Where/how do you store/display your machines?

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Some store them in closets, some have a designated room, etc....
When I hosted mini meets (had about 20), I'd spotlight various Hoovers. There would be newer ones in one area, vaults in another, etc.
My carpenter will be doing his work here soon, in the Gallery, AKA, the cats' apt.
There is a 'back stairway" here, hidden for years in a wall. It has very VINTAGE models on it now. The big staircase (many seem obsessed/intrigued by it) gets lined with fun machines. There are other vacs all over, ready at a second's notice.

It'll be wild in 3033 when The V.C.C.C. holds the convention in Scranton. Tom promised to come here and spend a week, helping me with everything. That was , of course, Tom Anderson, from North Canton, ohio. It will be his first trip here.
So, where/how do YOU store/display. other than in a designated vac shop?
 
Pics

My storage area is not visually appealing. I'm almost organized enough to start a display area.
Nice pics of vacuums.
Les
 
2022!

Sorry. kitty was on my lap. I DO like to plan in advance , but................Imagine living that long? Some wish I'd go tonight.
But, who'll get my Hoovers?
Not to worry. Plus, some people have spoken for some already. Good thing I have multiples. Everyone who wants a 69, 1070, etc can get one.
I could have a "{stairway sale").
 
Vacuums in every room of the house...

I just cram them wherever I can find space. It's really getting kind of ridiculous. The laundry room is the holding area for most of my parts and accessories and all of my Electrolux hoses, along with both of my 1205's, both of my Royal handhelds and both of my Hoover QuikBooms. Across the hall in the spare bedroom I use for storage are my Kirby Sentria, Legend II and my little Eureka canister. The spare bedroom I use for my library and guest room also houses my Sanitaire SC 686, Kirby Heritage II and Electrolux Diamond J and Diplomat LX. In my bedroom are my Electrolux Genesis LXe and Silverado. The dining room houses my Kirby G5 and there's a closet that contains both Gsixes and my Electrolux Super J. The Discovery II lives in the entry hall, the Heritage 1HD is parked in the kitchen and my Dayton shop vac is in the tool shed on the side of the house. Buried in the back of the barn are my Electrolux Discovery Plus, Filter Queen Majestic and Douglas ATV shop vac. The only rooms that don't have vacuums are the living room and the bathrooms. There's no rhyme nor reason to why any machine is in any particular place, other than the ones down in the barn because they're my least favorites and there's good shelf space for the stuff that's in the laundry room. Other than that, it's just a matter of wherever I could find a spot to put things. One thing's for sure, there is no logical justification whatsoever for me acquiring anything else. I've just got too damn much stuff.
 
Hey, John,

I knew that's what you meant. I just couldn't resist being a bit of a wise guy.
I've been here long enough to recognize that you have a sense of humor.
And...a lap kitty! Our guy will sit near me, but that's about it.
To at least try to stay on topic; most of my vacuums are in the computer room, but not in any kind of display. A few are in the basement. One is on the second floor. Sometimes, when I use one, it gets parked where I left off with the vacuuming. Organization is not my strong suit. 🙁

Barry
 
I have mine in a spare room in the basement but they will eventually have to move out. Some are scattered in the basement and in my bedroom and the garage. Eventually I plan to have them all in the garage, the downside is it is not climate controlled but I have fans in the ceiling and if I have them set to run on a timer for 2-3 hours every 2 hours it should be OK in there, circulate enough air around that it wont get too hot. I have had other vacuums out there from before I was a collector that havent changed since I put them in there about 7 years ago so it should be OK.
 
I just have them mostly in closets, in corners behind doors, etc. When I was new to collecting, say 8 years ago, my dream was to have a house with a room for just vacuums. But that isn't something that interests me anymore. I want more space, and less clutter. I don't really want a vacuum collection of machines I never use. I more want just a small assortment of machines that I like and use around the house.

Clutter just seems to do a number on my mind for some reason. I've gotten to where I like simple best, so I haven't been acquiring as many vacuums lately. Just ones I've been looking for. But even then, it's as if I get a vacuum that I've always wanted, and then what? It just sits there and collects dust.
 
I sure like Kyle's low tech approach. He can always add posters and literature up on the walls if he wants to.

In my case, vac collecting is some unmentionable sin. Everyone laughs at me or asks the ubiquitous "why?". But I think this is more of a function of where I am, than anything. When I lived in TX, nobody hassled anyone else about hobbies. If you were a passionate collector of anything, you were respected.

So....I have some in closets, a few just out in my bedroom....many down in the basement, which isn't a full basement and the remainder in a paid storage space.

It's like my dirty little secret here.....

Kevin
 
Kyle:

What a beautiful display. And such gorgeous Hoovers. My husband and I have dinner parties frequently, but unless my guests are vacuum collectors they would be hard pressed to find a vacuum in my house. The ones I clean with are stored in a closet (no tripping hazard) but the one I use most is built into my walls. I may have a fairly large house, but you would never think a vacuum hoarder lived there.
 
Kevin, we alll have secrets. Wait for it..................

