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Storage. Not pews but everything else...

Egon_247

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Morning Clan.

How we all doing? Good in your hood? Cool.

So last night i went looking for something. Nothing of particular importance but i looked at the pile of stuff that i have amassed and thought, like frankie after he got to hollywood, "theres got to be a better way".

All my pews are on slatboard, which is nice. Obviously SWMBO isnt keen but i care not as this is the games room and its mine. 

However, all the associated detritus that goes along with a pew seems to be now taking over and fills half the floor and a large plastic box (remember COD zombies? the jingly box... :) ) . Me and both my boys play, so we have a fair amount of STUFF. 

How do people store all their gear? My camo gear is in a drawer, thats no problem but webbing, hats, tools, mags, gas, balls, projects, all that good stuff that we like to accumulate.....

Ive been looking on BIGDUG and places like that for ideas but interior design is her thing and she'll just skip the lot if she got a chance... :D  

Pic shows the slat board and also the top of the jingly box, the plastic box of console games should be moving shortly to the other side of the room, BUT, STUFFFFF!! JUST STUFFF!!!!! 

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I wonder if you just need a bigger house with a 2nd gun room... 

I have similar problems but my challenge isnt so much how to store stuff (I just use a chest of drawers) but how to categorise and organise it. You could organise by platform, brand, part type etc. I have 2 boxes of parts but each part well labelled in a zip lock bag. I have to empty the box every time I need to find something but at least I only have 2 boxes to deal with.

Bbs and gas just stay in the kit bag I take out when playing, and mags have their own drawer. 

Watching this thread with interest to see what other people do  :)

 
I have two wardrobes for my guns and vests etc.

Under the bed I have a 5.11 range bag that holds mags and pistols,it's bloody heavy so I decant what I need on the day.

It works for me, and Mrs Shamal is happy cause it's not in her way.?

 
If you google "gun room interior design" there are loads of impressive looking examples, the vast majority of them seem to follow this formula:

  • Cabinets lower half
  • Display racks upper half
  • Colour / material coordinated
  • Integrated lighting

In your case maybe it is a matter of organising what is below the slatboards, maybe with some cabinets

Maybe convert to a vertical gun rack for better efficiency

Or even remove half the wall rack and put in taller cabinets, since half of your wall rack is stuff that shouldn't be on the wall anyway

 
Pseudotectonic said:
If you google "gun room interior design" there are loads of impressive looking examples, the vast majority of them seem to follow this formula:

  • Cabinets lower half
  • Display racks upper half
  • Colour / material coordinated
  • Integrated lighting

In your case maybe it is a matter of organising what is below the slatboards, maybe with some cabinets

Maybe convert to a vertical gun rack for better efficiency

Or even remove half the wall rack and put in taller cabinets, since half of your wall rack is stuff that shouldn't be on the wall anyway
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You know, that aint a bad idea. I hadnt thought of that. :)  

I was looking at the open square type shelving units with boxes in so i can label them too. 

Vertical is a damn fine shout though sir. ?

 
Pews are in a metal cabinate, BBs , grenades and batteries are in ammo boxes on top , gas also on top in a normal box. Shelf in the top of the cabinate holds radio's spare optics and the box mags for LMGs and side arms. Mags and spare parts etc are in a couple of sets of metal draws stacked vertically next to the cabinate. Tac vest on a hanger on the wall . Those are in the garage, BDUs are in my wardrobe folded up, one draw takes care of socks, belts, patches , gloves etc.

 
Honestly I have no constructive advice to give, but if you want to feel better about your own situation, I have a roughly 2m x 3m room into which I cram:

* My WFH office setup, so desk, 3 screens, printer, couple of laptops

* Mine and the boys RIFs and assorted ammo, gas, optics etc etc

* 3 x 1/10 RC touring cars, tools, spare bodies, wheels, transmitters

* Motorcycle gear

* Electric guitar and amp

Each unique 'hobby' more or less has its own space, so everything is in one place, but it all has to get sorted out in a roughly 1m square of carpet if I'm going to use any of it that day.

