Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on January 9th, 2023 in LoveThyShelf, Main 
Several years ago, my friend Guy Hutchinson mentioned that he had a small set of shelves near the entrance of his mancave. The shelves weren’t large enough to display a large collection of items, and so he used it to display small collections or subsets of collections. He said he had a lot of fun rotating the items he displayed on the shelf. That sounded like a really fun idea to me. I found these fun looking shelves on Amazon and bought them about three years ago. For three years they’ve sat in my closet in the Amazon box they… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on December 14th, 2020 in LoveThyShelf, Main 
Since moving into my new home office, Susan has been nudging me to unpack my lunchbox collection and put them back out on display. I enjoy looking at my old lunchboxes, and we agree that having them stowed out in the garage inside moving boxes (where they’ve been for two years now) isn’t bringing anyone any joy. A few weekends ago, I decided to spend a day building new shelves for my old lunchboxes. After doing a bit of measuring I determined I could fit three shelves between the top of my bookshelves and the ceiling. The wall is 15′… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on January 24th, 2018 in LoveThyShelf, Main 
During this week’s furlough, I decided to tackle a few projects around the house that I’ve been putting off for far too long. One of those projects involved creating a pair of “spacer shelves” for our upstairs entertainment center. The built-in entertainment in our upstairs den is really nice, but the shelves are way too tall. Take a look at the shelves to the right of the television in the (terrible) picture above. Each shelf is almost 18″ apart; probably great for displaying photographs or trophies, but terrible for things like DVDs. Here you can see some of my Blu-ray… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on January 21st, 2014 in LoveThyShelfWhenever I begin a new project I like to write a “mission statement” for the purpose of setting the scope of the project. Likewise, whenever I end a project, I like to document that as well. This posts marks the end of a project: LoveThyShelf.com. I registered LoveThyShelf.com back in 2011. The following is from my initial post on that site: As a collector of many things, storing and displaying those things has been an issue for much of my life. Back when I was in mid-high, my parents owned and ran a small computer store. Shortly after the store… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on January 21st, 2014 in LoveThyShelfThe following shelves, created by Digital Press forum member PSony, utilize a combination of track/brackets and metal L-shaped brackets for support. The white track/brackets, L-shaped brackets, and white laminate wood can all be found at most home improvement locations. While PSony uses his shelves for video games, these could obviously be adjusted to store just about anything.
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on June 7th, 2011 in LoveThyShelfPractical? Maybe. Awesome? Definitely. Letter-shaped shelves! I think these would be super-awesome if they spelled out what was on the shelves, like “DVDS” and “MOVIES” and “CHILDREN’S SKULLS” … More pictures available HERE.
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on May 26th, 2011 in LoveThyShelfSo, what’s a lady with one of the largest collections of My Little Ponies to do? Add a collection of My Little Shelves, that’s what! Amy has one of the largest My Little Pony collections around, and a sampling of off-the-shelf shelves looks like the perfect way to display her collection. Nice job, Amy! Thanks to husband John for the photos. (Amy’s husband, not mine.)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on April 16th, 2011 in LoveThyShelfLast week was “Big Trash Pickup” day in our neighborhood and I saw at least half a dozen CRT televisions sitting out by the curb as garbage. I should have picked them up and built a set of these. It doesn’t look like they would store a lot, but they’ll sure hold more than a flat panel television.
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on March 24th, 2011 in LoveThyShelfAt first glance, the shelves in the picture below look just like normal shelves: They’re not. They’re actually individual boxes, stacked up. The selling point? If you ever move you can just pick up your boxes and go. The downside, other than the fact that big boxes full of books are heavy, is that these boxes are $40/each. That means a wall of boxes would cost approximately four million dollars (give or take; I didn’t go the math).
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on March 23rd, 2011 in LoveThyShelfChad “chaddyboy_2000” Krizan over at BoardGameGeek.com built the shelves you see below, and I definitely have to say I am jealous! Due to the cumbersome shape of the boxes, displaying and storing board games properly requires custom (and deep) shelves. I am friends with a couple of board game collectors who I plan on sharing the following information with. I hope Chad’s great example helps somebody out! The following text is Chad’s: Alright, now we’re actually to an exciting part! I got all the boring stuff done, like painting and sawing everything to size, so it’s time to assemble some… (read more)
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