Display cases

This is more of a rant about my frustration and me, or a place to write down all my thoughts on my situation.

A friend of mine and I are having the hardest time finding something worthy of showing off our respective collections. I only mention the friend part because we have the same needs but I’ll just mention my frustration from my point of view.

I have an empty dining room. Why? Because I can’t find furniture. I have window treatments which complement the colors of the peacock line cause it’s easier to find a bolt of cloth than it is to find wood furniture.

I’m looking for something black or very dark brown. Locking doors. Wood and glass. Wood structure, wood shelves, glass panels so you can see. Lighting is optional. My friend is dead set against tempered glass shelves and at first I kind of was too. The thought of the top shelf slipping off its pegs or snapping in half from a defect and crashing down through the other shelves and Windstones throws me into a fit of panic. You can tell me over and over again that tempered glass is strong, but with my luck, I’d get the defective piece.

Of course I should put all the heavy pieces at the bottom. But when you have the old warrior, old warrior prototype, large wizard and emperor in two colors, you kind of run out of room on the bottom shelf.

Right now, all of my peacocks and non-dragons are on my fire place mantle and my emeralds are on my dresser. Collecting dust. Exposed to the cat. I’m hoping it’s a temporary solution.

I think I’m actually looking for three pieces. One low and long piece for the extra heavy pieces and two tall and narrow pieces for the not so heavy pieces.

But finding something that meets all of my requirements is getting to be near impossible. And here’s where my frustration with me comes in. I’m too picky. I inevitably find something wrong with what little I find. Too many wood carvings, the legs are too tall, the doors don’t have enough glass, too industrial looking, not grand enough, too grand, too much metal, too open, not my style, not deep enough, too expensive, I just don’t like it. And, of course, I should look for some place local so I can inspect the craftsmanship.

I’ve done searches for curios, display cases, buffets, bookcases with doors, cabinets. Argh! I could have it custom made. But then I’ll have to do the research to find someone reputable and that just sends me deeper into frustration.

Why am I making this so hard?!

If you made it all the way to the end, thanks for listening to me ramble 😛