BrianR Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Those are awesome rooms!!! I've always been curious about basements. What preventive measures do you take to prevent to possibility of flooding? All the homes plumbing is down there plus weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chespirito Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude your room is clean clean cleeeean!!! That is some very organized art, usually most of us have everything everywhere where things only make sense to us, that's pro... pro I tell you. I'd be afraid of going in there without any white cotton gloves, Small little figure section in between all the OCDness makes it all better.. wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Michael, I am speechless, I am just blown away by those rooms. I'm embarrassed at the way my basement must have looked to you ! Incredible organization and presentment. I think CGC should give you another presentation award, for those rooms !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks, guys - appreciate all the kind words! And, bob, visiting your basement is like digging for buried treasure - you've got nothing to be ashamed about (thumbs u Shark: These are the CGC frames that I use. I've never seen him at any conventions, though. Brian: My sole preventative measure (well, apart from religiously checking the rooms whenever it's raining outside) is just to try to keep things off the floors. There are no large pipes snaking over the rooms themselves, so my chief concern is water on the floor ... So far I haven't had any problems, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Your rooms are SWEET. I love the rack and comic drawer system you're using. Where do you pick up the drawers from? And do they hold Silver and Golden age books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks, guys - appreciate all the kind words! And, bob, visiting your basement is like digging for buried treasure - you've got nothing to be ashamed about (thumbs u Shark: These are the CGC frames that I use. I've never seen him at any conventions, though. Brian: My sole preventative measure (well, apart from religiously checking the rooms whenever it's raining outside) is just to try to keep things off the floors. There are no large pipes snaking over the rooms themselves, so my chief concern is water on the floor ... So far I haven't had any problems, though I'm glad that your sweet DCs are in the sweet filing cabinets. Are they filed on the side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Your rooms are SWEET. I love the rack and comic drawer system you're using. Where do you pick up the drawers from? And do they hold Silver and Golden age books? These are the drawerboxes - I think they're awesome, but the inner width is not that much bigger than a regular comic book box (around 7 1/2"), so it's a definite no-go for GA books. Standard-sized Mylites2 (7 1/4" wide) fit in there with a bit of room to spare, but Silver-sized Mylites2 (7 3/4" wide) do not. I use the individual boxes to the right for my SA/GA books ... (the grey E Gerber acid-free boxes are much wider than regular boxes - as long as it's not magazine-sized, it'll fit in them). I'm glad that your sweet DCs are in the sweet filing cabinets. Are they filed on the side? No, the filing cabinets are legal-sized HON cabinets - so you get two rows of upright books in each drawer with a foamboard divider in-between. They're basically just like one big ol' metal comic book box that weighs a ton & holds about 1200 books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Those are awesome rooms!!! I've always been curious about basements. What preventive measures do you take to prevent to possibility of flooding? All the homes plumbing is down there plus weather. I've always worried about that in the past as well. Especially since having a hurricane flood our house in Maryland years ago, the memories never leave you comfortable. There's a foaming system that's been around for a few years where they come in and enclose your entire basement rafters and side areas. This means also enclosing all water pipes, gas lines, etc. A neighbor had this done recently for $800 and the sound protection was also super if you are looking to install a theater in the basement. http://www.greenbearinnovations.com/insulation.html I'll be doing this soon enough so we can pull all our insulation out and enclose the whole basement ceiling. Just trying to figure out how much work this is going to be taking everything out so they can do the work, or can they just work around the comic racks if I cover everything in plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 awesome rooms, but WAY Too organized and neat for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbo_boxingfan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 wow! mschmidt, you have a great looking setup (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilus Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 awesome rooms, but WAY Too organized and neat for me - seconded. You could probably have an operation in that room and not have to seal it off! My comic room wouldn't/couldn't look like that even if I had a troupe of Merry Maids coming through every day to clean up after me. I'm a huge clutterbug and wouldn't have it any other way. Looking through all of these rooms is a lot of fun though, you can definitely see a bit of the personalities of each person come through in the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnenock Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Michael, I am speechless, I am just blown away by those rooms. I'm embarrassed at the way my basement must have looked to you ! Incredible organization and presentment. I think CGC should give you another presentation award, for those rooms !!! Hey, Bob. That is how I want your collection to look when I visit in July! Awesome rooms. Beats my closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Lantern Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Michael, awesome comic rooms you got there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfinger Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude, what's it like to be rich? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Arigato Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 That's a small sketch from fantasy artist Jeff Easley in the top right corner - I sent him a fan-letter when I was a teenager, and he sent me a sketch. Awesome! Any chance we can see a close-up picture of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfinger Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I am so jealous at the organization!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Brilliant comics rooms, love it. You even have the bags all lined up ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude, what's it like to be rich? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfinger Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dude, what's it like to be rich? ;-) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slym2none Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm a huge clutterbug and wouldn't have it any other way. Ditto... and I know just where all my junk is within the clutter. Clean up and I'm lost..... -slym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
