CD storage racks?

Billy does not work for me since it is too tall for my music room on the top floor of my (cape) house where the ceiling does not meet the wall at 90 degree angle.

 

Gotcha.

 

http://www.avmechanica.com/Alpha_Series/Alpha_Series_Selector.htm
I use these (I have two mounted together). They look great (have a bit of the Boltz modern metal design) and are flexible enough to grow the storage space parallel to your collection.

Not sure if you would consider a wall-mounted solution, but thought other folks would be interested as well.

 

I guess as long as you find the studs, you're good to go!

 

For the frugal among us out there in Hoffman land, I bought a nice, king-size (6'3") water bed headboard for a few bucks ($5?) at a Salvation Army thrift store. (They have a hard time giving away their water beds.) The headboard matched my existing furniture. I then added a matching second shelf in the middle to accommodate the CD jewel box height. I mounted the headboard upside down on the wall with the now top in line with the top of the door openings. The headboard / CD shelf takes up no floor space and is conveniently located above all the equipment which is spread out on a narrow, 6' long sofa table. The 12' total a linear shelf space holds over 330 CDs. Photos are hung underneath the headboard / CD shelf. Not bad for an afternoon project.

 

Toggle bolts, dude… 90lb toggle bolts.

 

Or that. But I'd still feel more comfy with stud mounting.

Incidentally...for those (like myself) who have issues with baseboard heating getting in the way of bookcases, or just generally taking up valuable wall space, here's a great solution I came across recently:

http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=118&f=3885

 

IKEA used to sell a bookcase that was made for paperback books c. 1988-1990. The units were about 6 inches deep, perfect for CDs. If you added a couple of extra shelf pieces yourself, you could get 500+ CDs in one rack. I have 3 of them. They came in black or white. I have 3 white ones. Wished I would have purchased a 4th one. By the time I needed it, they'd been discontinued. When I inquired, a sales person at IKEA said the shelving units which sold for $39.99 were discontinued when IKEA realised people were modifying them from bookshelves to CD racks as they're "official" CD racks/cases were much more expensive and held about 100 CDs.

 

This is a new IKEA item....the shallow BESTA bookshelf.

Look at its dimensions -- it's about 4 inches shallower than the regular Billy bookcase and it's perfect for CD storage. In fact, my local IKEA display it as a CD storage solution.

 

That looks great soundboy...

Anybody's guess if a 24" span would bend loaded with CD's ?

 

The regular Billy bookcase is almost 32" inches across and mine hasn't bend after 4 years or so. And that's with the now-discontinued CD storage inserts, which added even more weight onto the shelves.

 

So glad I saw this thread...I've been thinking about another rack

 

Billy bookcases definitely work well.

I've got four of these and I agree, they work quite well and if you put a 1x2 (or maybe it is 1x4??) board behind the cds, you can see all the spines with ease.

 

I use three of these. Really upset they quit making the CD inserts.

 

It says the max load per shelf is 29lbs.

 

which one ? I got 3 and they work perfect. Not the best quality of course but for the cost, they have a small footprint and do not crowd the room. no deeper than a cd case.

 

They make them again. I bought 12 last week.

 

Do you happen to have the part #? Checked Ikea online and the only cd shelf that comes up has a width thats too small for a Billy.

***EDIT- Ignore this post...found them

 

I'm not finding these...?

 

Do a search for Ikea Billy here in the forum. There's a thread with the part number.

 

The Billy inserts are back, but are now a brushed metal look, disassembled in three pieces (two legs and the shelf). If you want the CDs to lay flush at the start of the shelf, you'll need to bring the inserts forward a bit, as they are a bit shallower than the old green/gray fake wood "step" type inserts.

But they do work quite well...however they will bow a bit at the center with a full rack of CDs on the top tier. I suppose you could get a square wood block to prop it up in the middle for better support.

And here's the link for the 30" ones: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20166725

 

You know...you CAN buy extra shelves for many Ikea bookcases right there in the store. You get a shelf and the four nibs that hold the shelf in place.

 

I guess we're talking about two different inserts...the ones I have and was hoping they were making again are the ones that end up making eight cubicles out of each shelf. They are made of the same material as the Billy bookcases and came in the same various color shades. They were kind of pricey, but well worth it and unfortunately I need a bunch more.