Tabletop gaming room ideas, starting with the wall
A tabletop gaming room for a painter starts from the same point every time: the desk is covered in pots and brushes, the shelf is full of half-painted models, and the walls are bare. The hobby has taken over the space. This guide shows how to make it look like you meant it.
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A tabletop gaming room feels personal when it shows the things you make and play. Start with one image you own: a painted miniature, a drawing or an illustration you have permission to print.
Choose the wall you see most
Measure the clear space above a desk or beside a shelf in centimetres. Mark the proposed print dimensions with paper before choosing a size. A large mockup photograph can’t tell you whether the object will fit your room.
Paper, canvas or a rigid panel?
Paper prints leave the framing choice open. Framed prints include the selected frame. Canvas adds texture; metal and wood panels make the material part of the image. Compare these in our format guide.
Let small details have space
A single miniature can work well as a close portrait. An entire army photographed from a distance needs more pixels and a larger print to keep each figure readable. Inspect the crop and resolution warning in the product selector.
Games room ideas that start with what you made
Three ideas that need nothing but the print. Hang the figure you’re proudest of as a single print at eye level over the desk. Put a photo of the whole army above the table it fights on, at 50 x 70 cm or larger so each model stays readable. Give the display shelf one wood or metal print of a model from it, so the eye has somewhere to land.
A tabletop gaming room built around your hobby
Keep display shelves clear enough to reach the models safely. Give painting supplies their own working area, then use artwork to connect the desk and display space. Our hobby room guide and gallery wall layouts develop those choices.
Plan the delivered cost
Product prices are in GBP and include standard UK delivery. Optional Priority delivery costs extra. Choose an object you’ll enjoy every day before adding more pieces.
Check current products, sizes and prices. Free UK delivery is included for your address. A-series dimensions on these reference pages aren’t a promise that every size is available to order.
Take the measurements into the product choice
Compare canvas prints, metal prints and framed prints using their listed dimensions. For several pieces, start with our gallery-wall planning guide.
Questions and answers
What should I put on my gaming room walls?
Art prints of your painted miniatures, framed at eye level. One or two large prints work better than a gallery wall of small ones. We make prints from miniature photos: upload a photo, pick a scene, and approve the render before anything is printed.
How do I display painted miniatures?
A glass-fronted display cabinet with LED strip lighting is the standard. IKEA Detolf is the default. Put the best models in, rotate as you paint new ones. Our display guide covers the options.
What lighting works best for a hobby room?
Two kinds: cool-white task lighting for the painting desk, and warm-white ambient lighting for the room. The display case needs its own LED strip inside the glass.
How do I organise a miniature painting desk?
The desk surface is for what you’re working on now: cutting mat, paint rack, water pot, the current miniature. Everything else lives in drawers or on shelves behind the desk. A brush holder keeps the brushes tips-up.
What are some cool decorations for a gaming room?
Wall art made from your own painted figures. A metal print (30 x 40 to 50 x 70 cm) or a wood print (30 x 40 or 40 x 50 cm) makes the material part of the image, and a canvas runs up to 60 x 80 cm. See metal prints and wood prints.
What are some good accessories for a game room?
The ones that keep the room usable: a display shelf you can reach, a lamp for the painting desk and somewhere to keep models in foam. We don’t sell those. We make the wall: a poster from A4 to 70 x 100 cm, a framed print at A3 or A2, a canvas, or a metal or wood print, each printed from your own painted figure or artwork.