And, Kyle: great display. Very nicely done.

I asked Tom A. to help me use my space to it's best potential. If you've ever been in his home, .. you know. WE were justdiscussing it last night, during our weekly 'visit". He has the perfect setup there.He'll be surprised when he gets to Pittston.
But Kyle, great work there.
 
My setup

Here’s my current setup in my vacuum room as well as how my garage looks. Unfortunately I can’t keep them all in one room, but this way I can cycle the ones in storage in the room like a museum. Some day I’ll have a space large enough to display them all, but for now I’ll settle with my room. Enjoy the pics! Love it when people post pics of their collections!

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When I bought my new house, it just had drywall in it. Their was a dining nook to one side and I needed


a flat wall for my Story and Clark Organ and I also needed another closet for the vacuums. I had the 


builder close in the wall of the dining nook and put an entrance door in the hall to access the vacuum


closet. Worked out great. I also have a closet off the master bedroom that is for my cloths. It's huge and


I store vacuums in it. Then I also have some stored in containers in my garage, which house the furnace and


water heater and the garage is insulated.....I have metal adjustable shelving that Lowes installed on both sides.


It holds misc boxes for Xmas Decorations, Extra Dishes etc. All stored in see through large containers.


 


 


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Karl

Very nice display. I like how the Kirby's handle taken off.
The first pic is that an anser or the universal upright. I know it's one of the two.
Les
 
Well.......

Puyallup....a way to tell if you've lived here long or not. It's said by the natives as Pew*l*up, accent on the first syllable. Even the media broadcasters often get it wrong...in WA state no less!

Kevin
 
Up in the attic

where I used to live. It was the biggest attic I've ever seen. 16ft. tall. So I put in a floor and brought electricity up. I put over head lighting using spot lights mostly. I built the "Kirby Coral" where I stacked milk crates at various heights and draped fabric over them all. I had two clusters of seven Kirby's. The lighting from above really showed off the polished and shiny Kirbys. I did similar with Eurekas and Hoovers. Had about 50 vacs. up there. I just kept a few daily drivers downstairs.People really liked what I had done and sense we weren't tripping over vacuums, nobody ever made comments like, "Why do you have so many vacuum cleaners?" I don't have an attic now so they are in a lg. storage shed and under the house in a decent crawl space with cement floor and in closets. I have about 5 on display in a corner of the living room. They get rotated and used through out the year. I keep a file on each and every one of them. The files show when I got the vacuum, what work has been done if any, how much I've spent on parts or service if I couldn't do the work and of course comments on the performance and a side list of parts I'm looking for to further restore said vacuum.
 
I had a rent house I should have bought....it was for sale at the time. It had a wonderful loft that was finished. My teenage son was up there at the time. He moved out with his GF, but that would have been PERFECT for vacuum storage/display.

Nobody would go up there unless they had interest in vacuums and I could visit till my heart's content. Seems like a dream unfulfilled now........

Kevin
 
Kyle! Nice display! I am very jealous that you scooped up that Kenmore bagged stick-vac! I forgot the model name (was it the “Glide”?) but I wanted one at the time there were being sold, but they disappeared from Sears stores not long after they were introduced.....not quite sure why. If I remember correctly, that unique stick-vac did very, very well in Consumer Reports tests and was rated very high in the rankings.

It’s really frustrating when a great cleaner is brought to market and then disappears after a few years. Another example is my Hoover Bagged Platinum Lightweight upright....fantastic carpet cleaner but now nowhere to be found - even the Royal blue version. 🙁
 
Brian, that purple Kenmore was the Glide. It used the same power nozzle as my red Progressive but without a headlight. There was a Panasonic version of the Glide, same purple color, and at least in the UK the Panasonic model had a separate hose and attachments that plugged into a port on the back.
 
Soin

Real1shep the housing market is going to drop like a ton of bricks. Im guessing in November. If you are in a good situation the prices will be low.
If the house your talking about is past tense and your in a different situation now I apologise. If I click load past posts it will delete my entire post.
Les
 
Les....

the house in question was sold and I even did work for the woman who bought it. She put over $200,000 in renovations and the house was even in "Better Homes and Gardens". Then, as life would have it, a family moved in next door after a death and grew pot there legally. I have no problem with that really...legally. But the neighborhood always smelled like skunk after that because of the amount of usage going on there. The woman can't even use her back patio area anymore and she's a prisoner in her own house most of the time. I feel badly for her. She would probably be amenable to selling the house now, but not sure I would like living there either and raising my grandson. At some point he'd get the idea that all that was OK and I don't think it is with a developing brain.

At that period in my life, I was hoping to leapfrog to another town altogether. But.....here I sit some 19yrs later.

Kevin
 
Tom (A.) recently got a whole bunch of new items for his

gallery. He has removed the handles of a lot of 'vault' Convertibles. Those shelf units hold a lot more that way.
Of course, it's always fun to 'mix it up'. There's no law stating how you must do it. It was suggested that I line the stairs here with ALL of the 69s, or 70s, or alternate. Why not??I have to get photos back going here.
 

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