![]() ![]() ![]() I had just enough bricks and plates in my collection to start a MILS base for the Palace Cinema, but I had to make a BrickLink order to finish the other four in this system as well. In my mind, it looked like a sensible way to strengthen the base of the modular buildings as well as provide options for the future like lighting and landscaping. After a trip to the fourth closest Home Depot (because of silly supply chain issues), I finally had the wood for my table!īut first, MILS! One of the things I learned through YouTube and reading blogs was about this system called " MILS" or Modular Integrated Landscape System. This would be good for my mental health, I told myself-a long-term project that would get me away from screens for a bit each day. Through some fortuitous turns in life, I was also now able, too. New Years 2022 came, and I was still determined. Additionally, there were other financial and stressful things to deal with in my life at the time-I had to go a whole year without a car of my own or income to fix this situation, so I was not in a good headspace. I’m also a night owl, so a lot of the moving had to be done very slowly and quietly so as not to disturb the day-walkers who were sleeping in the house. It took a couple of months of furniture removal and rearranging (remember the physical issues I mentioned and a pandemic!) to get the sense of order and space I needed. Looking out of my bedroom at where the city could go (where I had space in my basement) for months on end, the feeling of longing (and growing boredom) finally became the catalysts for action. So I wanted to focus on what I had liked from those small space builders-density over square footage. My budget was a also huge concern-I could never be one of those AFOLs that collected each and every modular to add to the city. They seemed to be more creative in my mind. Honestly, I found myself drawn to the LEGO cities that did more with the little space they had. Importantly though, I didn't need some huge sprawling layout like the ones I’d seen online. We have a decently sized basement where my room is located. ![]() All that really got accomplished was collecting ideas and pictures of things I wanted to do with “my city.” I made collages and drew out layout ideas because I had one big problem that needed solving, where was I going to put this city? I definitely wanted to build my own city of modulars, but it was a long way off and a never concrete “this is going to happen” decision. At first, I was just in the dreaming phase. ![]()
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