I threw out my Paint Racks for this Hobby Storage Solution. (Flexispot)

[@RodBatten]

Socks drying apology is totally unnecessary. When I see a hobbyist video with regular household stuff going on, I know I've come to the right place. It's a mark of authenticity!

[@SniffBackBetter]

Not only is this a very space-efficient solution, but as you said it protects the paints from sunlight exposure and it also keeps the dropper bottles angled correctly so that paint doesn't sit in the nozzle. I'm glad that you mentioned that last point because I'd never considered it before, and the paint rack I recently bought has the dropped bottles angled upside down.

[@HellstormWargaming]

that will be terrible for blocked nozzles full of pigment :(

[@SniffBackBetter]

@@HellstormWargaming Yeah you've saved my paints!

[@stg243381]

I did something similar, though I installed a bracket system that lets me adjust the size of the sections for the paints laterally. I also put cheap mousepads in the bottom to keep my paints from sliding. Bonus, they have sweet 40K designs on them for a little visual appeal.

[@GeraldStrout]

I have 2 Alex cabinets for all the bits, basing material, bases, light up stuff, etc. I got into a kickstarter for paint racks. All the paint is in 3 shelves right now. I like the 3d printed grid system.

[@thatFellowTraveler]

Very nice. Regarding paint inventories, I actually created a Paint spreadsheet where I record all of the paints and models I own. If you use data validation to create a picklist of the details, adding in new paints is easy and it really helps to be able to tell that I don't need yet another pot of Blood Red.

[@xeleema]

I use the “Paint Rack” app. It’s a nice little No-BS app.

[@rotwang2000]

I got a large board, bought some plastic Corner covers (L-profile) and glued/screwed them on as shelves and put in my desk against the wall. It takes up a minimum of space and holds about 200+ paints.

[@PH__423r]

On the drawer slides, you can get full extension drawer slides. Those would be sturdier than the modified ones and you should just be able to swap them out.

[@os7272]

I checked for full extension slides and they do not really fit the small drawers as they are designed to carry lots of weight (and therefore are thick) and are way too expensive

[@PH__423r]

@@os7272 That sucks, I would have thought most slides are the same width. They are more on the expensive side, but I can usually find a pack of them for not too bad of a price when I'm putting a new desk/table together.

[@kevinturner6621]

I have done exactly this with a pair of Alex units and a 3m worktop as the desk. Left Alex has all paint organised at an angle just like this and Right Alex has all the brushes, air brush gubbins and a small tray with working paints in for the current project i can just pop out as needed. I used 25mm plastic angle for the Citadel paints (Amazon). I now have a cupboard full of expensive plywood racks I don't use.

[@os7272]

It seems that Ikea changed the railings, as there are some small stoppers now at the end of the railing casing that prevent the plastic housing the balls to further slide out.

[@lhiannan02]

I just ended up having a monitor stand with shelves to house basing materials, and accessories and a product called hex hive to hold all my non-kimera paints. The hex hive has been so good as it builds together like a hive and will stay 1 bottle deep regardless of how tall it gets. The only issue I have is the Kimeras don't fit in that, so sit on the monitor stand in front of the hex hive.

[@imperialdelights1123]

Just for pure satisfaction; i suggest taking a clean rag and a spray bottle with water and dish soap, and giving everything a good wipe down! Get all the dust off and make the joy of opening your drawers even greater!

[@Trueflights]

I use something similar to your mail polish things, but they are vertical mounted on the wall. You have plenty of open space on the wall for them too. They are also dirt cheap and very functional.

[@kanadaj3275]

I ended up doing a PaintPal Studio setup instead - it sits on your desk, buuut it includes drawers, elevated paint racks *and* multiple tiers so you can store a ton vertically. That said, 18ml dropper bottles are far superior to GW's jars, both for usability and storage space.

