Hi All,
as most of you know, my wife and I have recently relocated to Eugene Oregon in the Pacific Northwest, from London UK. A side effect of our move (and really a major factor in wanting to move) is that we now have a house about three times the size of our old London home, not counting garages and outdoor areas.
On our property is a detached garage, which my wife will be using as a woodshop, and above it is a 24x12' room with screen windows for ventilation in the Summer, and heater for the Winter. This is my new Playmoden.
I've fitted it out with seven 5'x2.5' folding tables, creating a tabletop surface of 5' width and 17.5' length. This leaves walking access round all sides, and eventually I'll get an office swivel chair. I also have a mini-fridge and a kettle for making tea, an iHome clock radio so I can have radio or iPod entertainment as I play, and a phone extension which works as an intercom, so my wife can call me from the main house.
Along the West wall is a series of doors to unfinished storage space, ideal for putting boxes when not in use.
The bulk of my current collection came over from London by ship, but every blue box you see here, barring one Pyramid, has been added since we arrived, some thanks to Gepetto holding it for me before I arrived in December. My lovely wife said nothing as our 850 sq ft apartment slowly filled up with more and more blue boxes.
My collection breaks down into a guesstimated:
Medieval/Knights 30%
Roman/Egyptian/Vikings & Gauls 20%
Pirates 20%
Western 10%
Adventure/Jungle 10%
Modern (Police, Fire & EMS, & Civilian) 10%
but I have so much I'd have to weigh it to be more accurate.
The main house takes priority, but I'll be working (playing) away here over the coming months re-organising my collection, and having lots of fun no doubt re-discovering buried treasures.
