Building Shelves For Vinyl Records

A well chosen shelving or cabinet will blend perfectly with your environment and make your collection look great and easily available for playing.

Building shelves for vinyl records.

The above floating vinyl record shelves that you can easily diy using ikea ribba picture ledges like matt simner. If you want something done right do it yourself and so far i ve yet to find any diy vinyl storage solutions that are simple cheap and long term. They re 64 99 from ikea. You can add doors.

This simple shelving unit may be the most ubiquitous shelf used by record collectors worldwide. I probably have around 200 records now the above photo was taken several months ago and i ve gone on several buying binges since then. You can stand them vertically or horizontally. Having a dedicated record storage unit in your listening area is a good sign that you care about your records.

Apparently this record storage bin can accommodate from 5 600 records assuming the record sleeves are 1 8 thick. I ve managed to make a set of quality boxes for less than 120 with less than a day s solid work if you don t count all of the time spent waiting for the varnish to dry. Target urban outfitters and amazon carry different styles. Here are some more shots of the finished vinyl record shelf.

If you do frame your records take out the vinyl and store it elsewhere as. Framing your records is a stylish way to add color to your wall and the frames are easy to find at most stores. In the room above found via hgtv record covers are framed to create large scale wall art adding color to the white canvas. 27 vinyl record storage and shelving solutions.

They re available in 9 different colors finishes.