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Lemaven:
1) My youngest daughter just got her first University acceptance/scholarship offer so I will have no money left to buy stamps for the next 4 years. 2) "Mrs Lemaven" wants me to clean up the 3 rooms I have stamps lying around in; and says I can only use the sales proceeds for future purchases of stamps and potato chips. 3) I recently added 2 more clients to my consulting practice, and my relaunch of The Holocaust Stamps Project (Canada) is more time-consuming than anticipated. So...I've got to clean out things here and concentrate more on getting my own albums organized.
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"2) "Mrs Lemaven" wants me to clean up the 3 rooms I have stamps lying around in..."
I shared Dave's original post with my wife, and told her, "See--it goes with the territory." And now "Mrs. GeoStamper" is involved:
"I'd like to see the postings dealing with clean and organized stamp rooms/areas, with no overflow into other parts of the house."
Thus the challenge is on. I had cleaned up part of my stamp area over Christmas to the point where my desk was aaaallllmost ready for a picture. And then the last three weeks exploded and I'm back to the status quo.
So are we brave enough to start a thread on photos of stamping areas in our houses? Maybe we already have such a thread? Prizes for the most orderly and least orderly?
But, whether it's organized or cluttered, its my own personal mess and I enjoy it!
-Steve
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"Mrs. GeoStamper" said, "I'd like to see the postings dealing with clean and organized stamp rooms/areas, with no overflow into other parts of the house."
OK, here goes. This is my stamp nook, which takes up part of my study. I always keep it neat and clean, and my wife is very happy. 
And I have some stamp-related "art" as well:
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You're not helping me here Doug... 
Kidding aside, that is one nice stamp nook!
-Steve
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The desktop space is a bit short, so my overflow area is the dining room table.
And the apartment storage is limited so my storage locker is full top to bottom with banker boxes... a real pain when you need to get to something at the bottom of the pile.
I really need a bigger office!
Indonesian wood carvings floating above, and New Guinea masks from the Sepic region on the small wall at the left. No stamp art on the walls.
I miss my old office, where I had two large desks in an L shaped configuration, and less windows, so more bookcases (which were 12 feet tall!) (as seen on my avatar), but modern condos give you plenty of windows, and few walls. The bookcase here is free standing..two bookcases back to back, floor to ceiling, separating my "office" space from the living room and providing the much needed bookcase space...stamps and stamp albums on one side and books on the other side.
If I had to do it again, I would have moved the bookcase 2 feet to the left, and made the shelves two inches deeper, but a smaller living room did not go well with my wife 
, when suggested!
I just need to downsize my collection and get rid of more stamps!
rrr...
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Doug and Ralph:
Those are great setups that you have!!
Thanks for showing them. Inspiring!
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Thank you, Philatarium. My modest collection is easy to keep neat. I'm much more impressed with the way Ralph has been able to tame his massive holding. 
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Wow! Both stamp areas are very impressive.
rrraphy - I don't see room for a cat on your new desktop area??
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Stamp room in atmospheric black and white and grays (greys if you are British). I tried to stage the cat, but she immediately bolted, as It wasn't her idea. She has a lot of nerve, seeing that her hairs inhabit all my albums.
I thought I was getting carried away with albums, but when I see rrr and Douglas' rooms, I realize I am but a piker.
Cheers,
Wine
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Remembered we had a similar thread a couple of years ago.
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=13451#100458
My room has changed little, although a lot more are soaked off now and into envelopes, glassines and stockbooks, with some even mounted in albums.
But hopefully the builders will be in later this year to rip out the internal side of external walls to be sprayfoamed and rebuilt. Amongst a lot of other work.
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Unfortunately Mocha our old,15 year old, cat is no longer stamping with me. And we have gone cat free! Simplifying!!
But I don't know how it would have fit on my current desk.
Anyone ever noticed how cats can spot the valuable stamps on your desk, by always laying on top ( protecting them?), when you are working with a bunch of stuff!
Rrr...
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You are right, Sheepshanks, there is another thread with photos of stamp rooms. Just went back and looked, mine has changed a little.
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01:03:21pm
As some philosopher is reported to have said;
" ... A neat desk is the sign of a sick mind..."
probably as an excuse to his spouse for;
" A Desk Called Chaos," which will be
the name of my next book.
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An update on my Stamp room.
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There are some nice clean offices.
This is a picture of my door at work.
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Mine is in different spots of the house - spread over 3 rooms.
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If it was up to my wife, this would be my stamp room
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I never realised how many albums I have until I looked at these pictures. There's over 70 albums!
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I have almost 100 5-inch binders, plus a bookshelf full of reference material and smaller binders and stock books. The bedroom looks like a stamp shop without a cash register. I am under instructions to... or else... gulp!
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Wow! You folks don't mess around. Those are some world-class stamping grounds. The area Bunny Marti lets me work in used to be called the larder!!!
Winedrinker: Thank-you for explaining about your cat. I thought it was a turkey. Was wondering, "Why does this person let his turkey around his stamps?" Live and learn.
