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Expert guides and resources for choosing, customizing, and maintaining glass display cabinets for museums, retail, schools, and collectors.

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• LED Lighting Options: A Complete Guide

  Compare warm vs cool LED options, understand colour rendering, and learn optimal placement strategies for display cabinet lighting.

• Trophy Cabinets for Schools: Selection Guide

  Everything you need to know about showcasing school achievements and awards effectively.

• Understanding Climate Control in Museum Display Cabinets

  Learn how humidity and temperature control systems protect valuable artifacts and extend the life of your displayed items.

• Display Cabinet Pricing: What to Expect

  Understanding the factors that influence cabinet pricing and how to budget effectively.

• The Custom Cabinet Design Process

  From initial consultation to delivery - what to expect when ordering bespoke display cabinets.

Recent Articles

• Top Tips for Displaying Items in a Glass Display Case

  Beginning this month, we are beginning a series of articles with our top tips for displaying items in glass display cases. Whether you’re an avid collector of figurines, have precious items to sell...

• Tips for maximising your glass cabinet displays

  Maximising your sales depends on understanding the three-dimensional nature of your retail space, and positioning. Setting up your glass display cabinets properly is an integral part of visual...

• Stained Glass: How to Clean Glass Display Cabinets

  You love showing off a few of your favourite things, or some of your store's top sellers, in glass display cabinets.However, you can't help but notice that they're starting to look a bit dirty. If...

• 7 Unusual Retail Display Case Ideas and Tips

  Are you looking for the best display case ideas? Want to be more creative in your retail store displays? There are many benefits of using glass display cases and cabinets effectively....

• 3 Tips on Displaying Jewellery in Glass Display Cabinets

  Sales of jewellery are directly correlated to the way they are presented to the public. It is absolutely essential that you understand some of the nuances of how to lay out your glass display...

• 4 Tips for Setting Up Your Shop Display Cases to Draw Customers

  The manner in which you set up your shop will make a difference on how many customers you're able to draw in. Click here for some tips for setting up your shop display cases so people will see what...

• Why you should make an investment in quality glass display cabinets

  What looks best in your opinion: Rolex watches on an MDF shelf, or Rolex watches inside a pristine glass cabinet display case? The answer is obvious but have you ever given it some serious thought...

• Tips For Fitting Out Your Retail Store

  You need your retail store to present the right image, so choosing the right paint colours and decorative style to compliment your brand image and products is very important. Good lighting is a must...

• 5 Businesses that Benefit from Glass Display Cabinets

  At Display Cabinets Direct we have the best selection of glass cabinets and we work with a wide range of sectors that benefit from having glass cabinets for a variety of reasons. There are now a wide...

• 5 Tips for the Best Display Case Lighting

  5 Tips for the Best Display Case Lighting Bring new light to your collection with these 5 display case lighting tips. Display cases bring your business and products to life. In fact, women spend an...

• 7 Benefits of Using Retail Glass Display Cases in Your Store

  7 Benefits of Using Retail Glass Display Cases in Your Store Retail glass display cases are a great accessory for your store. Find out how they can help improve your sales here! If you're a small...

• 7 Tips for Using a Glass Display Cabinet in Your Home

  A glass display cabinet offers a creative way to showcase your interests and style. Keep on reading to learn how to use display cabinets in your home. A glass display cabinet can transform your...

• 8 Uses for Your Glass Display Cabinet

  Your glass display case has a variety of uses if you get creative enough. Back in the day, encyclopedia salesmen would offer to include a glass display cabinet with your purchase as a place to store...

• Bespoke Museum Glass Display Cabinets

  Looking for museum glass display cabinets?  Our supplier created this custom made display cabinet in the Dordrecht Museum. On 4 March, King Willem-Alexander officially opened the exhibition about one...

• Best Ways to Display your Ceramics

  If you have managed to nab yourself a spot to display your ceramics at a gallery, then you will need to find a way to make your products stand out amongst the rest. It’s likely that you will only...

• Choosing the right type of glass display unit

  Glass display units have many advantages for both retail and domestic use. Whether you are a perfumery, a jeweller, a museum, or simply like to organise your collectables at home in a more efficient...

• Coming soon..…Dustproof Museum Display Cabinets & Counters

  An exciting new range of completely airtight dust free display cabinets and counters.  The dustproof rubber seals prevent dust or contaminants from entering the display and damaging your items....

• Creating a dramatic effect in your glass display cabinets through lighting

  One of the obvious benefits of displaying your products in glass cabinets is that it allows the maximum amount of light to penetrate a secure space. As in architecture, where light and space always...

• Glass Display Cabinet Lighting:

  Whether you need lighting in your display cabinet depends very much on where your items will be on show and what they are made of. In a room which is dark or dimly lit, a display cabinet which is...

• Glass display units for the home

  Glass display units and cabinets can also be used in a nonretail setting to great effect. The British have been great collectors, the Victorians probably being the most renowned of all time....