Here’s a picture of what we did: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikimaki/2351907731/

We used finishing wood and super tool hooks - a total cost of about four bucks - and I think it looks a lot better than piling them in the corner and pretending their just temporary.

The solution for me was a bunch of those ever-so-lovely Velcro cables straps from Lowes. The ones linked are long, but they’re 50 for $5, so they’re worth cutting short and saving the scrap. One strap goes on each cable to wrap them up when done, the 5 guitars get tucked into a small niche next to my desk, and the drumset fits perfectly into my closet.

I already have wall-hangers for my REAL guitars, I might have to look into them for my FAKE ones, as well

Seriously - why on earth would the game have to live at your place? Why should your boyfriend expect that he can use your roommate’s stuff? Does he also use her car and makeup? Geez. Grow a spine and tell him “No”. He can pop for an xbox, he can return the game, he can sell it on ebay or craigslist. This is not rocket science.

Every hobby has clutter. My boyfriend’s hobby is playing video games. My hobbies include knitting, sewing and reading. Were you to pile his games, consoles and peripherals next to my yarn, fabric and books, you’d see my hobbies take up far more physical space than his do. Does that mean I’m going to toss out my books or quitting knitting? Obviously not. It’s just a matter if organizing that stuff and keeping it under control, so that your hobbies contribute to your quality of life rather than detract from it.

And clearly you haven’t played the game, or otherwise you’d be agreeing with everyone who has: it really is a lot of fun!

I was under the impression that Unclutterer was intended to intelligently handle the discussion of handling clutter in our lives.

The tone of this post, however, sounded more like a frustrated parent harping on the subject of rock band because they had to clean up the den one too many times. (regardless of whether or not this is true, the tone felt this way to me)

Perhaps in the future, a more constructive thesis than “don’t buy because it has the potential to create clutter” should be used. Maybe a discussion on being aware of the consequences before purchasing would have been more constructive / blogworthy. You could even have delved into ideas of how to manage the storage and clutter created by contemporary simulation gaming controllers (I.e WII motes, Dancing games Dance Pads, Guitars and other peripherals from rock band/guitar hero/drum hero). Some suggestions would have been nice.

Those suggestions are,after all, why we come around.

Also, I don’t understand the “get a real guitar” argument. As someone who plays real guitar, I can tell you both experiences are very different. One is a video game, the other is a musical instrument. It’s like my dad who tells my brother and me that with the money we’ve spent on paintball we could have bought real guns. They’re completely different things. I can play Misirlou in real life, but can’t beat it in Guitar Hero, and there are songs in Guitar Hero I can pass that I can’t play in real life.

While I agree that Rock Band has a ton of peripherals, I spent three hours playing it at my nephew’s yesterday and it is a blast! I would gladly figure out what to do with this clutter, if only I had an XBOX.

I think that the whole point of unclutter is to get rid of what you don’t use and love and keep only what is really important.

Right now, we keep the 4 remotes, game discs, and the dance mat inside our coffee table. We didn’t buy Rock Band because it doesn’t fit. We’ll let our friends in larger homes have us over for band fun.

I could easily see the drumset and guitars for rock band ‘displayed’ on top of a half bookcase or something similar when not in use.