FishHeadthe1st Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Yes, I recognize that I am fortunate enough to even consider doing this. In our house, we have a small room that we don't really use, other than it becoming the general "LEGO and other stuff goes in this room..." Over the years, I made some very basic wooden shelves for three of the walls, but it's great at all. It's not that I lack skill, so much as I lack vision for the space. :) The room is 10'x9' (or just over 300cm x 2007mm, or 3m x 2.7m). There are two windows that are one of the shorter walls, and a very small closet on the other shorter wall. Our collection is largely LEGO Modular budlings, but it also includes a nice cache of Classic Space, early Castle, and some Friends sets. I would love to see examples of what people have done to dedicate a smaller space to both displaying completed LEGO sets and MOCS, as well as having space to actually build - ideally enough space for more than one person to build at a time. Thanks! Quote
FishHeadthe1st Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 Well, yes :) I guess I was looking for more recent, real-life examples of what people in this community may have done. Quote
JesseNight Posted January 18 Posted January 18 I have no dedicated Lego room so I have nothing to show you, but there are so many possibilities and it all comes down to what you wanna show, and how. Any room could be a Lego room! If you're limited in room size, multiple levels of shelves is probably the best way to create a lot of extra space. As for space to actually build, either make a dedicated desk on one side or go for a foldable table to save the space, depending on how often you're needing it. Quote
Toastie Posted January 18 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, FishHeadthe1st said: I guess I was looking for more recent, real-life examples of what people in this community may have done. There is a stone old thread in the Technic Forum, which is, on my laptop, 39 forum pages long. There are the poor and the rich, the professionals and the beginners, the average (=me), and the advanced ... However, I'd say: "Be yourself, nobody can say you're doing it wrong" (Snoopy, aka C.M.Schulz). Go into your room and feel it. Just feel it. There are plenty of options, that you can envision. And discard. Don't copy, surely look around, but make your room unique. If it does not really fit (you!) on first try: Remodel. I do that all the time in my "LEGO room", which is at the same time my "home office". I try so many things, build shelves, tear them down (OK, only partly, as I am happy with the groundwork, but that may very well change!). Make drawings, either on paper (me) or using your computer. Try to envision things - which are NEVER terminal. See your room as a living, evolving, thriving, changing space to be brought to life - and life changes >forever<. Don't become static - things not changing anymore are prone to fall into ... oblivion. There is more for planning: Sunlight? Do you care about yellowing (I could not care less, it is the life of colored ABS)? Temperature? Stickers matter to you? So many variables ... and so many choices. Which is so nice! All the best Thorsten Quote
FishHeadthe1st Posted January 19 Author Posted January 19 Thank you for the insight, Toastie. Lots of good stuff in that thread, even if it's older :) 8 hours ago, JesseNight said: I have no dedicated Lego room so I have nothing to show you, but there are so many possibilities and it all comes down to what you wanna show, and how. Any room could be a Lego room! If you're limited in room size, multiple levels of shelves is probably the best way to create a lot of extra space. As for space to actually build, either make a dedicated desk on one side or go for a foldable table to save the space, depending on how often you're needing it. Thanks! Quote
LegendaryArticuno Posted January 27 Posted January 27 A Lego room is not a sustainable solution. It's a bandaid, eventually you will run out of room and be right back at the same problem. Quote
JesseNight Posted January 27 Posted January 27 It can definitely be a solution, as long as we remain aware that our space is not unlimited and we have to make choices. Or consider changing the room's contents once in a while to different themes or builds. Nothing wrong with any of that, just think realistically. Quote
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