The Lego Room

No inventory of toys in our home would be complete until the Legos have been accounted for. Over the past five years tens of thousands of Legos have been brought into our home. So where are they? 

The newest Chima set is on display on the top of the toy shelves in the main family room. There is a file box filled with Monster Fighter sets in the game closet downstairs. In Bentley, Jake and Viva's bedroom there is a large plastic storage bin of Star Wars sets in the closet and seven to ten completed Lego sets on display on the bookshelf. My bedroom closet is home to the Death Star, my minifigure collection, and opa's Creator and Architecture sets as well as his stockpile of new sets. We have a shelving unit in our bedroom filled with bins containing the bulk of opa's Lego sets and Viva's Friends sets. 

This however does not account for the bulk of the Lego collection in our home. No way. We haven't gotten to Matt's Lego collection (the biggest in the house), Jake and Bentley's Lego sets, and the Craig's' List bonanza from two years ago. All of these treasures are in the upstairs family room.  

At first glance you might not believe that there are tens of thousands of Legos stored here. I'm pretty amazed at how little space they take up! Kara thinks they take up way too much space--and they do--but it's still surprising to me that they fit in two bookshelves, two Nilo storage bins, a Nilo table, three large containers, and a shelf above the fireplace! 

The Nilo table with its Lego/Duplo plates. I recently changed the plates from the Lego side to the Duplo side. Lincoln is a good builder, but Jake built the large structure you can see in this photo. Under the table are two large bins. At the top of the bins are trays with dividers filled with Legos (people, animals, car parts, arches, trees, fences, etc.) and under the trays are stored dozens of Lego sets. To the left of the table are two large shallow storage containers overflowing with the Duplo collection.

Above the fireplace are a few completed Lego sets. Until recently the two larger buildings were on the floor where Lincoln enjoyed playing with them.

The two bookcases are mainly filled with Legos. 30+ containers store sorted and unsorted Legos. One shelf holds six large notebooks containing Lego instruction manuals. On top of the shelves are a few new Lego sets (Matt's). On the bottom shelf is a small drawer cabinet that stores smaller Lego pieces. In addition there are three flip top divided bin clear storage units for small pieces. Next to the shelves is a large container filled with some of the Legos from Kara's Craig's List score. The rest of the Craig's List purchase are on the bookshelves in bins and bags. 

Littered on the floor (and the Nilo table) are Lego structures that have been recently built. Every few months I help the boys take apart their structures so they have room to build new ones. Jake remains the number one Lego builder in the house!