How Do You Display Your Inks?

[drv1913]

I like the spice rack idea!

[00Photo]

I just finished my ink drawer tonight!!! It is lined with felt.

[Tas]

Oh, my, word . . .

[inotrym]

That´s super cool!!

[lapis]

Wow! My inks sure wish I'd give 'em such a nice place to stay!! By comparison, mine are livin' in the garage....

[lgsoltek]

I love that!!!! (It won't be enough to hold all of my inks though )

[Tas]

Did you not think of making it open with a remote control . . . with a squirt of dry ice for good measure ?

[00Photo]

That would be epic lol.

[amberleadavis]

OMG, that is awesome. My inks are now petitioning for new accommodations.

[PaperQueen]

Did you not think of making it open with a remote control . . . with a squirt of dry ice for good measure ?

 

And a soundtrack of angels singing in the background...(pretty sure I could hear them in the background of the video).

 

VERY cool.

[Tas]

 

And a soundtrack of angels singing in the background...(pretty sure I could hear them in the background of the video).

 

VERY cool.

 

I envisioned something like this:

 

[lapis]

I sometimes think that my obsession to collect inks is unnatural....

[Orpilorp]

I read somewhere that sunlight may cause inks to deteriorate so I don't display mine at all. The inks are stored in lidded boxes, much thicker than a shoebox but about the same size. They're kept on a high shelf. This not only keeps sunlight away but prevents visiting grandchildren from creating a disaster.

 

My pens are stored away too, some in a drawer, others in a nearby case, so the 4 cats can't gnaw on them in the middle of the night.

[visvamitra]

Amazing

[lapis]

... others in a nearby case, so the 4 cats can't gnaw on them in the middle of the night.

Phenol, more phenol!

[PaperQueen]

 

I envisioned something like this:

 

 

It's a good thing I'm alone in the office right now---I burst out laughing so loud, it would have scared my assistant half to death.

 

Forget angels. We're apparently going with choirs from the Dark Side.

[Shaggy]

I don't display my inks because I don't want my man (who lives separately but comes over to my place every day) to see how many inks I have. It's bad enough he sees my jewelry...my FPs and inks would give him fits, even though I have less than 10 of each!

[stonezebra]

I have a new place to house my inks, with a little bit of a story. My father used to do a little woodworking as a hobby and he built a set of shelves for my mother to display small items. I kept these shelves when I was cleaning out their house after my parents passed away. I could never find the right thing to do with the shelves and just kept them in the basement. Unfortunately, we had a problem in our basement and the shelves sustained some water damage. I was going to discard them but my wife told me not to, and she had them redone by a local furniture restoration shop. I just put them up yesterday in my home office. With thanks to my father, my wife (and Hoffmann's Furniture), here they are:

 

shelf.jpg

 

Lovely shelves. Drawer space is icing on the cake! Great story.

[stonezebra]

Found this little shelf at a local thrift store a few weeks ago. My husband painted it white to match the other woodwork in the room and today he put it up. (it was a sort of a dusty rose color) These are most of my bottles of ink. (there are maybe 10 more I don't use as often or that are duplicates) The room is shaded and sees little sunlight.

 

[HalloweenHJB]

Found this little shelf at a local thrift store a few weeks ago. My husband painted it white to match the other woodwork in the room and today he put it up. (it was a sort of a dusty rose color) These are most of my bottles of ink. (there are maybe 10 more I don't use as often or that are duplicates) The room is shaded and sees little sunlight.

 

 

 

VERY handsome. Looks like it fits the room beautifully.