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Lemaven:
1) My youngest daughter just got her first University acceptance/scholarship offer so I will have no money left to buy stamps for the next 4 years. 2) "Mrs Lemaven" wants me to clean up the 3 rooms I have stamps lying around in; and says I can only use the sales proceeds for future purchases of stamps and potato chips. 3) I recently added 2 more clients to my consulting practice, and my relaunch of The Holocaust Stamps Project (Canada) is more time-consuming than anticipated. So...I've got to clean out things here and concentrate more on getting my own albums organized.
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"2) "Mrs Lemaven" wants me to clean up the 3 rooms I have stamps lying around in..."
I shared Dave's original post with my wife, and told her, "See--it goes with the territory." And now "Mrs. GeoStamper" is involved:
"I'd like to see the postings dealing with clean and organized stamp rooms/areas, with no overflow into other parts of the house."
Thus the challenge is on. I had cleaned up part of my stamp area over Christmas to the point where my desk was aaaallllmost ready for a picture. And then the last three weeks exploded and I'm back to the status quo.
So are we brave enough to start a thread on photos of stamping areas in our houses? Maybe we already have such a thread? Prizes for the most orderly and least orderly?
But, whether it's organized or cluttered, its my own personal mess and I enjoy it!
-Steve
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re: Show Us Your Stamp Room - Clean or Messy!
"Mrs. GeoStamper" said, "I'd like to see the postings dealing with clean and organized stamp rooms/areas, with no overflow into other parts of the house."
OK, here goes. This is my stamp nook, which takes up part of my study. I always keep it neat and clean, and my wife is very happy.
And I have some stamp-related "art" as well:
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You're not helping me here Doug...
Kidding aside, that is one nice stamp nook!
-Steve
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The desktop space is a bit short, so my overflow area is the dining room table.
And the apartment storage is limited so my storage locker is full top to bottom with banker boxes... a real pain when you need to get to something at the bottom of the pile.
I really need a bigger office!
Indonesian wood carvings floating above, and New Guinea masks from the Sepic region on the small wall at the left. No stamp art on the walls.
I miss my old office, where I had two large desks in an L shaped configuration, and less windows, so more bookcases (which were 12 feet tall!) (as seen on my avatar), but modern condos give you plenty of windows, and few walls. The bookcase here is free standing..two bookcases back to back, floor to ceiling, separating my "office" space from the living room and providing the much needed bookcase space...stamps and stamp albums on one side and books on the other side.
If I had to do it again, I would have moved the bookcase 2 feet to the left, and made the shelves two inches deeper, but a smaller living room did not go well with my wife , when suggested!
I just need to downsize my collection and get rid of more stamps!
rrr...
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Doug and Ralph:
Those are great setups that you have!!
Thanks for showing them. Inspiring!
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Thank you, Philatarium. My modest collection is easy to keep neat. I'm much more impressed with the way Ralph has been able to tame his massive holding.
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Wow! Both stamp areas are very impressive.
rrraphy - I don't see room for a cat on your new desktop area??
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Stamp room in atmospheric black and white and grays (greys if you are British). I tried to stage the cat, but she immediately bolted, as It wasn't her idea. She has a lot of nerve, seeing that her hairs inhabit all my albums.
I thought I was getting carried away with albums, but when I see rrr and Douglas' rooms, I realize I am but a piker.
Cheers,
Wine
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Remembered we had a similar thread a couple of years ago.
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=13451#100458
My room has changed little, although a lot more are soaked off now and into envelopes, glassines and stockbooks, with some even mounted in albums.
But hopefully the builders will be in later this year to rip out the internal side of external walls to be sprayfoamed and rebuilt. Amongst a lot of other work.
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Unfortunately Mocha our old,15 year old, cat is no longer stamping with me. And we have gone cat free! Simplifying!!
But I don't know how it would have fit on my current desk.
Anyone ever noticed how cats can spot the valuable stamps on your desk, by always laying on top ( protecting them?), when you are working with a bunch of stuff!
Rrr...
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You are right, Sheepshanks, there is another thread with photos of stamp rooms. Just went back and looked, mine has changed a little.
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re: Show Us Your Stamp Room - Clean or Messy!
As some philosopher is reported to have said;
" ... A neat desk is the sign of a sick mind..."
probably as an excuse to his spouse for;
" A Desk Called Chaos," which will be
the name of my next book.
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An update on my Stamp room.
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There are some nice clean offices.
This is a picture of my door at work.
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Mine is in different spots of the house - spread over 3 rooms.
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If it was up to my wife, this would be my stamp room
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I never realised how many albums I have until I looked at these pictures. There's over 70 albums!
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I have almost 100 5-inch binders, plus a bookshelf full of reference material and smaller binders and stock books. The bedroom looks like a stamp shop without a cash register. I am under instructions to... or else... gulp!
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Wow! You folks don't mess around. Those are some world-class stamping grounds. The area Bunny Marti lets me work in used to be called the larder!!!
Winedrinker: Thank-you for explaining about your cat. I thought it was a turkey. Was wondering, "Why does this person let his turkey around his stamps?" Live and learn.
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