Game Room shelving

[Private Joker]

So... There might already be a topic on this, but can't find it anywhere.

I'm moving to Sweden in October and there is a room that I have for myself. My girlfriend told me that the apartment itself has to be free of my games stuff but I can do what I want in that room.
We rent the apartment for just one year at a time so can't make any permanent shelving, but I just wanted to know what kind you guys use.

I currently have Expedit from IKEA, but was thinking of going for another series like Besta or Billy. Unfortunately, they no longer sell the Sonic blue Billy shelves...

Maybe provide some pictures of your shelves and where you got them?
If I had the freedom, I'd build them myself, but there is no use doing that yet.

This is the room I get:



There also has to be room for a sofa/bed and of course it's not just for my collection but also for gaming so a CRT has to fit in somewhere

[theycallmeknuckles]

I would so leave that carpet

I use Billy, but then I only needed 3 of them. I'm assuming your collection is a lot bigger than mine.
You can double-stack your games on those shelves though

[K1ngArth3r]

I use Billy too, there ok if you don't move them about :-)

Looks like you have plenty of room though! Just take in your dimensions to Ikea and get them to use the room planning software - You can position a sofa, billy bookcases and desk for the CRT TV using there software?

[frankfjs]

I use the Expedit for my consoles:



For your games you could get one of their bookcases.



Possibilities are endless with Ikea shelving, probably best to take a look in store and see it in person/measure it up.

[kungfukid]

I love seeing how others store their games. Some really inventive storage often put together! I really like the look of that Expedit for displaying consoles!

At the moment I have about 50 games out in a glass fronted TV cabinet, also from IKEA, it was one of their quite expensive ranges, but can't remember the name of it, the good thing is that you can store them three deep. Good because you can get a lot in, but bad if you're wanting to play one of the games from the back!!

The rest are currently in my living room cupboard at the moment - we're looking to sell our two bedroom flat at the moment and buy a detached house, so my wife doesn't want games out for when potential viewers come round.

[Private Joker]

I know the IKEA catalogue inside out, I work there

I'd prefer to work in a single row seeing is I do have some space there. Should get the measurements in like you guys said, but was just checking your experiences.

They used to have this color in the Billy series, but they took it out a while back.

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29 deep would be perfect for one row and some space for little extra's in front of the games.

Might go for a Billy/Benno corner combination. Benno is perfect for GG games. 60 of them fit perfectly in there.

Thanks for the replies and I also like seeing pictures so keep them coming

[konaboy1978]

Excellent topic!

I should, fingers crossed be moving from my flat to a house with my wife early august and will have an area in our spare room to display my SMS collection ;D

Does anyone know roughly what size shelving unit/s similar to the ones on this thread can be used to display a full pal set (I'm not there yet but i'm thinking positive!)?

Thanks Ben

[Transatlantic Foe]

I have a Besta unit for DVDs, Dreamcast and Jap Saturn games (SNES prior to the Jap Saturn stuff) but they're a bit pricey to have many of (I might pick up another one when I move though). It was a handy size but I was also entertained at the prospect of having something named like a Babylon 5 character. I mean, if Frack is soley a shaving mirror.... simple things!

Fairly sure I have Billy for the bread and butter storage of CDs, remaining DVDs and other games. Basically because they were the cheapest shelves IKEA had!

[Private Joker]

One 2 by 4 Expedit shelf can hold the entire PAL collection and some variations but it's in three rows though. If you can have it stand sideways against the wall, you can access them from both sides which would be kind of cool.

One Billy (40 deep, 80 wide) should be able to hold the entire collection as well but in two rows. Put two Billy (30 deep) next to each other and voila, nice Master System set up!

[konaboy1978]

Jun 29, 2012 19:16:05 GMT Private Joker said:

One 2 by 4 Expedit shelf can hold the entire PAL collection and some variations but it's in three rows though. If you can have it stand sideways against the wall, you can access them from both sides which would be kind of cool.

One Billy (40 deep, 80 wide) should be able to hold the entire collection as well but in two rows. Put two Billy (30 deep) next to each other and voila, nice Master System set up!

Thanks for the options i'll be straight up to IKEA after i move!!

[shifted]

I have a couple of those Expedit cases - these house my books, consoles, games etc.
Just out of curiosity - how much do they cost over there?

I also have some bookshelves on the wall to stack my MD & MS games on. Will try get photos soon.

[Private Joker]

The smallest ones are 19,95 (2*2) and the others 59 (2*4) unless it's a different color like red/shiny white/grey, then it's 99.

[shifted]

[drrotule]

I also use blue billy shelves. Master system games really fit these shelves, you can fill a shelve with 230-250 games

[Bock]

I used Billy and drilled holes to hold additional planks so all layers are best fitting the type of cartridges in that layer. Only the highest layer got additional vertical space. Quite crammed.