Good Questions: Tasteful Way to Store CD's?

Hello AT,

I wondered if anyone had advice about cheap but tasteful ways to store CDs. My boyfriend is a musician and has over a thousand in his collection. I would love to buy him solid wood CD shelves, but prices for those are prohibitive. I've seen some shelves listed as "wood finish", but fear these may be fairly ugly and not last too long. Any creative ideas or recommendations would be very much appreciated!

Thanks so much, Sarah

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Know this post is a few years old but still ranks quite high in relation to mass-media storage so felt this comment wouldn't go unseen...

I also own an enormous music collection -- over 10k between CDs and vinyl, in addition to a handful of external hard drives full of mps. I also refuse to get rid of my music and have scaled down my other furniture in order to accommodate this collection. I regularly prune my collection but I get new music on a daily basis due to my profession and music buying habits.

For those of you using CD books, catalogs and sleeves -- beware, they will slowly wear down your CDs. The more you take them in and out, the faster they will wear. Also, CDs wear out over time from heat. Don't leave them in, especially in these types of cases, in your car or in direct sunlight. If you only listen to CDs for a couple years before hocking them, you have nothing to worry about.

I still haven't found a decent solution. I am open to them being visible but need an option that allows for frequent shifting (why library card catalogs, drawers & boxes won't work), in order to integrate new music into collection (which I keep alphabetized). I am most likely going to build something from scratch, taking inspiration from clean, modern bookshelves.

Thanks for all of your links in this post!