My "good" guitar stays in its case - too often, for the above reasons. My "camp" guitar is on a stand in the den, where I can grab and play when the mood strikes. The keyboard was also set up in the den, but I wasn't playing it anyway, so it's back in the case, too.

Instruments can be arranged so they look like they "belong" there, instead of looking like they just got left there. Of course, I'm living alone right now, so I don't have to consider what anybody else thinks.

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