My problem is solved! For now..

Sunday, November 21, 2010
Shelves

Hey everyone! How is your weekend so far? Mine mostly was filled with reading, I finally have the last two books from the Millennium trilogy, but I also told you yesterday I needed a new way to store my nail polish. I did have one condition: I did not want to have issues with round bottles - I really dislike those lined up in my Helmer.

After thinking I wanted to buy some shelves where I could put them, more of a temporarily solution. That being said I went to the DIY store near by and bought two of them. Because I have two left hands I very kindly asked my dad to help me and tadaa, there they are: my two new shelves.

Shelves

Like I said, I saw this as a temporary solution until I find a new closet but I really like it. It makes my room a little bit more colourful and I was looking for something to hang up on that blank wall anyway. I'm keeping these two shelves and maybe add a third because I still have a lot of polishes stashed in the closet.

The shelves are hanged up in the centre of the wall so the polishes are easy to reach and I can still stash my other stuff, like my TV and small cabinet underneath them.

Shelves

I can hear you think: Oh, Michelle, you're crazy, what about dusting everything?! I've thought about that. I don't mind taking the polishes off once in a while and clean the shelves. I also clean my Helmer once a week so does it really make a difference? I don't think so!

Now I just need a good closet, I want deep drawers and plenty of space for everything I need to stash in there such as my nail polishes and nail art stuff. Suzanne told me to look at the Ikea closet "Alex" and it looks pretty good so I'm planning a trip there.

How do you stash your polishes? Any tips?
Michelle

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and i thought i was crazy! heheh! I store mine in some tuperware... not the best solution but its good for my small space! OMG!! Pleeeasse tell me where you get your nfu oh! I need some!
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I'm jealous of your stash! :O
Wow, that's a great solution! I put them in a drawer, and they still fit - barely. I might have to try this out, it looks so pretty lined up like that.
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
Your nfu oh collection makes me dream!!
Your whole collection too actually ^^'
Glad you found a way to store every thing
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Ahhh! I'd be so scared of accidentally dropping one! or twenty!
I love your way to stash your polishes, it's so pretty! I keep my polishes in a Helmer from IKEA.
wow je hebt echt veel!
Ziet er echt heel erg leuk uit!
When I think of all the dusting, I almost faint LOL. But it really looks nice!!! My Helmer still has enough space, since I really want to keep my stash around 200.
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I was considering something like that for myself but I don't have much of my walls available =/ I still keep mine in boxes.
3 replies · active 749 weeks ago
ik heb mijn eigen lakjes nog allemaal in een saaie schoenendoos >.< ga nog een keer een mooie koffer er voor halen :)
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
wow.... ik wou dat ik er zo veel had... Ruilen van stash? haha
I also am thinking about getting an Alex, but I think I would rather have the taller one... something about the width of those drawers makes me nervous!
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
wauw heel erg mooi! Hoeveel lakjes heb je in totaal? (:
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PS: ik heb je getagged met de One Lovely Blog Award! http://femketjesblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/one-lov...

x femketje
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
Wow, this is crazy! And I love it!

♥ Lu
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
Lovely collection!
I'm about to start the millenium trilogy too :D
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
OMG!
a lovely way to stash your polishes!
I stash mine in boxes...
If you want I'll be glad to stash some of your polishes here in my boxes!
haha
all kidding aside..
What a collection you have!

;***
Zucht, al mijn nagellakjes passen in een heel klein mandje van de Hema ;P Ik hoop dat mijn stash ook ooit nog eens zo groot word als die van jou, zodat ik ook plankjes moet kopen, haha!
1 reply · active 749 weeks ago
So pretty in color order and organized by brand!
I love to see these polish rainbows!!
You organized them beautifully and they also serve as decoration!
2 replies · active 749 weeks ago
This looks really cool! :)
I store mine in a helmer too... but have only 3 drawers full with polish ;)
omg so man nail polishes!! *-*
I have a Helmer and some random storage boxes from Ikea. I've been thinking about putting up some shelves so the polishes are more accessible but haven't found the right ones yet. Love your collection :)
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I LOVE this display to be honest, specially since you have so many polishes. I store mine in tuperware too lol! But it's overflowing so I need to find a new solution. I think shelves would now be my first option because it looks cool.
"What about dustinbg?" was the first thing I thought about when I saw your shelves! ;-) But if you already clean your Helmer once a week, there's no difference (I never do it, I bought a Helmer 2 months ago, a never worried about cleaning it, maybe I should!)
That's so fun to look at!! Waking up and seeing all those precious little bottles, that must be very nice :D
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