[@the250mikec]

Yeah, that's good, now just gotta put back the paints when you're done with em. Super awesome👍👍👍

[@RowdiesFan1]

Congrats on the standing desk and new storage space! Always fun when you improve work areas and tidy up.

[@cmarie8099]

1: You are hilarious😂😂 2: i am 100% LIVING the "before" desk!! Exactly about tryng to store stuff & organized but ending up with 250mm square area to actually work in with the most used stuff piled up close to hand!!! 😢

[@RavenClaw88]

Since I am not in a position to have drawers within reach of my work table, for me the best solution is still the paint carousel. It cost $50 but it can easily hold 100 or more paints. It is four levels tall and is about a foot in diameter. You can rotate it to get quick easy access to any of them.

[@AluminiumPanda6]

literally liked this because of the "won't stand for it" joke... now I'm going to watch the rest, unlike the video, and like it again for the actual content. This is incredible and I now have an Alex drawer in my cart... thanks for the awesome idea!

[@GeekyBoutiquey]

I have one of these drawers and its basically been a place for all my "long items" like sewing rulers, drawing pads, and painting trays. But a couple drawers were just ephermera which I've already thought about unloading since that drawer rarely gets opened. Also, mine is white so I think I'm gunna cover the drawer fronts with peel and stick wallpaper because I'm bored with the white after 10 years.

[@HonorEggs]

I was in awe seeing the before and after and envy having a desk that clear of clutter

[@Gloomshimmer]

thats not reality, its a influencer. Trust me bro, all hobby desk i know look like sht during a project. And theres always a project.

[@bobhopfner3812]

I keep my minis in 2 of those Alex drawers, tools and and basing are in the tall version. I want to have the paint on the wall at some point.

[@bacawaka2813]

Good that you got a standing desk. It is much better for your back health.

[@HellstormWargaming]

Sponsorship or not, I really wanted one and my back has been less achey throughout the day!

[@rayslover8526]

Good video. When i finally get a new house and work space set up, I'm definitely going to do something similar. I currently have my painting area in the bedroom, my 3d printing area in the basement, and the terrain area in the garage

[@Le_Petit_Lapin]

Toasty radiator socks, best socks in winter.

[@philbrad2006]

Been using thesme IKEA drawer in white for several years now, nice tip with the strips for containing the Citadel/Vallejo bottles. I've been using plastic gardening trays from Wilkinsons to segregate my paints, contrast/metallis/base/layer/airbrush across the drawers. Use the top drawer for hobby tool storage, agaiin use gardening/cutlery plastic trays to store the tools in so I can remove them completely from the drawer if I need to get to anything at the back of the drawer, top drawer is the perfect height for Tamiya thin cement bottles as well - I have a thin glue and a sprue-glue bottles. I have an IKEA computer desk with a 90 degree return the drawers sit under, had to remove the casters from the base to get it to fit under the desk.

[@JRMcDowell]

I have seen a couple other videos with this idea, but I like what you did and how you described it to us much better. So i subbed. THANKS. I think I will be doing this as well.. its a great idea.

[@SCUBAguypnw]

Thank you for the video. Gave me lots of ideas. Planning to setup my paint space in another couple of months. Will be a combination of paint, airbrushing and soldering. I am going to start producing some electronic initiative trackers once I also get some 3D printers. I really enjoy having a standing desk, hopefully you will enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine.

[@jazyi5010]

Nice job looks great , I know how messy things can get in the hobby . I got a craft trolley with 6 shallow plastic tray draws 3" deep and 3 deep plastic bin draws 5 1/2" deep . Its on wheels has a nice platform on top for bigger stuff , fits under my desk and it cost me £55 from hobbycraft. You could add draw dividers inside the draws if needed . This could be a cheaper option if your on a lower budget and the bigger bins are handy for tools ect .

[@shadowknight99999]

Thank you for this idea i will be utilizing it. I thought i had a large desk until i started collecting paints.

