ModelRailroadForums.com is a free Model Railroad Discussion Forum and photo gallery. We cover all scales and sizes of model railroads. Online since 2002, it's one of the oldest and largest model railroad forums on the web. Whether you're a master model railroader or just getting started, you'll find something of interest here.
Have you ever had a life situation come along and kick your hind end. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Over Thanksgiving, my wife and I decided that since most of my practice was over the phone, I should give up my office and store and build a room in our house to run our business from. Well we did and the new office looks fine, but we moved out a store and office and waiting room.
Enough about that. Over the course of the last year, I remodeled our basement, and put in some lighting. I got the backdrop first coat then started sketching in for the backdrop final paint.
Well you know that all that stuff is non-essential to your life if it's piled up like that, get rid of it all, it probably doesn't matter to you if you don't ever get to it.
Well you know that all that stuff is non-essential to your life if it's piled up like that, get rid of it all, it probably doesn't matter to you if you don't ever get to it.
UNfortuantely that.s not true. My active files are buried in there, as are all the supplements that I plan to sell on eBay to recoup some money. There are also some tools a couple of computers. In short, I have to deal with it soon. It's like any time you move. You get it there, then you find a way to put it away.
Chip, if it's really important and you don't need access to the stuff often, bite the bullet and rent one of those storage buildings. Move everythng there and only bring back what you absultely need to have every day. You'll then have the space to work on the layout. I kind of like how you blended in the pipes with the rest of the background.
Do as I do, just keep moving it around the house. One month it'll be in the middle of this room, the next, another, until you've finally boxed it all up and forgotten whats in it, or sold it.
I think Jim's idea is the best one yet. You've been freed from the burden of paying office rent, correct? Well unless the money saved is already earmarked for other expenses, I don't see why you couldn't rent a small space to store that stuff temporarily.
Do you have some space outside to build a small shed? I mean if you can construct a good layout, you could also make a shed for that stuff ( obviously if you have space outside ).
Do as I do, just keep moving it around the house. One month it'll be in the middle of this room, the next, another, until you've finally boxed it all up and forgotten whats in it, or sold it.
Hahaha! I thought that I was the only one that did that. My work area in the storage garage keeps shifting from one spot to another: the more I look for something, the more everything moves .
Seriously, Chip you wouldn't need a large rental storage area. Just pack it in with your priorties near the entrance; maybe include other things around the house that's taking up space.
I replied to you "elsewhere", Chip, but essentially with the same suggestions about an out-building as above. If the stuff is somewhat or highly heat/cold/moisture sensitive, a heat pump/conditioner might do the trick.
Bummer, Buddy. I sure hope you are going to say that this is probably a very temporary setback.
Yes it is a temporary setback. What you don't see is that I also brought home a row of storage shelves and a really fancy shipping table. I got a lot of stuff marked for eBay and I know the shipping business. My "old vitamin business."
Holy Cow! Sell all those vitamins on e-bay and you've got the best MR workbench and storage system in existence. Just think of the number of Kadee #5's you can store in those drawers.
Holy Cow! Sell all those vitamins on e-bay and you've got the best MR workbench and storage system in existence. Just think of the number of Kadee #5's you can store in those drawers.
Well, that particular business I sold in 2000. I did salvage about 10 of those shelves and one of the shipping tables. 8 have been in my basement for the last two years, and 3 came home with me this weekend. You can see them in this pic behind the layout.
Say Chip,
Are those tape markings on the floor/carpet the outline of your layout to be? If so there will be a fair amount of storage under it, that's what I having to do myself to make room for my expansion. I think your thinking is like mine in that you'd rather have it handy as opposed to some outside storage you had to travel to!
Now if you could put up a storage shed in your back yard that could also take
a considerable load out from your area and still be fairly handy.
The good thing about what your doing is that you'll be saving a bundle [probably] on the rent of the office space on a continual basis not to mention
not having to travel to and from there.
As far as your back drops I'd have to say its a lot better than I could do and you blended in the pipes very nicely too.
I'm sure you'll resolve the situation one way or another.
>>
After viewing the other photos I can see where you have a very significent operation going and all that isn't that easy to consolidate into your home either so I can see where you've got some real dicisions to make. Possibly a larger building out back, assuming you have the space to errect one would be the best answer to house everything?
I see too where you were building some switches, I looked four article but couldn't find it, I wanted to add some info of what else can be done.
I thought that I was the only one that did that. My work area in the storage garage keeps shifting from one spot to another: the more I look for something, the more everything moves
