was stolen, I had no proof of purchase (a lot were gifts or very old) so the insurance co took the boxes as evidence of their existence, in conjunction with some photos etc as well.

They are not useful to you. Chuck them.

I'm in the 'chuck them you crazy horder' camp

I keep mine because I keep the jewellery in them but if you don't then get rid of them. Try selling them in eBay though I've got money for empty boxes before!

Do not throw out the Swarovski boxes. If the item is damaged, you need to have the original box to send it back in.

Send the non-expensive ones to meeeee! I make mine into dolls house furniture ;)

I think the shoebox idea is the one to go for really.

ScarletFever another box lover here :) I say I'm a collector, so people don't think it's so odd. I don't tell them about the gorgeous cardboard box I once got a mug in, or the ones that used to contain notelets...

Having been burgled I now never leave my jewellery out. It is all in it's boxes hidden in a wide variety of places.

I keep all of my jewellery in the original boxes, inside another big box which is quite well hidden in my bedroom- I don't keep it on hangers because I find things get scratched or I might get perfume or hairspray on them which isn't good for any jewellery (but especially pearls!)

I'm another who would pop all boxes into a shoe box and put it away for some unknown future use!

I hang my jewellery on a peg board behind my bedroom door. As the door is always open it is not immediately obvious.

How many boxes are we talking about?