Credit to inspiring photos on internet

The biggest 2 pics that inspired me were  from brickshelf to user named whistlepig...

And another really cool photostream on Flickr from fuzzy thoughts and lego storage extravaganza

I just thought it was so cool to have a place where you could spend hours buildin . .and enough legos to lose track of how many and what types you have.  In a way though I sometimes started to think it's like trying to collect grains of sand.  The idea of having a tv with legos was such an awesome idea I saw.  I appreciate the pics from the two people above..they really gave me a vision of what I wanted before I had nearly the amount of lego that I have now.

The mistakes I made in making my lego room part 1!

I wish I had kept a running total of how many legos were there based on tracking sets I bought...of course half the legos were bought just from random bags found here or there.  I hated that I'd buy a 2.00 bag of thrift store toys for the 3-20 legos there, but I'd usually re-donate the remaining toys or find a kid with parents there to see if theyd want them.
The second mistake I made was covering the peg boards that I could have used for more storage
Third mistake...could have been anyways, is not saran wrapping the legos when i moved ..I'm still convinced pieces fell out where the lid could have lifted during moving.  I never thought of this til I saw another afol move his lego room... brilliant idea.
Fourth mistake:no shelving.  Eventually there were so many sterilite containers stacked that the lids began to cave in...enough to where I distorted some of my plastic wings. .that's when I got some heavy shelving and it has worked well.  I love the look of the stainless steel wire type shelves available at target. But I'm glad I got heavier ones more like what Sam's club has as warehouse industrial shelving.  I did work at a start up company with at least 50 of the stainless type that were industrial grade.. every time I went in for equipment all I could see in my head was a room full of boxes of legos...so many that I wouldnt even know how much was there or even what pieces i.e. beautiful treasures were there waiting to be found.  However on the other hand..how inefficient would that be...and unfortunately, there wouldnt be enough time needed to sort through...but it was a nice daydream for the workday.  I guess my ultimate goal would be to have the legoland workshop.

legoland workshop picture from google image search, 2013