Metal wires or elastic guardrails may help keep books, dishes, trophies etc. from falling out of the unit. Seldom used glassware in china hutches may be secured to the shelf with either bee's wax on the bottom of the glass or double-sided sticky Velcro. If you don't like the idea of bee's wax, you might try monofilament fishing line or fine wire wrapped around the glassware and secured to the back of the hutch. Instead of wire or elastic bands across the shelves, a homeowner might make a plexiglass lip which can be screwed into the shelving unit. Connecting straps may be used to secure electronic equipment that is tacked such as a computer monitor on top of a processor or a CD player on top of a power unit.
Every homeowner can protect framed photographs and artwork.
You need to make sure that a closed hook or a closed wire loop is secured to the back of the frame. Use a eye bolt embedded into a wood stud to secure your photos and artwork to the wall. Similar to securing your electronic equipment, use double-sided sticky Velcro on the bottom of the bottom of the pot to a coffee table, the floor or window ledge where you normally keep your large potted plants. As an added protection to keep the pot from tipping over, wrap nylon or monofilament line around the largest part of the pot and secure the line to eye hooks embedded into the wall. The cost should be negligible.