[@itsio7188]

I just built a double sided turntable paint rack for the kitchen area. What sucks is I already built one paint rack and now I've built all the pieces and I still have to cut the holes for my next 2 paint racks. I was going to install in the hobby room. Now I feel like I wasted my time and effort. Because I think this is much more efficient.

[@MisterTingles]

bonus, you still got perfectly good walls to drill paint-pot-sized holes into, if you ever need to expand.

[@ArhainHainar]

Pretty sure there is a different IKEA drawer system that pulls out further in their kitchen range. The Lego you tubers all use it. Personally still prefer my paints on the desk for easier access but does depend on desk size for sure

[@drfishynooooo881]

This is definitely worthwhile considering. Summers get pretty hot where I am, getting the paints stored away from sunlight would help with keeping the paint useable.

[@bearisthere8696]

With the rails you can just drill holes in the rail an position it further forward to keep the rail strength or make new holes in the wood at the new rail position.

[@S.A.S.H.]

Thanks I now feel a lot better about the quasi-chaos of my hobby desk.

[@colinb9884]

Cheers Mikey, moving into a new house soon and need to sort a hobby area out

[@DrowninGGaming]

That's a really good idea!! Damn, now I have to go to Ikea! Brilliant video, thanks for the inspiration!!

[@Lemonhead209]

What are the trim dimensions, sorry the link point to 60mm x 60mm, which does not seem correct.

[@tabletopdave4748]

Appreciate this pal, me and my wife are currently building a purpose built hobby room for my wargamjng and her arts and crafts, will definitely be considering this!

[@HellstormWargaming]

Nice mate, im sure it’ll be great!

[@jazzeejax5816]

Fun, I literally used the same drawers from IKEA. I also used single rack Perspex nail polish rails that are mounted just on plaster wall..

[@samuelsanders5755]

Love this idea I’ll definitely be doing this for my stuff. Also Mikey you missed a chance for the best joke. You should’ve started the video standing and then just sit down when you said I won’t stand for this.

[@HellstormWargaming]

I thought thqat was my joke when i had to stand up at my table :P

[@ger5956]

This is perfect! Definitely going to try this when I get around to upgrading my set up 👍🏻

[@HellstormWargaming]

Awesome! Let me know how it goes!

[@richh5038]

thank you. i just bought the same drawers. gonna totally copy this system. champion

[@HellstormWargaming]

Good luck with it!

[@joenus76]

And the bonus is that you can use the ball bearings as paint agitators

[@marcna4582]

The only problem i see with this idea , give it 6 months or so and the bottoms of your draws will start to bow and sag with the weight of the paints as there only hard board .As they are not designed to take the weight . Also with your runners on the draws with the added wieght over time they will start to give where you have taken out the extra bearings .

[@xeleema]

Here we are, 9 months later. Wonder if we will get an update on this.

[@HellstormWargaming]

@@xeleema Hey! Didnt see the main comment orignially, but i still use this daily with no issue, as the weight is relatively light even with that many paints. I dont pull the draw out so far its resting on the lack of bearings, only when i need to reach the back - but my only issue now is that i need to convert the rest of the drawers as i have too many paints

[@terrydactyl2077]

@@HellstormWargamingI made the same drawers and also haven’t had an issue yet. But I have had the sagging issue with some of my ikea drawers for my clothes.

[@kioshekat7931]

I have a dresser that has skinny drawers like a tool box (cuz I really like tool boxes but they're expensive so I got the wooden dresser) but I'm finding I need more non-hanging clothing storage cuz I didn't calculate pajamas and workout clothes. So I'm gonna get a new dresser and turn my old skinny drawer one to my art dresser. It's also on wheels!

[@mikebevibevi]

Complete set of army painter 2.0 speed paints is about 6 lbs. If that helps...

