LPs - display/storage etc ideas

I built my own for the very same reason. I wanted it to look good and be very sturdy and be expandable (just in case I bought more albums--which I did but I store the overflow in another room). I used 3/4" stock aluminum bolted together and then used poplar as the shelving. If I were doing it again I would use a more exotic shelving like natural mahogany or cherry. As long as it's a good hardwood it should hold up fine. If you go to my website I added some pictures so you can see how it is constructed. This one holds about 1000 albums, but it's completely modular and can be expanded just by adding more units (the picture should help make that understandable).
http://home.mindspring.com/~rrbird/_wsn/page2.html

before we get into the topic at hand, how does your wife feel about the massive holes youve cut into her walls for your gear?? if she hasn't beated you with a bat yet she's a keeper.
ok, to the rack. AMAZING. you did a great job and if you have any plans available in word format (or any format)please send them over if you have a momement. there are only two problems this system doesn't address and i guess it's just something we're gonig to have to live with. first of all, if you have a section too long then there are too many lps to move over to get to the one you want. secondly, the whole reading the sides issue still exits. so far i've just kept my lps against the wall with the cover facing me(old hippie style) so that i can thumb thru them easily. this, of course, causes you to run out of space against the bottom of the wall pretty fast since you can only stack about 20 this way tops and is a bit unsightly (not like your massive beautiful setup).
anyway, any more thoughts?
but i gotta tell you, job well done. i dont understand why someone would spend well over a grand on a billy bags rack for RECORDS! am i missing something? if billy was goign to sit by my rack and pull them for me and stick them on my table as i called them out then ok, maybe it would be worth it. (he doesn't do this does he?). otherwise youve done the right thing and it looks great.
thanks!

Thanks for the kind words. I haven't lived in California--but if your near an epicenter, maybe the Billy Bags is the right thing. As to the length of the sections that's pretty arbitrary, you can just pick whatever length of wood you want. As you can probably tell--I do a lot of reading sideways. I never really put any plans together, I just had the stock aluminum cut with spacing for 14" height between the shelves and the cross braces are 16". The wood is 10" wide. I'll see if I can come up with a rough sketch and scan it into word and send it to you--might take a couple of days before I can get to it.

As for the wife--she is a keeper. We agreed on a dedicated audio room and I can pretty much do whatever I see fit for that room. She of course has the rest of the house.