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No offense to anyone in particular, but you people with garages, attics, basements, rec rooms and room for homemade tables and 8x10 set-ups make me ill. I have to build anything/everything on a 3x5 table and ususally have to deconstruct well before (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) I wonder if any of you have thought about bunk beds? I know at least one person who uses a bunk bed, sleeps above and uses the bottom for his layout and the under bed for storage. It may not be an ideal situation unless you're (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I'd like to share Ed's grumbling :) I also live in an apartment and my Lego space is relegated to some shelves behind a door and a little closet space. I think I've made the most of this space, though. I have 9 20" x 30" felt covered boards (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) It's only because my son like Lego so much that we have a Lego room, his bedroom. All other rooms in the house are designated non-Lego. Just keep aquiring Lego, and sooner or later you'll move to somewhere where the prices of houses are (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Very creative use of space! I espesially like the building hieght restrictions. I actually gave up regular 'O' sacle trains because the premenent track required so much space. Now we set up the LEGO train on thin masonite boards that are cut (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Loft-beds are also useful for providing large amounts of storage space. Not a lot of talent is required to build them, just make sure they are sturdy! But lofts do require a tolerant attitude from anyone involved. When we lived in an apartment (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) <snip> (...) My NLS and I live in a two bedroom apartment. My dad gave us his bedroom furniture when he moved so we have cabinets with glass doors. It really cuts down the dust. The two big cabinet fits two big baseplates rather nicely, and (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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mild mannered Thomas Main wrote: >SNIP< (...) Is it just me or does this solution sound a little TOO much like something out of a superhero comic book? Bruce Wayne's alter ego has a full crime lab hidden in the trunk of his car—Thomas has a LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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TooMuchDew <wtoenjes@PioneerPla....infi.net> wrote (...) It's a known solution. I've tried to get Sanjay to let me build him one, but he wimped out. I get out of it by having lots of space in my room dedicated to Lego. But my ceiling is high enough (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) When I lived in Manhattan I built (1) a queen size loft bed and the space under it became part of my living room. I didn't want a post in the middle of the room, so we put three of the posts at the corners of the bed and for the corner that (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What is a MDF? Is this a bedstand you made yourself? (...) What is a CoD? Sarah (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I've been considering doing this with my queen bed, but my ceiling is only 8' :( How much clearance is needed over the bed? Can the boxsprings be jettisoned if you have a board underneath the mattresS? Sarah (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Perhaps a Princess... wrote in message <36424860.21934706@2...63.236>... (...) Clearance? Depends on what you plan on doing on said matress... ;-) Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Uh. Sleep? What else do you do on a mattress? I guess SOME people might build Legos there... I need a hard surface yet. And I'm not married. (I wouldn't be thinking about building a loft bed if I did. I don't relish the idea of climbing DOWN (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Perhaps a Princess... wrote in message <363dd0c4.56856167@2...63.236>... (...) Well, that limits your options doesn't it? I dry and sort my Legos on my bed. On the rare occasion that I have legos to wash. I can't believe I've stooped to that. I even (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) The answer to both questions is: depends on your preferences. I had a loft with only enough room to roll over (and sometimes I hit my elbow on the ceiling in mid-roll). If you've got a plywood board on the frame(1), boxspring is not required (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Nah, that doesn't really make a difference. Trust me. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I've had lofts with stairs. Well, somewhere between stair-steps and a ladder. It's a matter of selective compression. Lofts are useful in another way--in college, I put my alarm clock on the 'main floor'. That way, I'd have to get up to turn (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) *confused* It seems to me that being married limits your options -- to what both you and your spouse agrees on. It's sorta part of the package. I'm not sure what you're talking about here. After buying some used Legos, I discovered that my (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) My bed had about 4' above the platform. I had a futon mattress, no boxspring, so that means there was somewhere between 3' and 4' over the mattress to the ceiling. That was plenty of space. I got tired of climbing down and reaching for the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Perhaps a Princess... <sarah@eskimo.com> wrote (...) Medium density fibreboard - it's processed timber, sort of like sausages are processed meat (lets not argue the details). It's cheap and easy to work (has no grain). And it looks nice once it's (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) IMO, marriage doesn't limit your options, it just has a different set. If the options were too limited, no one would do it. (...) Use that intolerance to talk folks down at garage sales. It might work making it more worth your while. "Uh, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Me either. But I think being married broadens your options with respect to a lot of things. And it also gives me the ability to pass on picking the places we'll go out to eat, something I've always hated doing. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I did that once. Only once because in my sleep I reached out to my roommate's bookshelf (about pillow level next to my bed), grabbed a dictionary, and hurled it across the room at the clock. I never woke up. My roomie showed up a couple hours (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yes, but think of all the benefits of living in the big city. I moved to the "quiet suburbs" a year ago and now miss being able to walk to a theatre or restuarant. If I had it to do over again I would never have moved, even though I now have a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hrmmm, you could say I live in the burbs, I guess. Sorda. I have 3 theatres, a mall, and probably a dozen restaurants within walking distance. Also a grocery, a Wal-Mart, a TRU, SAMS, a clinic, a branch of my bank, Pep Boys, etc. Even if you (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) [snip] (...) I live in a town of a bit under 100,000 (when the students are here) and I can walk to every retail outlet in town. (I don't - that's what my car is for, but I could.) What is walking distance anyway? I'd walk much further for (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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