It was time to upgrade the cave while the weather was good, the funds available, and the wive's eyes looking elsewhere...
BEFOREMy game room is basically a 10'x17' outbuilding behind my house that was used as a shed for 10 years or so. It's well constructed (cinderblock, stucco finish, fancy hip roofing,etc., but still a shed.
We'll, last year, I added a window A/C unit and turned it to a game room with much success; however, it was lacking a refined touch:
SO...This is what I did to it:Stripped it out:
I upgraded the lighting, filled the concrete, primered, and painted it. Added carpet and 163 linear feet of shelves:
Yeah, I had to make sure there's a fridge in there!
Put the 54"x90" game table back in the room (more detail on the table below):
And then start loading the shelves:
View when you walk in -
View to the left right after entering the room -
View to the right (see all those islands?!?) -
Back Left -
Back Center -
Back Right -
Left Side of table pedestal -
Right side of table pedestal -
Under the game table where I store game mats rolled up and bins of hills and such to put on top of the table as needed:
All that's left is to bring out a few more armies and do some nifty re-boxing of items (smaller trees, walls, etc.) to make better use of vertical space on the shelving.
Yeah, I've got a lot of stuff, but understand that I started collecting back in 1980, before many of you Wee Babes were a glimmer in your father's eye...
And regarding my quick reference posters, they are not gone. They are being laminated so that I can add grommets in the corners and then hook them on the shelves for whichever game we are playing at the time.