How can I display my favourite stuff?

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Guru’s first visit to his Mother-in-Law’s Shrine to Grotesque Sparkly Trinkets was enough to put him off nicknacks forever, so he tends to simply pile things dangerously in the corner of his office. For you, though? Take a trip to Ikea (and sadly you’ll need to go in person, given that the delivery fees for single items are quite prohibitive) and grab the ultimate icon of Swedish furniture engineering: the Billy bookcase. Specifically the more compact 40cm-wide variety; add on a Morliden glass door (£25), some Vaxmyra LED spotlights (£9 for two), and you’ve got yourself a pretty neat display case, son. They have other options too (the mostly glass Detlof likely being an attractive option) but you can’t beat a bit of Billy.

For smaller stuff, you can always look for more bespoke creations; things like the OYOBox (around £120), a fancy glass-topped watch box with grooves so you can run in your smartwatch charging cables.