- Welcome to Mother Daughter Projects.
I'm Steph.
Today we are gonna take you into a room
that we've never fully explored in a video.
Right behind this door is my LEGO room.
Yes, I'm an adult, and I have a LEGO room for me.
And we have done projects in this room,
but we've never shown the full room,
and we have just finished a dream setup in this room,
which we are about to show you.
So, come on in.
Welcome to my LEGO room.
(lighthearted music)
And the newest element, the LEGO wall.
I had five goals for the new addition in this room.
And I realized Wall Control,
our favorite organizational system,
could solve them all.
Number one, I wanted to display
all my LEGO houses together in a row.
Number two, I wanted to see all
my LEGO pieces nice and clear.
Number three, I wanted to be able to remove all
the bins from the wall.
Number four, I needed everything at eye level.
Everything before was short and to the ground for kids,
which was great for my niblings,
but, for me, as an adult,
I wanted to be able to see what I had.
Number five, it needed to be strong and secure.
No one wants a pile of LEGOs on the floor,
so I knew Wall Control would be perfect for that
based on our previous experience.
This wall accomplished all my goals,
and I could not be more happy with how it turned out.
I wanted all the Wall Control to be white,
so LEGO could just be the focal point.
As much as this is an adult LEGO room,
I still wanted my niblings to be able to enjoy it.
With the addition of an adjustable Husky work table,
there's a work surface for all heights.
Also, there's a little surprise on the wall
that you can only see when you're lower to the ground.
I had my seven-year-old nephew in mind
when I came up with this.
I can't wait to see him discover the mini-figures below.
Now that you've seen the wall,
do you wanna see how it came together?
The first step was to remove the old shelving.
This is actually a project we did over four years ago,
so it was time for a refresh.
Now, with a nice clean wall,
it was time to hang the Wall Control.
Wall Control's a company that makes metal pegboard
and hooks and different accessories.
We showed how to install these panels in past videos,
but we'll do a quick refresh here.
First, place your panel and mark each hole location.
We have found that a spade bit gives us
a nice perfect circle right in the middle of the hole.
Next, drill your pilot hole.
This can go into a stud or into a wall
using the included anchors,
and that's what we're adding here.
We're putting the anchors in the wall
as these panels didn't end up hitting studs.
Put the panel back in place and attach the screws.
All the hardware is included with the panel.
Lastly, we covered the screw hole covers
with a new optional plug.
- [Steph and Vicki] What we learned.
- Now, all together, the hooks, the panels, everything,
and the bins down here that I got from Ikea,
everything was about $1,000.
So this might not be practical or realistic
for everyday use, but, when you think about it,
you could actually just take one section of this
and it would be a great way of displaying some sets,
organizing some of your LEGOs
if you have a smaller LEGO collection.
We'll put a link in the description below
to everything here,
but also to what, like, one panel would be
for you to check out.
- And can we just say
that we got these via the mail?
Ikea actually ships. - Yes.
- So we didn't have to actually go to Ikea to pick these up.
They came right to our door.
- Yes, I feel like they haven't done that in the past,
but I just randomly realized
that you can actually get Ikea shipped to you now,
and these were the perfect deal.
$2.99 a box.
So, can't be beat.
- [Vicki] As you can see, Steph did labeling
on all the containers,
and she did that with a Cricut Maker, which cuts vinyl,
and these are just vinyl stickers.
If you wanna know more about how she did that,
we'd be happy to do a full-length tutorial.
And, to answer the question, where are my pants?
Well, you just look right here,
and they're right here, all the pants.
Five drawers of pants.
I had to do it.
- (laughs) Oh, gosh. - I'm sorry, I had to do it.
Two things about the Husky work table
that we added to the LEGO room.
One, we got the version that has drawers on it.
We felt it was the perfect solution
for holding the larger plates
and different dimension plates in the second drawer.
And the top drawer holds just smaller things,
and does hold some crackle,
although no LEGO was crackled during
the making of this video.
If you're wondering how we made this a power table
instead of just using the hand crank that it comes with,
we just put a hex-head screw into our drill driver,
and that worked perfect.
- Now, if your collection is not quite as large as Steph's,
you may consider something a little bit smaller to organize,
and this is a Husky 10 compartment organizer.
And what we like about this is, see,
these little compartments come out,
you can dump your LEGOs out, play, put 'em back.
It's all nice and secure,
and if you're traveling,
this is a great thing to take with you.
And if you have several, they stack.
- When I was in high school
is when I actually got into LEGO really heavily
and started collecting all these bricks,
so this has been a long time coming for this room.
And I still remember in high school that I thought,
one day when I buy my own house,
I'm gonna have a LEGO room,
and that's what you're seeing here.
So I have a question for you.
When you were younger, was there a special room
that you always wanted in your house?
Did you get that room?
Did your dreams change?
Let us know in the comments below.
- You know, I have to say it,
looking around this room at all the different things,
I gotta say, everything is awesome!
- Oh, yeah!
- I wish we could sing it!
- I know.
Copyright reasons, we won't sing the song.
But we're singing it in our head.
So thanks for joining us,
and if you think this video is awesome,
give us a thumbs up,
and we'll see you next time.
Bye.
Awesome.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
- Okay, I think that's pretty good.
♪ Everything is awesome ♪