Cross posted need some display help

[Vertefae]

My girls mostly stay MIB but I'm out of room and I'd love a better way to display them. The monsters are stacked 3-4 deep and the ever after girls are set up like books so you never even see them. I've thought about packing them all up and putting a few more ponies out just because I don't have the room to display them properly. Can anyone give me some ideas? I have two of the three shelf bookcases right now.


Monster shelf
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EverAfter books
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The parts I'm 100% happy with

Groove/Jun planning
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The Blythe

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I even considered selling or trading my girls since they're all stuck like this. I went really crazy this summer buying everything that was released. I prefer to keep the playline dolls MIB. Help!

[Lillies_Mom]

Do you have wall space to hang them on the wall? I wonder if you could use Command Strips (the velcro-ish ones for hanging picture frames), but they might damage the back of the boxes...

[Vertefae]

Not really a lot of wall space unfortunately. I do like that idea though!

May end up rotating out the display for awhile. Blah small spaces!

[Artemesia's Garden]

Your Blythe dolls look really beautiful! I love the clean modern look of those square wall displays the dolls really sing.

Maybe wall mounted shelves with wall brackets instead of those units, then you can space them at the right height for what you're displaying (smallest to largest from top to bottom). You might save a bit of space that way.

[barbgirl1999]

What happened to that bigger, blue shelf you used to have? 

As it is, I totally understand your issue, lol.  I ended up giving in and opening most of my monsters, just because I didn't have room to display them MIB and they're so tiny they take up SO MUCH LESS room when they are open. 

I second the idea that maybe a few wall-mounted shelves might help out.  I know you said you don't have much wall space, but even one or two shelves in different rooms or on different walls will spread out the collection and give you a little more room.  Like, I have my sea monsters on a wall shelf in my bathroom, and I've got 3 or 4 on a shelf in my dining room, and 3 or 4 girls on a little shelf in the bedroom.  so it gives more room on the main shelf AND it spreads them out so I can look at them EVERYWHERE, lol

[Vertefae]

It exploded Barb! Like a billion pieces exploded! It was hilarious at the time. Now not so much

I did notice in pictures on my blue shelf I did have most of the girls open. Maybe I need to suck it up and open them already.

For those wondering, this is how my gals used to live

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[barbgirl1999]

It exploded Barb! Like a billion pieces exploded! It was hilarious at the time. Now not so much

OMG, Exploded!?  Too many dollies, lol.  And yeah, I thought I remembered that most of them used to be opened up.  Maybe just open up MOST of them?  I still have Catty Noir and Headmistress Bloodgood in box, and SDCC Ghoulia.  Everybody else is opened though, and I fit like 12 of them standing on one shelf, around Draculaura's Roadster, with her and Clawd inside it.  So LOTS, lol.

I've actually cut my MH collection WAY down, I only have about 15 of them now...with more to go soon, just because they were taking up SO MUCH room.  I REALLY want to get a couple EAH girls, but I am torn because I love their packaging...but as we see, MIB girls take up way too much room, haha.

[yaizel]

you can always make custom shelves for different kind of items, my tini figures and small dolls are kept on selves as small and thin as the dolls so i can place several shelves together, only the heavy groove dolls or big items that could brake are sitting on book shelves

[kCherry]

Hang them all from the ceiling. I can just see your hubby's face now...

[Vertefae]

Hang them all from the ceiling. I can just see your hubby's face now...

LOL I'm pretty sure that would only work for the transformers!!

[kCherry]

Hang them all from the ceiling. I can just see your hubby's face now...

LOL I'm pretty sure that would only work for the transformers!!

  Bahhhh, double standards!!!!

  You could display them like I do my dolls and ponies: ALL OVER THE FREAKING HOUSE!!