Being blessed to have a wife who has always understood my wanting to have a study, I have always had one. Usually just one of the spare bedrooms, but it has always been mine to decorate, do and enjoy as I wish. So I thought I'd see what others study's are like, or if they don't have one, maybe their hobby area.
I'll start by sharing a few pics of my current study, in the house we moved to recently after we downsized. I can say that it has evolved over the years. I can also say I spend many hours of reading, researching and doing most of my figure cleaning and conversions in this room (on the floor in hte middle of the room). I also have a small painting room that is not quite so neat, but a painting area usually isn't. OK, here's my study
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_2215_zpslwuj2laf.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_2215_zpslwuj2laf.jpg.html)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_2216_zps2pdltsrj.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_2216_zps2pdltsrj.jpg.html)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_2217_zpswojii50c.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_2217_zpswojii50c.jpg.html)
Behind those closet doors are more and more books, mostly on uniforms, and many of the paperbacks I've read.
I look forward to seeing what others have to share.
Terry
His Study
Quoteafter we downsized
:o :o :o
QuoteI also have a small painting room
:o :o :o
I'm not at all jealous :^o :^o :^o
Some very impressive uniforms there =D>
Attractive, but I'd have expected a sabre or katana on the wall....
Downsized?
That room looks bigger than my entire ground floor.... ;D
Very jealous
Down sized? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I have a small table in the living room to paint on and occasional use of the dining table coupled with top cupboards crammed with enough lead and cardboard to constitute a health and safety hazard!
My house is too small to have a study. To be honest I think we were lucky the builders managed to find room for the toilet
I have no study, BUT when renovations are done, we will have 4 bedrooms while we only have two kids, so I'm 'guiding' my wife to a repurpose of that room.
:D :D :D
You DO NOT see my (HAH!) study.
The only person on the forum who has, is Meirion....And if he ever posts ANY piccies.......
Cheers - Phil
You threatenin me ????
very nice looking room and collection.
I'm afraid my painting space is a converted loft room, far too messy to photograph. I've also hobby items (part finished, or just in-storage) dotted throughout the house and the out-buildings. Whoops!
Our study is full of nature books and paraphernalia.
Front room display cabinets; back room study, out back spray booth, stair storage, front bedroom, storage, back bedroom waiting for daughter to move her stuff so it can become a full time games room.
In the Bathroom I keep a small bookshelf.
Yup. Every room used for something useful.
Quote from: petercooman on 28 July 2017, 08:51:43 AM
I have no study, BUT when renovations are done, we will have 4 bedrooms while we only have two kids, so I'm 'guiding' my wife to a repurpose of that room.
:D :D :D
'guiding' ?? Put your foot down and tell her that's its now classified as the wargames room.
P.S Sleeping in the shed is not too bad, its the surviving on the bread thrown out for the birds that's a bit demeaning :D
I'll play along. :) Since we don't have any kids, we decided to use our master bedroom as our office and use one of the smaller rooms as our bedroom. Who wants such a large room for spending so little time in there? Anyway, so I get a portion for my hobby stuff. Only requirement was it had to be "classy" looking, so she picked the furniture. My paint desk is next to a cabinet that has all my paint brushes, paints, tools, etc. I have them all on trays or containers so I can take out what I need. It sounds tedious, but after I got my system it only take me a couple of minutes to have it all setup and painting. Maps of Antietam and Gettysburg on the wall for inspiration.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TqXWKdJfDXc/WXs-ons81EI/AAAAAAAAEBc/KZC4Hl4QDHgIs-pN_lU18Fv1JLOUb9AkgCLcBGAs/s400/1_PaintDesk.jpg)
Then I have a display for my "show off" miniatures. It ranges from 10mm to 54mm. Everything else is boxed up in a closet and along with my lead pile. And then I have a bookshelf of game rules, historical references, etc.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XK7ju629fo/WXtAoWKI-PI/AAAAAAAAEBo/XF9gEaDh_UgRxpDxoaZUUOvWiGtRFzDSwCLcBGAs/s400/3_Display.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dtr22oC5JOo/WXs_TmDuLsI/AAAAAAAAEBg/NAVPYF2C1MYFo-g3LoU4v6BXQTS8Lc66wCLcBGAs/s400/2_Books.jpg)
The real truth of the matter though is I'm slowly being overran by the play area of our cats Freya, Arwen, and Porthos. I think this might be sneaky plot of my wife's to slowly move me to the garage. Crazy cat people we are...
