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After about 6 months of off-again on-again work, I've finally moved into the
new Brickfrenzy Design Studio. This project was a full conversion of a
"rec-room" style basement into a lighter, cleaner space suitable for all my
Lego needs. If you're wondering why I haven't built anything in 6 weeks,
this is why.
Check out the fun!
http://www.brickfrenzy.com/misc_basement.html
Adrian
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"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message
news:H2Awo8.1Iq@lugnet.com...
> After about 6 months of off-again on-again work, I've finally moved into • the
> new Brickfrenzy Design Studio. This project was a full conversion of a
> "rec-room" style basement into a lighter, cleaner space suitable for all • my
> Lego needs. If you're wondering why I haven't built anything in 6 weeks,
> this is why.
>
> Check out the fun!
>
> http://www.brickfrenzy.com/misc_basement.html
>
> Adrian
Very cool Adrian! Thanks very much for the story. I absolutly love reading
about stuff like this. I also have to admit I have a weak spot for
basements. There are almost none where I live. They seem like they would
be incredibly cozy, fixed up like this of course.
I myself took part in restoring an 80 year old farm house last year so I
know how much work is involved with a project like this.
I saw the old pics of your building area and this looks MUCH better. Right
now I live alone in a one bedroom apartment; with my building table in my
bedroom. I have a pretty roomy and organized setup but its nothing compared
to this. I hope to have a similar area to yours sometime in the future. :-)
I can't wait to see some more MOCs from you.
-Jon
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In lugnet.storage, Jon Palmer writes:
> "Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message
> news:H2Awo8.1Iq@lugnet.com...
> > After about 6 months of off-again on-again work, I've finally moved into • the
> > new Brickfrenzy Design Studio. This project was a full conversion of a
> > "rec-room" style basement into a lighter, cleaner space suitable for all • my
> > Lego needs. If you're wondering why I haven't built anything in 6 weeks,
> > this is why.
> >
> > Check out the fun!
> >
> > http://www.brickfrenzy.com/misc_basement.html
> >
> > Adrian
>
> Very cool Adrian! Thanks very much for the story. I absolutly love reading
> about stuff like this. I also have to admit I have a weak spot for
> basements. There are almost none where I live. They seem like they would
> be incredibly cozy, fixed up like this of course.
It's storytime with Uncle Adrian :) I love my basement. I don't know if I
have any more room down there than when I was spread out in 3 rooms on the
first floor, but everything is much better organized, plus this system is
designed to expand (thus the mostly empty third shelf) so I won't have to
redo everything again in a couple of years. I had reached the extent of my
sorting system in the old space about 6 months ago *heh*
>
> I myself took part in restoring an 80 year old farm house last year so I
> know how much work is involved with a project like this.
Drywalling was by far the most difficult part of this process. I suppose if
I'd used an Orbital sander or something I would've gotten much better
results with the wall smoothness, but otherwise I'm satisfied. There's
going to be so much clutter down there that I don't think anyone will notice
the shoddy drywall work :)
>
> I saw the old pics of your building area and this looks MUCH better. Right
> now I live alone in a one bedroom apartment; with my building table in my
> bedroom. I have a pretty roomy and organized setup but its nothing compared
> to this. I hope to have a similar area to yours sometime in the future. :-)
It is better. Like I said, it's much more logically organized, and I can
reach almost all the pieces that I really need (the bricks, plates, and
primary greeblies) without standing up. It's just things like wings,
motors, canopies, and wheels that I have to stand up to reach.
> I can't wait to see some more MOCs from you.
I'll be building a moonbase module or 3 starting this weekend, most likely.
I've had ideas bouncing around in my brain for the last 2 months of this
project, when I haven't been able to take on anything huge because it was
all in flux. Now that I'm at least down there (although I'm still not
organized) I can at least build again. WHOO!!
Adrian
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Adrian Drake wrote:
> >
> > > After about 6 months of off-again on-again work, I've finally moved into
> >
> > the
> >
> > > new Brickfrenzy Design Studio. This project was a full conversion of a
> > > "rec-room" style basement into a lighter, cleaner space suitable for all
> >
> > my
> >
> > > Lego needs. If you're wondering why I haven't built anything in 6 weeks,
> > > this is why.
> > >
> > > Check out the fun!
Wow, Adrian. Looks *very* nice. Congradulations on a job well done;
you now posses a well above-adequate LEGO building room. And
considering how often we all do LEGO, thats practically your whole life,
so indeed, better make it a nice place :)
In lugnet.storage, Jon Palmer writes:
> > Very cool Adrian! Thanks very much for the story. I absolutly love reading
> > about stuff like this. I also have to admit I have a weak spot for
> > basements. There are almost none where I live. They seem like they would
> > be incredibly cozy, fixed up like this of course.
Yikes. Man, I practically live in a basement.
Seriously. When we moved here two years ago, I negotiated into trading
what would have been my room upstairs for the basement. Everything I
own is down here, including my bed. I pretty much spend my life down
here. I roam upstairs every so often, to forage for food, and to see
sunlight. And sometimes, I actually go outside to walk to Gamestop to
buy the game I had a preorder on.
It's not nearly as bad as yours (Adrians) before you fixed it up; it's
painted white with a tiled floor of brown and various
tans randomly patterning it (er...a random pattern? aw, don't bother
askin.) Around 70% of the rooms perimiter there is a brown wooden
"wall" that is pushed about 8-10 inches into the room, up to about 4'
from the ground. The top of this composes a never-ending shelf all
around the room that is pretty useful.
I have always wanted to paint the whole room white, and get carpet; as
it is, I have a huge carpet piece under the LEGO section (yea, I build
on the ground). Your adventures in basement upgrading inspire ascending :)
And Jon, yea, basements may be pretty cool, but until you've been in
one, you don't know how they attract dust, and spiders. Every so often
I look in a bin of LEGO to see that a spider decided that it was open
real estate.
--Josh
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