Anyone use a valet tray?

[Dessert Tears]

Anyone use a valet tray to hold their change, keys, and other pocket contents? Example at Amazon I want something nicer than a plain cardboard box. This cardboard letter basket is nice enough, but it is too large, sized for 8.5x11 paper. I browsed desk organizers, but I didn't see anything suitable.

I found a [thread=1939460]thread from 2006[/thread], but I decided not to necro it.

 

[Phoenix86]

No, I use the ashtray or cup holders.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i use a bowl

 

[Ronstang]

I'm not sure what you would call the thing I use. It is like a bowl but squared off with a teacup handle on one side. It is also made out of pewter and at least 43 years old. That is how long I remember it being around the house at least.

 

[rudeguy]

I love mine! I keep meaning to setup the charging part....

 

[shortylickens]

Actually I use one of those office drawer organizers from Staples.

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.staples.com/Staples-Black...product_718158

Not quite so deep but basically the same thing. It sits on a wooden TV tray.

 

[chusteczka]

My father had a nice wooden dresser valet with a roll-top lid of heavy paper with an old school world map picture on it. I loved that as a kid.

I just use a small plastic basket like this.
http://www.citylivingstores.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=793372

Here are a few possibilities.
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102867024&c=15003

http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/roll-top-desk-organizer

Try a google image search for "wooden dresser valet roll top vintage".
Another two possible search terms are "change" and "tray".

 

[Dessert Tears]

Thanks for all the replies. A plain plastic tray/basket should work for me. I should have specified that I usually don't carry change any more, so I don't need the separate compartments.

This is a situation where a physical store has a comparative advantage over online. Browsing a store like Bed Bath and Beyond would probably turn up something. Amazon has too many products to browse, and its search results are too narrow. I found some possibilities at The Container Store site, but it's easier to compare their size in person.

 

[MayorOfAmerica]

I love mine! I keep meaning to setup the charging part....

Sweet purse, brother.

 

[rudeguy]

Sweet purse, brother.

I think I saved that receipt because it's something important. Bet it's been there for a year and I can't be bothered to look at it to see what it is

 

[Zeze]

Lol, $40.

You can get something far better & functional at Walmart for $10.

 

[rudeguy]

Lol, $40.

You can get something far better & functional at Walmart for $10.

I won mine at work. Actually I think I won a DVD set and traded for it...

Starz makes the best valets!

 

[nageov3t]

I've never felt the need for such a thing.

when I get home, I usually empty out the contents of my pockets (except my phone) on a shelf right next to the door... my phone stays on my person until bedtime, at which point it gets plugged into the charger on my nightstand.

 

[Dessert Tears]

I ended up with a clear drawer organizer. It's on sale too.

 

[rudeguy]

I love mine! I keep meaning to setup the charging part....

My lovely valet tray has met its maker.

My fat lazy cat decided to sit in it. I heard a weird sound and then change hitting the floor. The whole floor is bent and ruined.

RIP good buddy

 

[SMOGZINN]

I have a brass valet that sits on top of my dresser. It obviously was made in India. I've had it so long that I don't even remember where I got it, but I've seen things like it at a any number of import shops for a lot cheaper then $25.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Anyone use a valet tray to hold their change, keys, and other pocket contents?

Nope, I use a pocket for that

(That way I never leave the apartment without my pocket contents.)