Does your house have a
Disney Room? I
think everyone should have a Disney Room.
My problem is that my
Disney Room is too small. It is absolutely crammed full of items I
have collected over the years. I have stuff packed in boxes as
well as an old trunk full of Disney memorabilia. I call it my
'Tickle Trunk'. Over the years I have
years saved all the printed material from every Disney trip I have taken. This
now provides
for some interesting reading since Walt Disney World has changed so much since my
first trip in 1977.
I have been collecting
Disney pins since 2001 and have quite a collection that I keep in
binders. I do however have some framed pin sets that I am very proud of
and these are displayed on what limited wall space I have. I also
collect Disney Movies; that collection started
with the first releases of Disney films on VHS and has graduated to
DVD’s. I stick mainly to the animated features although I do
have a couple of non-animated favourites such as Pirates of the
Caribbean and Mary Poppins.These
are all displayed in the room in a couple of wooden stands.
Other
items on display, in cabinets and shelves, are Disney music boxes,
figurines, plush toys, framed pin sets, animation cells, snow globes,
books, bobble heads, potato heads, a Mickey View Master, Mickey bubble
gum machine, an old record player, two Mickey radios, a tennis racket and a tin
lunch bucket. There are many, many more items tucked away here and
there, they're too numerous to mention.
My favourites are my
pieces from the Disney Classics Collection. They are actually not in my
Disney room but hold a place of honour in an oak curio cabinet in the
living room.
I'm
not alone in adding to this collection. In spite of constantly
teasing me about being a "Disney Nut", my husband Gary has a
clock that comes alive every hour. Gears and wheels spin while
Mickey, Goofy and Donald take turns announcing the time. He also
has a Goofy desk lamp. When you press a button, Goofy speaks to
you and then his arm pulls a chain to turn the light on or off.
It
seems I may not be the only Disney Nut in this household.
At Christmas time
almost every room turns into a Disney room. My tree is trimmed with
Disney ornaments, the wreaths have Disney characters, and the winter
village that I set up on my kitchen hutch consists of Disney houses and
characters. There are plenty of Christmas plush characters that hang
around on tables and shelves too . . . not to mention the
occasional
candy dish or cookie jar that has a Mickey face on it.
If
you look around our house you will see a bit of Disney in every corner,
so while we have a designated Disney room, I have to admit there is a
lot of overflow . . . that makes it more like a Disney house.
Below are a handful of pictures,
taken in about 2003, of
my first Disney room in our Burlington Ontario home.
In October 2006, after we both retired, we moved from
Burlington to Kingston, Ontario. When we started to unpack I
began to panic . . .
Although our new house was larger, there
didn't seem to be enough space to display all of my Disney
collectibles. I decided to pick out my favourite items
and display them in a few places around the house while Gary built me a brand new Disney Room
beside our Family room.
I'm a big fan of Disney's
railroads and the top of my roll-top desk has a number of pieces
celebrating those wonderful trains you see at each Disney park.
But there wasn't nearly enough room to
display all of my treasures!
I just couldn't wait for that
new room to be ready!
By May of 2007 the new 650 square-foot Disney Room was all
finished and
I eagerly began to put up my "stuff"!
When you
step through the door from our Family Room into the Disney Room
you are greeted by the view on the right . . .
There are shelves and bookcases, plate rails
and display cases, and all are full of Disneyana collectibles!
Welcome to my very own little private world
of Disney magic!
It's a very happy place for me!
I try to keep my collectibles
organized by themes or characters. In the picture on the
right you can see a few shelves set aside for Orange Bird, a few
for Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio.
The space is full, but I
do my best to keep it from looking cluttered!
My
crafting table is surrounded by things that bring back wonderful
memories of Disney trips!
These treasures remind me of our 2019 visit to Disneyland Paris!
Even the overhead light fixtures are 'Disney'
I have more Disney art than I
have available wall space, so some of the pieces are rotated
during the year.
Every Christmas a very
traditional tree adorns our living room.
But in the Disney room it's not so
traditional . . . every year in November a wonderful
transformation takes place in my happy place!
Gary and I pull about thirty or forty big
plastic tote bins out of our crawl space. The bins are
filled with Disney Christmas magic and I always enjoy the five
or six days I spend putting up the 'Christmas Overlay'
That tree at the far end of the room is 100%
Disney . . . every ornament came from a Disney park or a Disney
store.
About 40% to 50% of my Disney collection is
packed away to make room for Christmas!
In the kitchen, my hutch
transforms into a Disney Christmas village, filled with playful
Department 56 houses.
This
village is in the kitchen because it's my favourite and I can
see it more often when it's there!
It's always the last of my holiday décor to be packed up and put away!
The tree in our family room is also 100% Disney.
Every ornament is Disney and on this tree they all came from
Hallmark.
To the right
of the tree is Gary's roll-top desk. During the Christmas
season a Dickens Village, from Department 56, covers the top of
the desk.
Another festive Disney village has a special
place in the Disney Room.
Do you recognize any of those buildings?
They're all from Walt Disney World . . .
except the Fire Hall. It's from Disneyland.
I hope you have enjoyed this little glimpse of
my 'Happy Place'
Click on the white arrow
in the middle of the picture to see some Disney magic!
