Ugly War Rooms?

[TWS]

Collections always look great at the start...5,6 pieces, glass shelving, subtle and clever lights, perhaps a flag or a poster next to it..we see them every week here as Newbies share shots of "my collection"....but they grow....hideously....mutating...letting bizarre bits in...BIG bits.....bits you cant refuse...and then the shacking starts....piled-high....balancing precariously on each other...a once simple, sterile beautiful presentation morphs into a frighteningly unbalanced avalanche risk where nothing is totally/singularly visible....a I-know-it's-in-there-somewhere pile...and perhaps even a I-THOUGHT-it was-in-there-somewhere pile.....a mass which angers partners...a mass which fails to present your pieces as well as they used to be shown....a mass, a hungry demanding mass which MUST be added to.........

...great isn't it?! :-)

The last time my collection could be laid out nicely was in the 1980's.

Now, getting things in and out of the closet is like playing a game of Tetris. If I take too many boxes out I have to remember exactly how they all fit before I can put them away.

[Composite]

I would love to know if anyone fitted out an entire room.....with consistent shelving / racking / cabinets when they only had their first item.....planning for growth.....

[Rossi]

I would love to know if anyone fitted out an entire room.....with consistent shelving / racking / cabinets when they only had their first item.....planning for growth.....

My Cabinets costed me dearly but they help organize the mess and give some semblance of structure. Heavy and sound glass. The mirrored backs don't help the visual but sure makes me think I have twice as many edged daggers and swords. With a few cocktails I really feel good.

[Chopperman]

Now, getting things in and out of the closet is like playing a game of Tetris. If I take too many boxes out I have to remember exactly how they all fit before I can put them away.

Oh, how I know that feeling.
I've got a box of bayonets somewhere in my closet that I have not seen
in maybe 15 years.

[Jerry B]

Part of one room.....it has spread into much of the house with lots also in storage in an attic room.

[Chopperman]

My wife complains about the knife cabinet that hangs on our
bedroom. I told her it was there before she moved in and that she
has to live with it. She's changed most everything in the house but that cabinet stays.
I also have a couple small shelves in our TV cabinet but don't display any TR or weapons.

[MAP]

My wife complains about the knife cabinet that hangs on our
bedroom war. I told her it was there before she moved in and that she
has to live with it. She's changed most everything in the house but that cabinet stays.
I also have a couple small shelves in our TV cabinet but don't display any TR or weapons.

Stand your ground Greg!

Part of one room.....it has spread into much of the house with lots also in storage in an attic room.

Ahhh...the creep! Same here. I have my War Room, part of the boys Study/Computer room, stuff in the living room and a few helmets in my boys bedroom. My research books are piled high on my computer desk

I would love to know if anyone fitted out an entire room.....with consistent shelving / racking / cabinets when they only had their first item.....planning for growth.....

I didn't do it from the beginning but I do have agreed upon plans with my wife to move it all into a custom designed War Room down the basement with built in cabinets, shelving and climate control once we renovate the house in a few years. She gets her living room and closet back and my boys won't have to share a bedroom anymore

[Rossi]

Stand your ground Greg!



Ahhh...the creep! Same here. I have my War Room, part of the boys Study/Computer room, tuff in the living room and a few helmets in my boys bedroom. My research books are piled high on my computer desk



I didn't do it from the beginning but I do have agreed upon plans with my wife to move it all into a custom designed War Room down the basement with built in cabinets, shelving and climate control once we renovate the house in a few years. She gets her living room and closet back and my boys won't have to share a bedroom anymore

And you got a tractor.

[MAP]

And you got a tractor.

Oh yeah. You got that Right!....and FINALLY getting to try it out this coming weekend.



And just bought this tooth bar! Got to clear a few acres of brush and saplings so we can plant some clover for the deer!

[MilitariaOne]

Greetings Michael,

I too celebrate the used (dumpster dived) Ikea's cubbies. How better to view a war movie/military documentary? Night effect achieved using blue colored LED lighting strips.

Best,

Lance

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