display space?

[joelsabi]

how much space are you allowed in your home for you GU collection?
do you have limits set by your wife? how understanding is you wife with your collection.


my wife and i are in discussion for the amount of space i can have for my collection and was wondering what is reasonable expectations. thought i would ask what the wives tolerate so far.

[otismalibu]

Re: display space?

I've got one room. Technically, it's our 'office', but I did the decorating.

The Office

I've mentioned that our son's room might look nice with a hoops theme. Don't think that's happening.

[scottanservitz]

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Ha ha. My wife is constantly bugging me about my collection. I have a bat rack in our bedroom. I have jerseys in both of my boy's bedrooms. I have jerseys in our walk-in attic. I guess it is all over the house! I used to have a den until son #2 came into the picture. We collectors learn to adjust when necessary. All in all though, my wife is cool about my hobby. I hope you guys are as lucky as I am.

Scott

[zookerman182]

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I am getting married in july and live by myself for now but the understanding between us is that i will be having 1 room for my collection to be on display and thats it. I dont really have too much stuff right now but i plan to collect memorabilia for as long as i live so 1 room may not be enough in 10 years.

[frikativ54]

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Marry ladies that love game-used collecting. That's a solution for you.

[bigtruck260]

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I get my office - and that's it. anything else is in the closet, storage or on loan to friends/family members. I am kind of glad I have limited space. I can't imagine trying to grab 500 bats during a fire - or watching them twirl like helicopters when a tornado hits.

MUCH easier to insure than some collections.

I really only use 2 walls. There are about 25 bats, some hats/helmets, etc and a few shadowboxes. Enough to remain comfortable - and easy enough to keep clean. My office is my sanctuary...

Dave

[B1SON]

Re: display space?

We had a small 3 bedroom bylevel and I had the lower level livingroom and it drove my wife nuts not to have that room. She never felt comfortable in there. Anyway, we built a house and I got one very large bedroom which can be viewed on the front page of my website.

https://www.BisonGameDayMemorabilia.com

[bigtime59]

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I have a 9 X 11 home office that I've totally gutted and redone over the last 6 months or so. Here's a couple of shots. (There will, however, be no shots of the 7 X 7 "Jersey Jail".)
Mark
bigtime39@aol.com

[WadeInBmore]

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My girlfriend tolerates it. She kind of rolls her eyes whenever a new package arrives. I've got two rooms to use for display. Part of the basement has two display cases full of stuff (vintage rookie cards, game used items, and autographs) and then in another room (could be considered the family room) I have set up a display wall of all my Frank Thomas game used items...she calls it my shrine. I argue that there is no incense, candles, or dead flowers...that it is simply a display She understands that it is something that makes me happy though. And I rarely hear a peep out of her as long as I keep the house clean and some what neat...and not game used items all over the place. I feel sorry for any of you out there who don't have a sympathetic partner...yikes. I often view collecting as possibly my worst habit

[skyking26]

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I have a 18x25' room in the basement which is full. Before that it was in closets around the house. Today, this room is really not enough. I would like to expand into the office or even the stairwell, but wife is against that. She says if there is not enough room, that I need to narrow the contents down a bit. She may have a point...

[earlywynnfan]

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My wife is wonderfully understanding with my collection. I get the 4th bedroom, your basic 11x11 room. She even helps me rearrange it and refinished the old locker that I use for display.

Ken

[kj33706]

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You guys are going about this all wrong!!!!! I buy a $500 bat for me and buy her a Louis Vuitton purse. I buy a $5000 superbowl trophy and buy her a boob job. I buy a $9000 jersey and buy her a new house. Needless to say she absolutely LOVES my collection. She loves to see new packages arrive. Bottom line is if momma ain't happy aint nobody happy. Plus, most of the time I buy her something I can enjoy as well (if you catch my drift). By the way, I have the entire 2000 ft2 basement.

[skyking26]

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You guys are going about this all wrong!!!!! I buy a $500 bat for me and buy her a Louis Vuitton purse. I buy a $5000 superbowl trophy and buy her a boob job. I buy a $9000 jersey and buy her a new house. Needless to say she absolutely LOVES my collection. She loves to see new packages arrive. Bottom line is if momma ain't happy aint nobody happy. Plus, most of the time I buy her something I can enjoy as well (if you catch my drift). By the way, I have the entire 2000 ft2 basement.

Based on the above comments, we just found out why you have the Dunn glove!!! You are the man!

[mdube16]

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I have my 11 x 13 office but I just asked for (and got) our family room too! I'll be getting to work on it over the next few weeks.

[kylehess10]

Re: display space?

how much space are you allowed in your home for you GU collection?
do you have limits set by your wife? how understanding is you wife with your collection.


my wife and i are in discussion for the amount of space i can have for my collection and was wondering what is reasonable expectations. thought i would ask what the wives tolerate so far.

I'm 17 so I don't really have a wife ...but my parents gave me the basement once my brother moved out so I can have all my stuff reasonably spaced out. Every single wall is covered now with something game used so now I think I need to start searching for my first home