[@zetabola1]

I made my self something like this. Here, in Argentina, its all so expensive, furniture too, doesen't exist Ikea. I buy 18mm mdf for the walls and 9mm for the drawers, runners with self-locking device, support 50kgs per drawer, basically, i made an armored drawers😂

[@Mikepaintsred]

Your gf with "that's what she said" is the highlight of the entire video

[@HellstormWargaming]

I’m glad you’re easily pleased

[@mijjysa]

The "daddy" afterwards was the higglight for me

[@NathanLazyBear]

Hell yeah nice system, I've been seeing more storage solutions recently. Glad to see this fun project, if and when I get enough space, I'd like to do this too.

[@jc7997aj]

Put your citadel paint in dropper bottles. Or at the very least when you need more there's ebay sellers that sell them already in dropper bottles.

[@HellstormWargaming]

I acutally prefer the citadel pots - I can see what colour they are from the lid! :D

[@BBTactics]

@@HellstormWargaming I paint my dropper bottle lids, will also give you a better idea of the actual dried paint colour as opposed to looking at it through a bottle.

[@daveromano9023]

Dude you did exactly what I am planning to do for my new hobby room! Thanks!

[@HellstormWargaming]

Glad I could help!

[@gavincification]

Brilliant idea lad.. will be consiodering and adaptig this for sure!

[@HellstormWargaming]

Let me know how it goes!

[@ChapterMasterValrak]

How much you want for that glaze?

[@HellstormWargaming]

You can’t afford it ;)

[@Nobby-Nobbler]

I have to necro this post, just to comment that I love that pun you inserted at the beginning!!! Subbed.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Very clever solution there!

[@HellstormWargaming]

Thanks!

[@nastybadger]

Hats off, that's lush mate. Great job!

[@malanok]

Came here from a tiktok comment, very simple but nice solution

[@HellstormWargaming]

Thanks for watching mate!!

[@Plasterboardable]

I’m sorry it the “I won’t stand for it” joke was funny AF

[@1bonebreaker1]

would love to see how the 2 top drawers are doing after a year of use... got the same but im a bit iffy if i wanna remove the ball bearings...

[@HellstormWargaming]

Honestly, totally fine - still using them today. Since the drawers are shut most of the time and I don’t keep it open for longer than like 5 mins at a time, I’ve seen zero issue arise from the nodification

[@bruced648]

I have 2 of these cabinets to hold miniatures. could use about 10 more!

[@TheButlerboy89]

This video was quality! Thanks a lot for sharing a common issue with a step by step solution. 10/10

[@HellstormWargaming]

My pleasure!

[@purpledino1990]

if the weight is too much when full you can just change the sliders for ones that hold more weight

[@kerbysj]

The grid storage is a variation of gridfinity. There's a huge community of users and files out there all open source and free

[@HellstormWargaming]

Hadn't heard of it, but I found this "Alexander Chappels Assortment System, licensed under CC-A-NC-SA, partly inspired Zack Freedman's initial designs of Gridfinity. " So looks like i went to the originial, albeit paid!

[@dekai7992]

I love you two, you're hilarious. The hobby content in the vid's nice, too, I guess.

[@irregularmagazine]

I need to this with my painting desk, and yes I end up with a pile of paints next to my painting spot lol

[@Anjouvis]

This is VERY tempting to try, but this is the reason I have a thin tall shelf, because this takes up space on the floor instead ...

[@HellstormWargaming]

Thin and tall screams unstable to me (unless its bolted to a wall, then great - I cant drill my walls sadly :( )

[@sebastianwei7721]

@@HellstormWargaming I have a pegboard with 3d printed paint racks attached, looks nice, very easy to see an access everything, having said that, dropper bottles dropping on minis has been a problem…

[@jellysandjamz250]

And now you have room on the tables to fill it with more stuff!

[@Knightfall8]

"dont use a paint rack... just BUILD AN ENTIRE PECE OF FURNITURE FROM SCRATCH" For real though this is the logical endgame once a hobbyist buys their 31st paint pot/bottle

[@Ellery-USA]

Very nice setup.

