Way back in July 2011 I started to really collect MLPs. A few months later in September (well, practically October) my boyfriend's mom and I moved from California to Idaho with my small handful of ponies. We expected to live here for "just a little while" so I was never able to do anything nice with my ponies or my room. I've lived out of boxes since we got here.
My collection started out small and was displayed however I could manage, stacked on cardboard boxes and whatnot. Around this time my boyfriend's mom offered to buy me a big, beautiful brand new real wood and glass display case. I was too shy to say exactly how in love I was with it so she didn't buy it. I've regretted that ever since.
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or
loginIt got a little better after I was bitten by the Liv bug.
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginBut there was a
very clear problem: dust! For some reason we couldn't explain, our apartment was insanely dusty. Pulling all the ponies and dolls down every few months for a deep clean just became too much. We moved a big furniture thing I'm not even sure how to describe into the room and covered it in saran wrap. It doesn't look great (although its a lot better in real life than in photos) but it kept the dust away and that's what mattered. Most of my ponies had to move into dresser drawers.
visitors can't see pics , please register or
login(Later we learned that the dust issue was caused by our air conditioner not having a filter in it at all for like 1-2 years, so no wonder it was so bad.)
For years that was all I had, aside from the few baity ponies I'd allow to stay out and just periodically dust off. As my collections grew and my boyfriend moved in space became a big issue. I did what I could but without places to put things there was nothing we could do. Its been a rough couple years trying to deal with the problem and work around it, with everyone getting super sick of it. I added the backcard for my OOAK Cutie Pop and my G2 Ivy backcard to liven up my ghetto display case but not much else really changed in those years.
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginWe've been scouring Craigslist for display cases for ages without any luck. A few months ago my boyfriend and I realized we could fit a bookshelf behind our giant bedroom door to replace the sad stack of boxes currently there. We checked out Craigslist a bit more but all we learned was that no one ever measures the bookshelves they're trying to sell. A few days after that boyfriend's mom and I decided to check out the furniture store and they were having a sale!
The next day we came home with a nice big bookshelf and this like, entertainment center thing? Its supposed to go under a TV I guess. Anyways, the first night all the G3s had to hang out on the bookshelf while the drawers aired out. I changed the G1s around a bit at least 5 times that day.
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or
loginThe day after that I spent my time cleaning my big box of G3s... the big box that had been sitting behind the bedroom door since July 2013. Never cleaned, hair never combed... it was very sad. I took them out to look at and photograph of course, but they had no space to live so they got put back in the box immediately. I forgot how nuts it is to wash a huge box of ponies. I was sore for days! Anyways, after getting their combs ID'd and new photos taken the G3s fit perfectly into 4 of the drawers, with room for dolls in the rest!
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginTwo days ago boyfriend's mom and I decided "just to drive by" the furniture store to see if they had a tent sale going on. And then we decided "just to look" inside. And then I realized that the white sliding glass door little cabinet thing I fell in love with last month was still there. Its meant to be used for dishes in the dining room or something I guess, but we were totally sure it would fit perfectly into boyfriend and I's closet!
We were wrong. x.x
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginWithin like 15 minutes maintenance stopped by. They took off the closet doors, slid it inside, and put them back on. Thankfully it fit in perfectly once the doors were moved around! (Don't mind the giant Christmas bag of stuff I need to pack up and put in the garage.)
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginIts not 100% finished yet since we still need to get a frame for the Joker art we have to replace the pony one (which will move to the other side of the room with the other pony art) and put posters on the closet door. But beyond that the pony corner is pretty much done! (The cardboard boxes behind the dolls are my lightbox and lightbox accessories.)
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginThis is the "final" display! My Sundance army, my favorites (plus my OOAK Cutie Pop), and my quarantine shelf. Every single one of my G1s is on display now! Our room has real, actual furniture! We can display things! Organize things! For the first time in around 5 1/2 years I have a bedroom filled with my own things, not a single one hidden away against my wishes. And for the first time in nearly 4 years I have a bedroom without a single cardboard box being used as furniture of any sort. I don't even know how to describe how I feel. Its just... so
good!!! Its like this huge weight was lifted off my shoulders. I'm happy every time I walk into our room! Its so nice to own furniture and have all of our possessions inside, instead of out in the garage in risk of being damaged. Its even better they have a place to live! We have drawer space for clothing! And I finally, finally,
finally have beautiful, glass-covered displays for my ponies and dolls!
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or
login(Don't mind the random clothing behind the ponies. I needed something to cover the giant cutout cord holes. And of course I need to get some nice dye-free cloth to go under the ponies but one step at a time!)
Bonus photos of non-pony furniture
Spoiler
Our bookshelf! Its not 100% finished yet, since I still need to find somewhere to store the Cotton Candy Cafe and fix up the top shelf, but the rest of the shelves are all beautiful and perfect! (The fuzzy Hello Kitty pajama pants are there to keep the door from hitting the bookshelf.)
visitors can't see pics , please register or
loginThe sliding glass doors cabinet thing! One half is reserved for out-of-season clothing, blankets, etc and the other half is shared between boyfriend and I. The top currently just has plushies, but he'll probably add more there at some point. The bottom has the rest of my great aunt's childhood doll collection!!! She gave them to me when we went down to California in January and they've mostly been wrapped up in cloth to protect them ever since. It broke my heart to see the mound of blankets covering them for so many months but I don't have to be sad anymore! They finally have a nice, safe, dust-free home where they can be displayed and easily accessed when I want to photograph them!!!
visitors can't see pics , please register or
login
Guests: 945
Hidden: 1
Users: 6
