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Design Plans or Kits for LP storage Rack

I have been buying LP's and plan on buying more so now I will need to store them.
I can't see spending the big $$$ for a custom made stand or a high priced designer piece.
I'm going to focus on spending money on the LP's so the storage system needs to be inexpensive.
DIY works for me.
Are there plans or kits available for LP storage?
How do you store your LP's?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
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lugnut
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Ramond,

How many albums do you plan to have? If it's 1000 or less I can send you a photo of how I modified a standard "Oak Express" bookcase. I like this because I can look at the album cover rather than the edge. The bookcases I speak of are the type that you finish yourself.

If you plan on having thousands of LP's you will either need a gymnasium for bookcases like I use or be content with looking at the album edge.

Patrick
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ramond OP
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Patrick, thanks for the quick response. At this time I have about 200 LP's. I know that this number will increase but probably will never get into the thousands.
I'm picky with Lp's and tend to choose the quality recorded or mint used ones.
Yes I would like a picture of the unit that you made because I'm not sure what I'm going to do at this time.
My listening room is 11'X13' and my speakers are set up in a near field listening position so far. I'm still in the set up stages.
I'm exploring all avenues for the LP storage and your design sounds very nice.
How do you intend to send the picture? If it's email, my address is: rickraymond@hotmail.com
Please use the subject heading because I get plenty of mail from unknown sources that I tend to send them directly to the trash for safety reasons.
Thanks again, Rick.
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marakanetz
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Ikea has an affordable solution of having exactly 12"x12" shelves with height of approximately 7' and stackable width(i.e you could bring them as many as you need).

The second comes to minde the kits from www.bagsunlimited.com that offer also a solution for the storage of your records.
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