LP storage? What do you use?

I have to agree with agaffer, I can't stand storing my records on a shelf. It's a pain to find anything even in alphabetical order. Record shop style all the way. I have a cheap pine LP shelf that I have laid flat on the floor and turned the LP's so that I can flip through. Much better, plus you can enjoy all that great cover art.

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I have 30 of Per Madsen's record racks (actually I made some myself), and each one holds about 90 lps. I like that they are stackable as I have moved my collection 5 times since using this system. I have nine foot ceilings, and I have stacked these 7 high to fit in my small listening room.

Bad to store Lps in huge rows. Many racks have dividers within a shelf. Otherwise warping issues. If shelf is packed, this is not a problem, but often, 1 album is leanig over and others are falling on it. If you build your own put in 1/4 inch plywood dividers.

This subject is a constant source of frustration for me. I maintain a collection of around 2500 lps, but have never managed to store them all in one "system" (primarily because of the large cash layout and uninterrupted wall space it would require). So currently I use four 4x4 Ikea cubes that I believe are called Akrobat (this doubles as the surface upon which all the audio equipment resides), a cheap pine bookcase with 4 shelves, and a room divider located in another room with three shelves. There are several hundred more records on the floor, leaning against whatever flat surface will support them, and a bunch boxed up in the closet. I hate having records inaccessible in the closet but my girlfriend demanded I remove them from the bathroom.

For Christmas a couple of years ago my son and daughter gave me a three drawer dresser.My son designed the unit and had a cabinetmaker build it.It is a three drawer unit.Each drawer holds aprox 140 LPs. The inside of each drawer is 13.5in deep by 23.75in wide by 8.75 H.The drawer face is 14.75in H by 26.25 W.The aprox outside measurement of the dresser unit is,30in wide by 18in deep by 52in hieght.The nice thing about the unit is I can flip through the LPs looking at the album covers.CAUTION...with aprox 140 LPs in each drawer unit The weight is balanced straight down.As long as only one drawer is pulled out at any given time.If you have children,or grandchildren, "YOU MUST" anchor the top to the wall.Just pull out and remove the top drawer and fasten thru main dresser rail supports to wall studs with wood screws.If you do decide to have something built, it must be capable of handling the weight.esecialy the drawer guide rails. The rest of my LPs I am still storing in milk cases in a storage room.Hint. Hint.