[@tombrand236]

Man I need to do something like this. I currently have 4 boxes of stuff underneath my stairs and takes me 5 minutes or so to find the paint I want!

[@corkey2077]

Love this just wish I had the space for a set of drawers

[@lachlore]

Great system my man, very tempted to copy it

[@HellstormWargaming]

Tag me if you do :)

[@Blackchance]

Thanks for the great idea!

[@phoenixheart79]

Me: Oh, cool. Gonna enjoy this. Also me: Wait, that's Sheffield. I have, somehow, missed that fact for the last year or so I've been watching lol

[@holeysigmar]

Put some big painted stuff there on display

[@Cat40kkk]

IKEA: the place where hobbyist get their paint racks 😂

[@ex-bahamutgamer8381]

jewellery pliers with shrink wraps help not to leave marks.

[@StrawHatLaw13]

That's very impressive

[@akumaking1]

So how do you make a portable storage version?

[@DaddyPims]

Fuck sake, I chuckled at that stand for it gag.

[@BigMekDanskull]

great solution

[@GoldenRogueMinis]

Wicked idea!!!

[@Teckno77]

Great idea! Nice

[@RyanF1313]

Can you buy new “railing” that makes the drawer come out further from ikea?

[@Akhaandir]

Have you had any problems with the bottoms on the drawers sagging since you made this video? Seen a few reviews with people mentioning it as a problem

[@jaylansdowne17]

Do you have a tour video?❤

[@coolruehle]

I did the nail polish racks as well -- takes up way too much desk space!!!

[@j2cool911]

Im fine with nail varnish racks. I dont have a problem with dust because im not a priviledged youtuber and cant shell out for an airbrush. Most of us have to use just a paint brush. Clearly somebody grew up with a silver spoon firmly thrust up his backside

[@wapniak666]

Lol, you trolling?

[@j2cool911]

What kind of big brother would i be if i didnt 😂😂

[@joshpuffpufftekken]

IT'S MORBIN TIME!

[@Sh4d0w20]

gotta admit its a cool idea but my main issue is the horizontal space... the desk space..its very very limited so i need a wall solution for sure ;) i really would love if paint producers would add a colored dot on the bottle top so you can see your colors much easier :D

[@HellstormWargaming]

Wall solutions work well. I live in a rented place so can’t drill into the walls sadly

[@manapause]

You could attach acrylic nail shelves with the “Command Picture Hanging Strips” to the walls without drilling

[@Sh4d0w20]

@@HellstormWargaming ah damn that sucks but i have to admit i dont get it :D i also live in a rented place and we just fill and paint it before we leave... i dont know why some places are so damn strict about it :(

[@Ariemeth]

@@HellstormWargaming Command strips are your friend. I use clear nail polish racks that are attached to my walls using command strips.

[@Annies_mini_marvels]

the thumbnail made me click this but I stayed for the content

[@HellstormWargaming]

Youre literally the best

[@jakelilevjen9766]

I have those same drawers in my hobby room. I hate that they do not have full-extension slides. Sooo annoying.

[@jeannot7784]

Thanks for your video, really great idea.

[@jesse-got-dolphins-into-heaven]

whats the chest of drawers you bought? you did not list that?

[@HellstormWargaming]

Alex from ikea

[@DidierWolfs]

I will look to find his kind of system to be 3D printed.

[@J_masters_photography]

This is f**king amazing

[@HellstormWargaming]

No you x

[@rougetechgeek9593]

looks good, now you need cable management on your PC

[@HellstormWargaming]

100% 😂

[@SteveSearle]

Stingray vibes going on with the moving desk 🤣🤣🤣

[@ajtame]

I know the sheffield Ikea when i see it :D

[@CZ1MP]

Very smart solution, thumbs 👍up

[@HellstormWargaming]

Cheers man, thanks for watching!

[@nova5224]

You could just buy better rails for the top couple drawers. They will pull right out and still be strong.