"Downtown in the old district of the city you can find a small gem called "Pens & Papers" . It's the city's oldest stationery store still family-operated. The space might be small but it's packed with all the things you need for school, the office, or your crafty projects.

The shopkeepers are a lovely, elderly couple still running their business with the same joy they had at the opening ages ago! Their kids are already grown up and have moved out. Yet the owners treat the younger generation with the same love and attention they had for their own kids. They will always greet you with a smile probably holding a cup of coffee while you're looking around. Maybe, if you ask nicely they'll show you their truck collection!

A local artist can be seen regularly shopping there. They say he has a soft spot for happy trees. Today he's looking for a new easel. His old one was full with paint.

You might also find a businessman browsing for a new notepad to scribble in. But don't tell anyone he's afraid of bats! "

The Stationery Store is a foldable building with four floors. The folding mechanism makes the middle wall "disappear", creating one large continuous room. While folding, the entire staircase rotates - just like magic. The different floors are fully removable. The first three floors make up the shop, while the attic is the shopkeepers' apartment. The shop's, "Pens & Papers", is completely brick built and an homage to Dungeons & Dragons. However from the inside the sign is invisible although the wall is only two studs thick. There's also a bench resembling an eraser and a pencil in front of the building. There are a ton of details in each floor. Here's a brief overview:

Ground Floor:
- Counter with lots of pens and a cash register
- Drawing board
- Shelf with different writing supplies
- Shelf with different school supplies
- Lots of backpacks
- School bag
1. Floor:
- Shelf with colourful construction paper
- Shelf with decorative elements for gifts (ties, flowers, stars, etc.)
- Shelf with incs
- Shelf with colours for painting
- Container with giftwrap
- Wall with art supplies (easel, brushes, paint palette)
- Small shelf with glue sticks, tape dispensers, scissors
2. Floor:
- Shelf with folders
- Two shelfs with office supplies
- Small shelf with Post-Its
- Flip-Chart
- Ominous chest no one dares to open (maybe a mimic?)
Attic
- Bathroom with toilet, sink and shower
- Kitchen with stove, fridge, shelf with spices
- Dining table and two stools
- Bedroom with large bed, bedside table and wardrobe
- One small model of semi-truck with a trailer, one small model of a red and blue semi-truck and one model of a green and white off-road car

The first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of a stationery store is a place way to small for all the things inside. They are loaded! So my overall goal was to create a building with a smaller footprint that is packed with details (I am also running out of space to place the finished models). That's why I decided to create a building with a 16x32 studs footprint. This is probably my densest MOC yet. In total it has 3.717 parts including 8 Minifigures. I was listening to Critical Role: Campaign One while designing the MOC hence the name of the shop. The Colour dark blue was chosen for the inside wall because it resembles ink on a paper. The bamboo was chosen as a plant on the outside because bamboo was used for making paper thousands of years ago.

It was important to me to end up with one large room once the build is open instead of two halfs. Therefore I developed the folding mechanism. You have to see it to believe it. But the way the entire staircase rotates while folding the build is just like magic. I was stunned when I finally was able to fold the build myself for the first time.

Also I am a huge fan of smaller builds for the interior. All the shelves look similar (like they where bought from the same company) yet they build differently. You end up with a coherent looking interior that offers lots of different mini builds. To top it of I placed two of my small semi-truck builds in the apartment. I just love this little build so much and I hope you do so too.

If you've made it this far, thank you so much for taking the time to read all of this. I really hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please consider voting for "The Stationery Store (Pens & Papers)" and have a great time!

Best regards,
Steven8D