Do You Have A Separate Stamp Room?

Scouter about Sue's husband






My stamps are all in the basement where I sleep. I have a huge bookshelf that I build myself for my albums and books. I have 2 desks, one for my computer but I mainly work on my bed and on the freezer standing up. The freezer is from the early 70's back when things last.

I started off with a nice simple study room, but needed a "break" every once in a while...

So I put some stamps on the desk, but soon discovered I needed a larger desk...

So I put more stamps on the desk, since I had a larger desk, but quickly ran out of desktop space and I couldn't get a bigger desk...

So I put my work under the desk because stamps on the ground risk humidity and being stepped on. But I needed a place to put my work binders/books/paperwork...

So I got a bookshelf and filing cabinet, which turned out great for storing my stamps albums and stamp supplies, and hanging folders were great for sorting mint sheets and oversized glassines, stamp purchase invoices...

So I got several more bookshelves (>50 linear feet) and 3 more filing cabinets, which turned out useful for my ever-expanding stamp collection. But where to put my work, as my "study" room was getting full...

So I rented a storage facility to put my books, records, notes for work (which I had temporarily moved into the bedroom, hallway, and family room). Then they rebuilt part of the storage facility and gave me a great deal on a climate controlled storage -- safe for storing important delicate things...

So I moved my many older catalogs and reference books, as well as boxes of specialty collections that I had lost interest, into the nice new storage facility. Meanwhile, my business books, records, notes... well I really wasn't doing much with them, so moved them back into the bedroom, hallway, family room, and trash dumpster...

So with that freed up space in my "study" room, I definitely didn't want that to go to waste. Since all the remaining business books, records, notes were still sitting in the bedroom, hallway, family room... I was too lazy to move them again...

So I just continued acquiring stamps...

Now I'm down to a 2 foot wide walkway that I can sort of crawl through to get to part of my desk...

I'm so happy...

k

I wish!

I have 2 bookcases that are overfilled. My desk is only 3' long and 18" deep, just enough for my laptop. My safe is 4' tall, 2' deep, 3' wide and bolted to the floor. All this is in the spare (read small) bedroom. Oh, and an antique double bed and dresser. Not a lot of space and I'm trying to talk my wife into moving the bed out then I can get a larger desk, more book cases and more stamps!

Art

k, now I understand why you can't put your hands on that scanner cable. Whew!

Believe it or not, I recently found my scanner power adapter!

I found it by accident as I continued to unpack things from last year's office move. It was in a box that I used to store power adapters. That's what I get for trying to be organized. It never occurred for me to look there. In fact, I didn't even remember putting loose power adapters together in a box. I must have had a reaction to my medication and didn't realize I was doing something abnormal (i.e., getting organized).

k

i misspoke..i do not have a separate stamp room...i have to share one with my wife !!

i misspoke..i do not have a separate stamp room...i have to share one with my wife !!

What about stamp tongs -- separate or shared?

What about watermark fluid -- do you pour/squeeze from the middle or from one end?

k

she feels whats mine is hers..i do not lose stamp tongs !!

Philb, I'm sorry, I read this and I can't get Henny Youngman out of my head - "Take my wife . . . please!"

Since I moved to a Condo...I went from a stamp room to a stamp closet, however I do not have to share it with my wife, she has her own office ! Life sucks

Scouter... If you ever have the chance to see Phil's wifes collection, you would take her... HE HE HE

Sighh.. I know exactly what you mean. One desk and one shelf is what I have for all my stuff

Ram

I'm getting a little scared, as I am slowly approaching the 500ish stamp mark. I am no where near you all, but it scares me a little. I don't have albums, I just use stock pages, old scott catalog and Excel to keep track of it all. Right now my collection conviently fits into my desk drawer. The wife doesn't mind it, out of sight out of mind. My coin collection is another story though.

WestChi,
if you want to take a quantum leap into stamp anarchy.....