How do you store your collection?

Morbid Tapes · Post by **Morbid Tapes** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:49 pm

Below is a very old picture of the music room... well a part of it anyway: there's more LP shelves not shown on that picture, more boxes of 7"s, and a whole mess of CDs, tapes, boxes of zines, the stereo, etc. It's set up differently nowadays, and I'm moving in a new place soon anyway so it's subject to change again.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:33 pm

Morbid Tapes wrote:

Do i have to say what is the best part of the picture?

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:39 pm

The Amebix poster is pretty awesome, yes

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:29 pm

IMO whole picture is pretty impressive. Killer jacket, too. Guess room with that aim will be larger in new apartment, huh?

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:40 am

That chair looks fucking uncomfortable tho'!
Couldn't imagine you'd be able to sit on that for too long??

Morbid Tapes · Post by **Morbid Tapes** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:59 pm

That chait is actually REALLY comfortable, you'd be surprised. I stole it from some yuppie bar years ago.

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:15 am

I only have a pretty old picture

But you get the idea. As time goes by I try to get plastic sleeves for all albums, and keep the records and inserts outside of the actual covers, so they slide in from the top, some people put them in sideways, but that just causes a whole world of trouble when trying to get them back on the shelves. Most my records are stored in shelves like these, then I have a different one on the opposite wall, and the worst crap is stored in a cupboard. I'll try post some newer pictures one day, cos I'm pretty happy with what I've done with my room;)

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:34 am

But is it healthy to store vinyls like a canned fish? Shouldn't there be more space? Ringwear, etc. ... ?

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:13 pm

Well these days I have them slightly less tightly packed, I make sure they're not really pressing against each other too much so I don't see any problem with it. And everything has been fine so I'm not about to get all fiddly with it

nabel · Post by **nabel** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:47 am

I went out and bought one of those Expedit shelves from Ikea yesterday. Let's see how it works...

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:00 pm

nabel wrote:I went out and bought one of those Expedit shelves from Ikea yesterday. Let's see how it works...

Just make sure you build it properly or it will fall apart...

decibelrebel · Post by **decibelrebel** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:09 am

Korgüll wrote:
nabel wrote:I went out and bought one of those Expedit shelves from Ikea yesterday. Let's see how it works...
Just make sure you build it properly or it will fall apart...

Haha are you speaking from experience mate? Hard to go wrong there T, only requires on tool to build (2 if you count the builder!)

Actually drafted up a working drawing to build some boxes to go in my Expedit unit, the ones Ikea make are too deep so I'm building them half the height of the LP sleeve to make flipping through easier...

hload · Post by **hload** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:27 am

i bought a maxtor-one touch 4 and i solved lots of problems....

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:18 am

decibelrebel wrote:
Korgüll wrote:
nabel wrote:I went out and bought one of those Expedit shelves from Ikea yesterday. Let's see how it works...
Just make sure you build it properly or it will fall apart...
Haha are you speaking from experience mate? Hard to go wrong there T, only requires on tool to build (2 if you count the builder!)

Actually drafted up a working drawing to build some boxes to go in my Expedit unit, the ones Ikea make are too deep so I'm building them half the height of the LP sleeve to make flipping through easier...

Well I've seen yours of course, and isn't it coming apart at the sides...??

Maybe one tool wasn't working properly that day.. hehe..

sagrotan · Post by **sagrotan** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:04 am

vinyl: IKEA Bonde. rules over Expedit imo since it has back panels..

for my CDs I found a local guy who builds these to measure. glazed wood with tin shelves and back panels. I like them a lot, very capacious and space saving at the same time..