I'm not trying to make a "perfect" model, but it's worth mocking some things up. We decided to do some in-wall storage inspired by some access panels/whatnot on the Enterprise D, such as on the bridge. Lightsabers are a placeholder for some sort of wall display.
Here's a couple variations we played with. Eventually the oval bits would be some sort of display/handle thingy.
With the drawings, we can get an idea of what's close. The black door would be a backlit display case, showing stuff when lit, dark when unlit. (Same door as our 3D printer cabinet). Also toying with the visual impact of different sizes of drawers. (Short drawers might be better to store train layout stuff - but I fear the handles are too busy.)
And the thing it's based on:
We actually went down to Ikea and picked up some tall cabinets, but we screwed up. A better picture would've helped. We had 30" of space on the right side, so we got a 30" cabinet (there's a post in the wall behind the black bar, so that can't move). Unfortunately it looks terrible if it's right up against the wall &/or ceiling.
Here's a couple variations we played with. Eventually the oval bits would be some sort of display/handle thingy.
With the drawings, we can get an idea of what's close. The black door would be a backlit display case, showing stuff when lit, dark when unlit. (Same door as our 3D printer cabinet). Also toying with the visual impact of different sizes of drawers. (Short drawers might be better to store train layout stuff - but I fear the handles are too busy.)
And the thing it's based on:
We actually went down to Ikea and picked up some tall cabinets, but we screwed up. A better picture would've helped. We had 30" of space on the right side, so we got a 30" cabinet (there's a post in the wall behind the black bar, so that can't move). Unfortunately it looks terrible if it's right up against the wall &/or ceiling.