Here it is in today's game-day chaos.  Thankfully all this will be in the boot of the car shortly and then once done it will get stacked up behind the office door.  Thus my RIF storage is limited by how many gun cases you can fit behind the door and still open it.

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Jeeeesus. I thought I had issues.???

That auto9 landed yet? ?

You pretty much have every pew on my mental list of things to buy!!!

 
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Ok, so looking at gav's set up i need to invest in some slatwall clothes hangers too. I'm liking these. A LOT.

And maybe another 100 or so pews. :D  LOL

(edit, oh shi*, may have just bought another two....) 

@gavinkempsell your pistols, are they just on single sticky outy rods that poke down the barrels? 

And TPH is correct, you may need a pith helmet in there... :lol:

 
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I want to know what kind of industrial fittings are holding that slat wall up. It must weigh an absolute ton! 

 
Daveoc33 said:
I want to know what kind of industrial fittings are holding that slat wall up. It must weigh an absolute ton! 
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Gridwall, but yeah they can hold quite a bit

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Each panel (there's two there) has four "hooks" that each have four screws in them. Seeing as @gavinkempsell has his all nice and arranged only a single layer deep, the weight will be more spread out too.

 
Grid wall is a great multi use method.

We use it in many ways trading at Comicons and festivals, shows etc

When outside we zip tie grid wall to the gazebo frame, and when inside use a combination of ‘raw’ grid wall and grid wall with fitted feet, some on the floor, some clamped to tables.

At events Enola have had grid walls ziptied together in fours forming a ‘tunnel’ / display table

There’s an abundance of fittings with hooks, shelves, baskets etc

As were mobile we don’t use the wall hooks in a wall mount as @Lozarthas, but we do have some fitted to the van which we don’t use for the grid wall but do use for hanging other things.

Ours came as a job lot from a shop clearance and we’ve added some extra fittings 

The wall fittings don’t necessarily have to support the weight, e.g. stand the grid wall on the floor and fit the hooks on the wall at the right heights.

Another option I’ve seen is to use custom overhaning ‘hooks’ over a door/‘wall’ and hang the grid from that  

……

For my gear/equipment needs it’s a matter of storage / logistics boxes.

Some is sorted by type of event, some by item.  Eg I have a box full of pistols, a box of melee weapons for one of our event types, a box full of marshaling (hi-vis, whistles etc).

But I may also just unload the car and end up with a box of ‘last event I went to’

 
Tactical Pith Helmet said:
Bloody cool, but lacks a pith helmet...  ;)   
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How dare you Sir...

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Egon_247 said:
@gavinkempsell your pistols, are they just on single sticky outy rods that poke down the barrels? 
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I use straight hangers with the hook cut off & smoothed using a dremel, some barrels are tighter than others so there's been a genuine concern about scratching the inner barrels, it's worth the risk to me as 95% of my collection will never be used in a game & I like them displayed this way.

Daveoc33 said:
I want to know what kind of industrial fittings are holding that slat wall up. It must weigh an absolute ton!
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Each bracket has 4 screws holding it on & they're a good 4 inches deep (fnar) in the wall. As my collection has grown I've increased the wall cover with grids which means it's a bit too random for my ocd (ish), I'll eventually move my entire collection to my diningroom/son's bedroom (once my son get's his own place), I'll make sure the grid wall goes from the base boards to the ceiling so it's done right first time.

 
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Lozart said:
Each panel (there's two there) has four "hooks" that each have four screws in them. Seeing as @gavinkempsell has his all nice and arranged only a single layer deep, the weight will be more spread out too.
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Thanks, FYI I have my clothing/armour on these brackets (noticed yours bending due to weight), was looking at baskets like you use for my spare mags too.

Well Jell of your Scar UGL.

https://www.shopfittingwarehouse.co.uk/fixtures-fittings/grid-mesh-system/hooks-rails-arms/hanging-rails-arms/7-ball-sloping-display-arm-for-grid-mesh-panels/

 
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