So i was thinking of creating a collection room in the basement of my lot after discovering half the gems and elements don't fit on the shelves i was a little stumped as to how to best display my collections and still have the room look good. How do you display your collections? Have you any tips?

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-linksThanks 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.pnghttp://orig11.deviantart.net/0205/f/2015/131/6/3/05_11_15_1_21__pm_2_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38v.pnghttp://orig01.deviantart.net/ee9e/f/2015/131/f/6/05_11_15_1_20__pm_3_by_lone_onyx_stardust-d8sz38g.png

Good ways to display your collections ?

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piperbird
10 years ago
"Shaobun;13624252" wrote:
You can also stack tables using the MOO cheat.
http://i57.tinypic.com/mkykpl.png

OK, I am trying to steal this idea, and I turned MOO on, but I can't figure out how to stack the tables. They keep trying to just merge into each other. I'm sure it is something really simple, but I need a hint, please!

(And yes, yes, I know, necro! Get over it!)
simgirl1010
Hero
10 years ago
What a great thread! Lots of good ideas. Like everyone else I have some collectibles stored in the basement but in no particular order or design. Think that's what I'll work on today. I found these shelves at MTS and you can store a lot on each one.

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/juliamai1010/Sims%204/05-25-15_1-38nbspPM_zpspwcoehrb.png

http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=549989
shaobun
10 years ago
@Piperbird1 You need to use the "0" and "9" keys to move the tables up and down (I can't remember which is which). They don't actually stack, they just look like it :smile:
simsimsere
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago
I don't have very large collection in comparison yet, but I have a big house and I like to spread it around there on bookshelves, drawers, side tables, on the floor. They have frogs in the bedroom, easter eggs in the dining room, fossils in the living room, my sims trophies in the hallway... I'll probably have to try out MOO once I run out of space.
piperbird
10 years ago
"Shaobun;13668174" wrote:
@Piperbird1 You need to use the "0" and "9" keys to move the tables up and down (I can't remember which is which). They don't actually stack, they just look like it :smile:

Ugg, thank you! I NEVER would have figured that out on my own. One significantly less cluttered basement!
http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag300/Liz_Amsden/05-25-15_2-02nbspPM_zpssayim6xy.png

Oh, something I did notice, though. Decorate your walls FIRST. When I tried to paint my walls after I stacked the tables, it tried to put everything that was higher than normal into my family inventory. That was going to be a huge PITA, so I just left the wall bare.
shaobun
10 years ago
Seriously? Ugghh, thanks for letting me (and others) know @Piperbird1 I guess I've never tried to paint my walls after. I'm very boring when it comes to my walls. They never change after the room is built.

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