What you speak of is so true, John. Putting too many HL's in one curio can take away from the beauty of the display. Then you face the problem of having too many favorite pieces and which ones get sent to storage.

I have three curios and two large wall units on each side of my entertainment center in the new addition to my home. Even with this available display area, I'm still only displaying maybe a third of my HL's.

One thing I notice about curios with the halogen bulb shinning down from the top. The top glass shelf gets the dustiest. It must come through the vents that disperse the heat from the halogen light. The shelves below it has far less dust. I try to dust and clean my curios at least once every six weeks or so. Oh what fun!

Bob