Altar Requirement

A brief description, with photos if possible, of the Dedicant's home shrine and plans for future improvements. (150 words min.)

- I have a couple home shrines but I'm focusing on my "main" home shrine.

My home shrine is an antique washstand with three shelves inside of it. I'm not entirely sure if it is civil-war era, but it is antique and was handed down to me by a member of my Grove from his mother's possessions when she passed away. It's one of my favorite pieces of furniture, and it has been with me through three moves, three cities and two states.

The lowest level of the unit is for storing all of my ritual/altar components. The middle shelf holds my Ancestor box as well as things that represent the underworld and/or are effects that represent them in ritual space. The top shelf holds items that are of magical significance to me on this plane; statuary and memories (in a small tin) that connect my mundane life to my spiritual flow. The top of the altar represents the gateway between the cosmos and the heavens above. It holds my representation of the Fire, Well and Tree and also holds my symbolism of the Kindred. The heavens is then the open air above. 

On the left is my statuary of Brighid - atop it sits a crystal skull, to mark my Ancestors. in the upper center, a copper plate holds a crystal glass and silver, a red glass cup, my Brighid's Hearth token, and the Kildare flame. To its right is my representation of the World Tree, which is a hammered piece of pewter with a tree design etched in it. Below that is a wooden symbol representing the three Kindred, and below that is a small metal cup holding a blown-glass piece that looks like roiling water - my Well. In the foreground, a piece of selenite is cleansing a small wand and my Warrior torc. 

My plans for future improvement(s) are to hopefully put up some wall-mounted shelving that will allow me to bring the items inside of the unit outside of it, such as the Ancestor box. While I definitely see a tie between keeping it in a dark, cool, quiet place, I honestly would like to see how it likes being out and visible - both for its own energy and my own. Many of my altar things were packed up/wrapped up because of the move, so it has absolutely been nice to give it sort of the clean-up that it needs and deserves.