Right now my ponies live in boxes and tubs. We were originally going to display them in the library, but needed the library as a guest room. Then it just became a sort of catch all room that I filled with junk and the shelves are so fulla good half of my book collection is in storage out in a storage shed. We intended to build onto the house, making a larger library with room to display our toys as well, then the old library could become a true guest room. My partner had a $7,000 bonus coming from the college where she was a VP that she was to be awarded for completing her doctorate. Instead at the last second the president decided they didn't have the budget for it, even though a week previously he'd given himself a 10K bonus for some nonsense. Needless to say after being ripped off like that she found another job at a college closer to home.
In all honestly, I was delighted she left that place. She was living/working in another state and I was just despondent only getting to see her ever month or two. So I was willing to lose the add-on to get her home, easily!
(The ponies my feel differently, living in dark tubs in the closet! LOL)