My card room

I mentioned that I got a few things to put up in my card room for Christmas and I haven't really shown my new card room since I took it over.

My daughter moved out in July and I was going to leave her room alone for awhile. I still had the open den area to use for my cards but sometime in the fall, we decided to move my son into her room because her room was bigger. He spends a lot of time on the Xbox and would sit on his bed which can't be that comfortable so we decided to let him take over her room because there is room for a chair so he wouldn't have to sit on the bed all day. Since we were moving her stuff to storage and his downstairs, I figured what the hell, I'll take over his old room.

He had the smaller room, which sucked in I couldn't use the desk I was using in the den (it was huge) but we had a small desk in storage. I figured it's only for a few years and then my son will probably move out and I'll take over the bigger room and I'll be able to use the big desk again.

When you first walk in, there is a dresser just inside the door. My vintage collection and other card supplies are in this dresser.

This is the first wall to the right when you walk in. I brought the shelving unit and the old kitchen table up from the basement. The only thing on the table is the scanner but I use the table for sorting. My laptop is on there as well because I just finished scanning stuff for TCDB when I took the photos.

This is the next wall over, you can see the scanner on the table. I had to shut the blinds so you could see the walls in the photo, besides, who wants to look at snow. The dresser on the right with the TV on it has my non PC cards in the top drawer. The Sox collection (alphabetically) in the next 2 drawers and the bottom drawer has completed or close to completing vintage sets.

The next wall over is the small desk I mentioned. I do my computer work there. Anything involving actually having cards I usually do at that table previously mentioned.

This is the closet that takes up most of the last wall. You can see the side of the dresser all the way to the right when you first walk in.

This is on top of that dresser. Some Christmas stuff up still and a framed photo of the whole family in the Big House.

The following photos are the shelves on the first wall.

My grandfather passed a few years ago and this is some of the stuff I got. He was a Notre Dame (Montana) and a Cardinals fan plus I grabbed his name plate off his desk.

A bag of peanuts on the top shelf, the bottom holds that tiny paper card copy of a Carlton Fisk rookie on the left and a pin of him on the right. The middle is a Scott Podsednik bobble head.

I think these 2 shelves I've accumulated at Christmas'. The top shelf were previous ones, the bottom this year. You see Groot, a storm trooper and the Game of Thrones throne. The bottom shelf is the Mandalorian and Grogu that my mom got me this year.

The top shelf is a replica Paul Konerko statue. The bottom shelf are bats and a cork from the Louisville Slugger museum.

The top is the soap box derby car that my son made. The middle came from my daughter this Christmas. The bottom is a lunch box.

The top shelf is the box the Podsednik bobble head came in along with a White Sox media guide from 1984 and a couple World Series DVD's. The middle shelf are cards of Jim Harbaugh, Haley Atwell and William Shatner. Harbaugh you should know why I have that, Haley Atwell is Agent Carter in the Marvel movies and Shatner is obviously Captain Kirk. The bottom shelf is the box from the replica Konerko statue.

The top shelf are a couple of those 3D cards. The bottom is a Cal Ripken Jr figure and book.

These are just a couple of cups that I received.

A lot of this stuff will get replaced when I get more collectibles but because I didn't have a room to myself for so long, I didn't really look for anything.

Next, the wall stuff.

I just recently got this and finally got it framed.

This is one of the posters they used to hand out at the fan days. The photo doesn't show it well but it's in 3D.

My wife picked this up to hang off a column in the front of the house, only we don't have a column so I stole it for this room. At least until we get a column.

My daughter picked this up for me this past year, I think on my birthday and I finally hung it up this week.

This is another one of those posters they hand out on fan days. You can see if filled with autographs from that years team. I should take some time to see who all signed it. When you do the autograph sessions, you go from one player to the next fairly quickly and I did it a couple of different years so I don't remember who all we got.

My daughter got this poster and all the autographs when she did a basketball camp in Ann Arbor. I didn't even realize that photo of my mom, brother and I was on there when I took the photo. My wife just moved it in here that day.

All 3 of those posters were my kids at the time they were purchased and autographed but they have little use for them so I inherited them.

Now on to the closet.

A couple of hats hang on the closet doors. The Michigan hat on the left was autographed at one of those sessions I mentioned above.

These 2 photos are the boxes on my top shelf. The pic on the left are full of top loaders, penny sleeves and team bags. The ones on the right are all empty. The wife says throw them away but I just can't do that. You never know when you'll need one.

An autographed photo of Ron Kittle on the left, a black and white photo of Tom Seaver in the middle and a 8x10 card of Frank Thomas on the right. A 22 jumbo card set of Cal Ripken Jr sitting in the middle.

My binders. They are colorful because I just used some of the kids old ones from school. I used painters tape to label them because they change every so often as I get more cards so I wanted something I could change when need be. It doesn't look great but it's efficient.

I don't actively collect magazines but I will grab one if I see them. The left are Michigan covers, the right are White Sox covers and the middle is a sticker of Chris Sale.

The bottom shelf has a bunch of old calendar's. I get one every year at Christmas. For years, I didn't really have a place to hang them which is why most are still wrapped up. 2 years ago I got my own office at work so I hang it up there now which is why the last one looks used. When I got back to work, I'll bring home the 2020 one and add it to this and I got one to hang up for 2021 already. Last but not least, 2 monopoly games, a MLB version and a Michigan version.

It's nothing special but it is mine. Right now it's pretty clean because it's off the dining room and I leave the door open so my wife will keep it clean because it would drive her nuts. When I move to the bigger room downstairs in a few years, all bets are off because she doesn't go down there often.