As most of you have probably already seen on Instagram or Facebook, a fantastic wood display box arrived from Russia on Friday. Made by Custom Woodworks Moscow, or CWWMSK, this is a similar revolving beads display cube to what Julia and Star Bijou have. Karen Avakov is the man who makes the wood part of the wood True Beadz. His work can be seen in his Etsy shop here and there will be a website coming in February. He makes custom storage solutions for jewelry, watches and cuff links.
Storage has long been a problem for me. I have a white Trollbeads box that is great but it doesn’t hold my whole collection and I don’t think it can be bought anywhere. I keep a lot of silver beads in Pandora anti-tarnish boxes but my glass beads have been languishing in dollar store ice cube trays for a while. What I love about the spinning box is that I can finally see my glass beads. This box is about 29cm high and 20cm across. The rods will hold about 17-18 Trollbeads or about 13 True Beadz.
There’s also a storage area in the top. That’s where I’m going to keep new and seasonal items, plus I’ve got a couple of rods of Trollbeads there.
I can’t emphasize enough what a solid build this is and how smoothly it spins. The box is pretty heavy and the rods are easy to put on and take off. I made a couple of videos in different light.
Here’s a last look at the bead tower. If anyone has any questions I can try to answer, or you can contact Karen through Instagram or his Etsy store. When Trisha and I did our first #beadstv live stream on Friday night I couldn’t stop spinning it around and Gabi from Star Bijou said the ladies who shop in her store also do the same. I hope you will check out his Etsy Store if you’re looking to invest in a lovely storage system.
Disclosure: For this blog I may receive some items as promotional samples
While I admire the looks and quality of such a beautiful jewelry box, the price of $500USD is what has gotten me to the point of not collecting anymore. I have my Stackers and will make do with that for my 32 bracelets.
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Thank you very much for your comment! At the moment we produce storage boxes as “one of a kind” things. It requires a lot of time and labor to make one of those. That makes the price. Nevertheless we are seeking ways to offer beautiful and useful wooden storage boxes that could satisfy all of our customers needs. What I like about the Stackers storage – is that is modular, so one can form a storage system that can fit all the jewelry collection.
Karen from the CWWMSK
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Hi Martha, First I want to say that I love this! I have been wanting one for awhile now. I have no problem with the price since the quality is obviously there. I’m wondering about the possibility of a smaller version for those of us who don’t have a lot of beads. I know exactly what I want to use it for…..although that particular collection only consists of fourteen beads right now. So I guess I would be *forced* to buy more beads to help fill it up.
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Suzanne, we were discussing on Instagram how it’d be cool to have ones for each season, or brand or colour, etc. And yes, you wouldn’t want to have any empty spaces, so more shopping would be in order, LOL!
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Karen does have a smaller traditional box style for beads: https://www.etsy.com/listing/464077187/large-box-for-beads-handcrafted I am coveting that one. I too don’t have enough beads to fill a cube and I wouldn’t have to worry about dusting them 😉
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Thank you! we made few of this boxes in oak, but last year we started making them in mahogany – people say they look more stylish this way!))
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Ooo-that one also looks lovely!
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Suzanne! thank you very much for the kind words! I’m sure that we will be developing more bead boxes a smaller ones to host the collections like yours and the bigger ones, to fit all the charm treasures possible!)).
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What an awesome box! ❤❤❤
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Thank you!!
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