Good ways to display your collections ?

I put the frogs and insects on the ground, the anime on shelves, crystals on tables floors, counters etc, the small crystals, metals etc. can go on shelves. Fossils go on the floor , counters, and tables.

If you have GTW, they have this glass tank things you can put stuff in but I takes up some space and I think you can only put 3 items in it. Not too sure though. I didn't really play around with it that much but if I'm not wrong, I could only put 3 items. Maybe you could put coffee tables near the walls.
Or you could use the move objects cheat to 'place' them on shelves by pressing '9' to move them up.

@Orangemittens has created some great mods for this. Empty bookcases that you can put stuff in, ability to put stuff on top of fridges, wall cabinets etc. Brilliant stuff. Just look for original posts by orangemittens in this thread:

http://www.sims4studio.com/board/15/custom-content-links

"ModerateOsprey;13623642" wrote:
@Orangemittens has created some great mods for this. Empty bookcases that you can put stuff in, ability to put stuff on top of fridges, wall cabinets etc. Brilliant stuff. Just look for original posts by orangemittens in this thread:

http://www.sims4studio.com/board/15/custom-content-links

Thanks for the link. Until now, every lot in my game has one of their entire basement levels dedicated to collections. They really do take up an awful lot of room.

And to the OP, if you don't want to add mods, I find that large (3 tiles) dining tables are best for the items with big footprints, like frogs and fossils as you can place 5 items on them. Fishing bowl and insects however only fit 4, while you can place 3 of them on the 2 tile tables, so they work just as well.

For metals and crystals I often use the console table with a shelf under. They hold 3 big ones on top, and 4 small ones on the lower shelf. Then I hang the space prints on the walls over them.

"DeKay;13623625" wrote:
If you have GTW, they have this glass tank things you can put stuff in but I takes up some space and I think you can only put 3 items in it. Not too sure though. I didn't really play around with it that much but if I'm not wrong, I could only put 3 items. Maybe you could put coffee tables near the walls.
Or you could use the move objects cheat to 'place' them on shelves by pressing '9' to move them up.

ahh thank you the glass tank proved very useful with MOO on i could often place more than 3 items in a tank

so i made a mock up room with most collectibles ( i like to put the pictures and microscope slides and eggs elsewhere) I also added in the gnomes because why not ^^

http://orig11.deviantart.net/e92e/f/2015/131/1/e/05_11_15_1_20__pm_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz384.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/0205/f/2015/131/6/3/05_11_15_1_21__pm_2_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38v.png
http://orig01.deviantart.net/ee9e/f/2015/131/f/6/05_11_15_1_20__pm_3_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38g.png

I am usually totally anti-gnome, but I like what you did with them there :)

"TriX0099;13623743" wrote:
I am usually totally anti-gnome, but I like what you did with them there :)

I'm not fond of them either I mean I wouldent have them sitting around the garden. I think they look kind of at home beside the doll things

@LoneOnyxStardust
That room looks great thank you for the great ideas :smiley:

"LoneOnyxStardust;13623716" wrote:

"DeKay;13623625" wrote:
If you have GTW, they have this glass tank things you can put stuff in but I takes up some space and I think you can only put 3 items in it. Not too sure though. I didn't really play around with it that much but if I'm not wrong, I could only put 3 items. Maybe you could put coffee tables near the walls.
Or you could use the move objects cheat to 'place' them on shelves by pressing '9' to move them up.

ahh thank you the glass tank proved very useful with MOO on i could often place more than 3 items in a tank

so i made a mock up room with most collectibles ( i like to put the pictures and microscope slides and eggs elsewhere) I also added in the gnomes because why not ^^

http://orig11.deviantart.net/e92e/f/2015/131/1/e/05_11_15_1_20__pm_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz384.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/0205/f/2015/131/6/3/05_11_15_1_21__pm_2_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38v.png
http://orig01.deviantart.net/ee9e/f/2015/131/f/6/05_11_15_1_20__pm_3_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38g.png

That is cool. I think my scientist Grandma will use the other half of her lower basement like this.

I use a combination of wall shelves and the industrial shelves from GTW. It really helps with saving space. Objects on the floor move with the display unit if/when you want to move it too.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55911639/Sims4/Random%20Pics/CollectionDisplays.jpg