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AsNB_6MiBYg/WXtBUxj7E-I/AAAAAAAAEBs/i_EaGfE_LyQdt_aMQQSHTiR7mKCd5HJ_ACLcBGAs/s400/4_Playzone.jpg)
Great Looking Room FlngSqrl! Glad you shared it! Yes, it does seem like the cats also have a claim on the room as well.
My pursuit of a dedicated study started back in the early 70's when I got a bookcase with three shelves for my books and stuff. I still have that bookcase, which is now in the closet holding rule books, more uniform books, etc. Oh, and that book case had to share the room we used for watching TV/the den as we only had a 2 bedroom apartment at the time.
Some one thought my current study is a large room, but it's not really - being 13 x 14 is all. Before we downsized I had a much larger room about 18 x 22. That room had a gaming table a library table, a love seat, the two chairs I have now, and many more bookcases. I don't miss it though because I had to clean it, but I try to keep my study tidy - my painting room, a 6 x 8 room, not so much so!
Terry
Thought I would share what happens when you decide to remove the carpeting the builder put in, because it is so cheap all it does is buckle, with hardwood to match the rest of the house. First step was moving everything but the larger furniture pieces out of the room - UGH! Took me two days!!!
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_2215_zpslwuj2laf.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_2215_zpslwuj2laf.jpg.html)
It went from this
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/DSCF0663_zpseihccwnr.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/DSCF0663_zpseihccwnr.jpg.html)
To this
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/DSCF0664_zpsocesujjr.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/DSCF0664_zpsocesujjr.jpg.html)
And this
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/DSCF0665_zps8qowarzq.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/DSCF0665_zps8qowarzq.jpg.html)
So they could do this
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/DSCF0677_zpsvpfedpgm.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/DSCF0677_zpsvpfedpgm.jpg.html)
To result in this....and I am so happy with the results. Bottom line, it was worth it, but let's not do it again anytime soon please! Took 8 days to put it all back - well all except two large boxes of books that are going!
Terry
I might throw up some pictures in about 6 months, but decorating at the mo. My study is not my wargames room, but it is where I keep a lot of my history books.
Oh, please do as I'd love to see it. just please don't call it a "man cave" as that is way to redneck for me!
Terry
Oh dear, I'll have to take down my sign, spit out my chewing tobacco and douse the fiery cross. :-[
Yep, that's a good start, and be sure to remove all of the non-working vehicles scattered around your front yard....or you can keep all of that stuff but just please don't call it a man cave.
Terry
My cellar -which Ma Subs has named Narnia becasue you have to get past the hanging coats to get down the stairs- is my study, my library, my painting and building area, my wargames room and storeroom. In it I have approx 400 boks on 23 bookshelves, a painting table, a writing desk for my computer, 4 under dsk office filing cabinets for rules and research, two 4-draw cupboards for terrain and 'stuff', a 4' tall unit with two doors that holds all my chaps. an overcrowded shelf with way more than 250 dvd's on and about the same in cd's on 2x7 tier stands. Plus, a drop leaf dining table that I use for making my buildings on or writing stuff freehand. When both leaves are up it also doubles up as my wargames table. Some might see cluttered, I see organised chaos.
All that in a 13'x13' room.
Subedai, sounds awesome! Please share some pictures with us!!!
