i love nail art, and therefore have a ton of nail polish (and etceteras). when i recently moved i got a smaller room to live in, but i find that a lot of times that causes me to get more creative i bought the lillången cabinet from ikea because it’s skinny but tall. great for the space in my room, not great for fitting stuff inside.
in comes the glowforge - i created custom stacking, divided boxes that now house my large polish collection.
here’s the box by itself. clear so i can see the beautiful colors! the inner dividers get bigger from one side to another to accommodate different sized bottles and maximize usage.
here’s a full one (of many)! you can see the labels on the top - that had been my solution when they lived in a drawer (since the top was all you could see).
i love seeing the polishes - but i’m running into the problem of not seeing what colors are behind the first row. i was thinking about cutting a thin strip similar to the long-side divider and placing it at the front with swatches on it. i think color coding would help too - but i have the potential problem of the spaces being different and all of one color might not fit in the same section (if that makes sense).
if anyone has any better suggestions - i would love to hear them!
Not sure how deep you’re stacking your bottles, but a mirror (or mirrored acrylic) on the back wall might help you guess what color is pushed farthest to the back.
Chuckle! I keep a bottle of clear around here and that’s it…it’s useful for strengthening threads in buttons to keep from losing them at the Dry Cleaners.
I have a theory…
It’s a sign of great intelligence when you have a hubby that looks like this and own little to no nail polish. (Says the lady with absolutely zero nail polish )
I was looking at some of the more exotic nail polish colors and thinking “What a great thing to use to paint earrings!” And for a person into nail art they could have earrings that matched their nails every day.
Nope, not a one. I have bought a bottle or two for marking plastic dog tracking collars though. On a kinda related note, the few thingies of makeup buried in my bathroom are from my wedding 26 yrs ago. (Hey, does that stuff go bad?) Hubby is a Chef and while he can occasionally try his hand at mechanical stuff, just not really in his wheelhouse lol. But now that you mention it, I might go get some polish for projects around the house.
i bought the lillången cabinet from ikea because it’s skinny but tall. great for the space in my room, not great for fitting stuff inside.
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Nope, not a one. I have bought a bottle or two for marking plastic dog tracking collars though. 
On a kinda related note, the few thingies of makeup buried in my bathroom are from my wedding 26 yrs ago. (Hey, does that stuff go bad?) Hubby is a Chef and while he can occasionally try his hand at mechanical stuff, just not really in his wheelhouse lol. But now that you mention it, I might go get some polish for projects around the house.