We have some lovely figurines given as wedding presents, engraved glasses, carved items from travels, DD’s first tooth box and rattle, music box etc. These currently sit in a decades old style glass fronted cabinet. Cupboards at the bottom house photos (yes those things we used to print out in our youth).
We plan to do up the living room and this cabinet thing whilst practical as you only need to dust a few times a year, just has to go, it is hideous. We might put in a fireplace, the mantelpiece will give a home to a few items. But what about all the other stuff? We have a sideboard in our dining room crammed with china and could get another for the living room but not sure if it is the right thing, also can’t bear the thought of all the dusting as they’d just sit weirdly on the top. We don’t want to just bung the items in the loft as people visit and the items can be a talking point about what was given to us, travels, memories etc. Ideas please! Thank you.