Game Closet 2.0
A few years ago I wrote about the wonders of my game closet, about how I like to share it with everyone because its my pride and joy. But I’ve been hiding it of late due to the huge mess it has become. The three bookcases that we crammed in there to hold the games have been filled to the brim forever, which means all new games get stacked in front. This pile, that eventually took over the closet, reached higher then my head. Something had to be done.
The stack of games the closet disgorged.
The fabulous new U-shaped built in shelves.
So we cleaned out the entire thing, stacked the games up, trashed the bookshelves and had a wonderful carpenter come by who installed U-shaped built-in shelves in the closet. Best work I have had done on our house, ever.
Not only do we have potential room for some new games, but we can also access all of our games again. This is instead of having to remove the entire six foot stack of games before being able to even see any of the shelved games.
I love my game closet again. In fact I go peek at it simply for fun every now and then.
Sadly I didn’t get a before shot and am kicking myself now. Clearly I was eager to get it all done. But there are loads of after shots. So many. <3
Behold, the wondrous game closet.
Its so neat!!!!
edit: I totally forgot to add that the shelves were made out of recycled shipping boxes. =D
Tags: adoration, board-games, collecting, loot, recycle, update, win
October 23rd, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Looks fantastic! I’m such a fan of gaming shelves/closets. those are some nice looking shipping boxes! :) I don’t see a lot of empty space though…where are all the new games going to go? ;D
October 24th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
I could use some Candyland time.
October 25th, 2012 at 8:20 am
Thanks!! There arn’t that many spaces, but a few. Maybe its just wishful thinking on my part. =P
CANDYLAND!! Best game ever. =D
October 26th, 2012 at 1:47 am
You would have loved the birthday party my cousins threw for their 1 year old daughter. They rented out a gymnasium, created a huge playable candyland board on the floor, complete with play-house sized gingerbread houses, balloons wrapped in cellophane to look like giant lollypops, styrofoam tubes wrapped with red duct tape to be candy canes, etc etc. There was a whole table covered in various candies that the kids got to “shop” and take whichever ones they wanted to fill their treat bags AND there was a table of candy covered cupcakes. It was INSANE. But they also had 140 guests so I guess it was going to be nuts no matter what. I didn’t go but I saw pictures.
October 27th, 2012 at 7:41 pm
For a one year old? Hmm. But it does sound totally awesome!
Giant Candy Land playground. Yup, awesome!