Terry
My version of Narnia.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VniIZfxT3jU/WsYlrSg07DI/AAAAAAAABOE/C8YKbJaZKgsTwEgbgsaf14uU6YFxnF2VACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0302e.JPG)
Looking into the room from the bottom of the stairs. Computer desk is on the right, on the screen can be seen a background of the Chinggis Qan metal statue in Mongolia. painting desk is on the left. Top of pic are some of my dvd's.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D7K23w9FcXY/WsYlsECwitI/AAAAAAAABOM/b330SmME-bUKzor-7jMwQS1x4VjndzZoACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0303e.JPG)
My 10, 15 and 25mm figures and some terrain in this storage unit. Just out of shot at the bottom are all my 6mm armies stored in A4 rigid plastic boxes.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bAfWLUSiSG8/WsYlr6AUlxI/AAAAAAAABOg/wnimwiv-OgsiLYYlrIesYU0Zb2IpiAp6wCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0304e.JPG)
To the right of my computer desk is the major part of my library with the filing cabinets underneath. the stairs up are just to the right.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syltXmxQg7A/WsYlw0FjTII/AAAAAAAABOU/nT6feyjSEmsL_U9NjXy-AhMWraTZimaUgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0306e.JPG)
Moving on to the right there are the stairs up, more books and the top of my drop-leaf table. The big picture on the left is of Prince Rupert and his brother Maurice that I found in an antique store in Leek, Staffordshire. At the bottom of the stairs is a framed picture of Bobby Moore (from West Ham United FC) along with his signature next to it. (Christmas prezzie from a friend).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HOldWxHKkAs/WsYlw-IgcTI/AAAAAAAABOY/v0ZOJdzPDIAvJklfoaHhcauFMBygY6iBQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0307e.JPG)
On the right of the last picture is a small cubby-hole that goes around behind the chimney breast and under the stairs. In there is a small cupboard and my four tier plastic drawer set for my unpainted chaps.
I must admit I envy a man who has a proper study, a place to himself. In our studio I am banished to the dark and dingy corner, and the missus has all the light and the cool tools, which I am not allowed to touch. Well, I do sneak up and use the anvil every now and then.
Cheers,
Aksu
Quote from: Aksu on 05 April 2018, 06:01:29 PM
I must admit I envy a man who has a proper study, a place to himself. In our studio I am banished to the dark and dingy corner, and the missus has all the light and the cool tools, which I am not allowed to touch. Well, I do sneak up and use the anvil every now and then.
Cheers,
Aksu
Some very interesting tools to play with. What's your missus hobby.
Quote from: Orcs on 05 April 2018, 06:36:54 PM
What's your missus' hobby?
When women - not my wife, who shares my views, Lord love her - remark on the expense of male hobbies, I quietly remark that kids, which most women want for reasons no more rational, cost immeasurably more than any other hobby available to the ordinary citizen.
Quote from: Aksu on 05 April 2018, 06:01:29 PM
I must admit I envy a man who has a proper study, a place to himself. In our studio I am banished to the dark and dingy corner, and the missus has all the light and the cool tools, which I am not allowed to touch. Well, I do sneak up and use the anvil every now and then.
Cheers,
Aksu
Dump her :D
Whom? A woman who regularly works out at an anvil might be risky to annoy.
She has what can only be described as sensible hobbies: dressmaking, leatherwork and jewelry making. As she is licensed to hallmark the silver jewellery she makes, the hobby becomes self-sufficient, as the sales cover the tools and materials, and the profits can be used to fund other hobbies, such as shoe and handbag collecting (there are 100+ shoe boxes in the back room off pic). It also means she has an extensive collection of both sharp and blunt instruments and power tools. However, it also means that we both enjoy visiting tool shops :)
Anyway, as we have been together over 30 years I suppose not fighting over tools is working for us :D
Cheers,
Aksu
Subedai, that si quite a library and collection you have here. Thanks for sharing it as I really enjoyed seeing it!
Terry