Been re-arranging my setup. I don’t think I’ve really posted about it since the old-site days.
Problem I had before is that I have this open concept house with a very open basement – tons of space but it’s difficult to use it efficiently since there’s not so much wall space. No before pics, but just use your imagination that things were kind of getting out of control with 21 consoles, 3 PCs, and a whole whack of games.
Main objective here was to reduce the amount of space I’m using for all this stuff but keep all 21 consoles hooked up plus a modern PC and two retro PCs, and still have space to keep all my games on shelves without boxing anything up.
Sorry all the photos are kinda dark, I don’t have great lighting in here and am not much of a photography person.
First the TV setup:
(you can really see how I keep my mess in order in the last one; doors hide things very well and the left two doors hide most of the power setup and switches)
I used to have another Ikea Kallax shelf to the right of this already large TV stand to hold about 1/3 of my consoles. The biggest thing here was mounting my TV to the TV stand, which made some actual space to store the Frankengenesis and some other consoles beneith it.
Next is the shelves:
Bright idea here was having them at a 90 degree angle to each other in the underutilized hallway portion of this space. This got them out of the way, away from direct sunlight, and I think it looks rather nice despite one of the shelves kinda floating there rather than being up against a wall.
Immediately behind the shelves is my retro PC station:
Two PCs to span mid-80s DOS up to mid-2000 Windows XP, with an MT-32, SC-88, some decent speakes, and a proper CRT monitor to go along with it. I really wasn’t satisfied with running DOS games on an LCD so it was essential for me to keep that aspect in tact.
The main thing I’ve done here is move my modern PC off to be connected to the TV with no permanent desk and use this relatively small desk for the retro PCs. So instead of two desks eating up space I have one again sorta tucked out of the way.
So yeah still not the super cozy space I’d like to have but at least I have cleared quite a bit more space for my 2 year old to run around.