The study had got into such a state that I really had no option other than to tidy it up. I was at the point where I couldn't actually find anything any more and also had no desk to work on! So on pain of death and dismemberment (remember "she" is Scottish!) I was forced to tidy up and reorganise things. I am actually quite happy with the end result but who knows how long it will last!
Facing me we have the biggest section - with shelves devoted to Brian Young, Vinco, Brian Menold, Eric Fuller and Alfons Eyckmans. The bottom (on the desk) is assorted N-ary puzzles:
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Front Left |
Also facing me and above my computer are my metal and glass puzzles and above them assorted rare and special puzzles with the top shelf devoted to Brian Young:
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Front - main section |
On the left hand side are assorted puzzles including my revomazes (note the Opening bat on the desk):
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Left side |
Right side of the desk I have had to pack in my interlocking cubes (from Bernhard Schweitzer) very tightly and also have a display of my printed plastic and bespoke twisty puzzles:
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A little space left here! |
Behind me at the doorway to the study I have shelves devoted to Stephan Baumegger, Yavuz Demirrhan and Jakub Dvorak (Pelikan):
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Aren't they gorgeous? |
The desk now has only the puzzles I am playing with and my small Bosch collection. There's also a fun toy from Johan Heyns, Marcus Allred and Jose Diaz.
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Wire puzzles being struggled with |
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Bosch collection |
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In a cupboard are my twisties - stuffed in tight but a little space for a few more I think!
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See a tiny bit more room here? |
Moving into the living room I have puzzles from Brian Menold, Jerry McFarland, Scott Peterson, Eric Fuller and Stephan Baumegger on show on a lamp table:
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Beauties with light shining on them! |
The other lamp table has more loveliness from Eric Fuller, Brian Menold, Marcus Allred and our very own Stickboy (Neil Hutchinson).
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These puzzles are just Odd! |
The coffee table is unchanged with my caged burrs from Maurice Vigouroux and my K-cubes:
Don't tell Mrs S but a new area has been taken over - we have a wicker box in the living room and I have a few special burrs on it:
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Look at all that space! |
Finally the dining room has my Hales puzzle collection alongside the bigger puzzles I own (these are Stickman puzzles, Bill Cutler's hexagonal porcupine, Katie Koala partially solved and 2 beauties from Johan Heyns as well as my new burr set from Master Wu in Taiwan.
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Some of the most precious puzzles I own |