Tuesday 4 December 2012

Storing your minis the IKEA-way


This weekend I went to IKEA on a special wargamer mission. I bought two ALEX drawer units on wheels. They are 67 cm wide, 48 cm deep and 66cm high and have six drawers, three low and three higher, and are supplied with small wheels (that seems to be called castors). It’s 32 kg per package, so you probably need a car.
They were easy to assemble, and I installed the wheels on one, and placed the other on top, and secured it with jointing plates. After that I took a trip to the local arts-shop Panduro Hobby and bought 2mm rubber mats. The mats just needed some trimming, and they fit into the drawers. Having them will avoid having the miniatures sliding about in the drawers when I open or close them.
The result: at last a decent storage place for my minis. As they multiplied they got more and more crammed into whatever drawers, boxes and shelves I had.
Now I can have them all in one place, sorted so I can find them easily, and I will have space for all gaming paraphernalia and some terrain also.
The drawers are perfect as they are just the right height.
Highly recommended, and good for our trade balance too if you buy them J
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10 comments:

  1. Andrew McCory4 December 2012 at 21:41

    Very fancy. I have the 6-drawer one (which has metal parts and whose fantasy name I can't recall), very cheap, practical and was easy to assemble.

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  2. Lonewolf4 December 2012 at 21:41

    That's a great idea! What is the greatest figure scale you can put in? 54mm or less?
    Regards
    Bruno

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    1. Joakim Ström4 December 2012 at 23:08

      The deeper drawers are 88 mm deep (or 90mm without the rubber mat) and the shallower are 65mm.
      /Joakim

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  3. Remco4 December 2012 at 21:54

    This a cool way to store the miniatures, thanks for the tip

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  4. Martin4 December 2012 at 22:39

    Excellent idea! I will try and get this sorted as soon as I move to a slightly larger flat.

    Now... what to do with my board games...

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  5. Laffe4 December 2012 at 23:09

    I have one of them, highly recommended.

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    1. Joakim Ström4 December 2012 at 23:18

      Yes, you gave me the idea. It just took a couple of years to do :-)

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  6. Anonymous5 December 2012 at 03:19

    This is inspired. Just the thing!

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  7. Greg5 December 2012 at 08:26

    This is what i'm looking for. Now to source one in South Africa!!

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  8. Thomas Nissvik7 December 2012 at 15:10

    GReg, you are in luck! Some crew called Nevada Furniture understand your needs!
    http://www.ikeaza.co.za/

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