Our search for a CD storage solution is never-ending. At 350 CDs we've got a decent-sized collection, but it seems that anything built to accommodate that number is throwback from the early 90s, design-wise. Enter the Rosendahl.
This option from the Danish design company is unobtrusive without utilitarian homeliness. It's index tabs are made from the same anodized aluminum as the rest of rack, making a feature that would otherwise be too Office Depot for our tastes something we would actually consider using.
£44.00, here.
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Comments (11)
That still comes nowhere close to holding 350 jewelcases though...
You can buy this at Home Depot, by the way. Just ask for gutters.
The 90s called, they want their CDs back. Get an mp3 player and a cardboard box. Maybe Rosendahl makes an expensive cardboard box you can nail to your wall.
i'm no math wiz, but this would cost $700 to store your cds. I'd rather buy more cds.
Isn't displaying cd's in cases itself a throwback to the 90's? Download those tunes to your computer, and stow away the cases out of sight. Problem solved.
(read randomq after writing. but yeah - that was my initial thought)
Hate it.
I want to keep my CDs, but not in something like that. Get thee some storage! GOOD LOOKING storage!
wow, fancy european designer discovers time machine and goes back in time to the mid nineties to rescue obnoxious wall mounted cd "solution". eh, no thanks.
news flash: all cds are ugly. they are plastic, often scratchy, the artwork is tiny, just ick. they should not be displayed. anymore than you should display your condiments.
Okay, I have a bunch of these shelves that I bought back in the late 90s. They are a nightmare to install properly, but as long as the drywall is decent, it is a nifty solution. My last apartment had crap for drywall and these shelves started coming out almost immediately.
I am also an mp3 person now, but I have to admit that there is something wonderful about being able to read lyrics, production credits, musician credits and, yes, even view the tiny artwork. And there is a sense of permanence with CDs that you don't get with mp3's, which are as disposable as a click of a mouse.
ITA w/U, hejiranyc :0)
I have a large (1000 ) CD collection, and I keep them all in a long, low dresser in my dining room -- the top of it doubles at as a sideboard. I'm not going to throw away my discs (many of them are OOP, collectable, or otherwise irreplaceable), but this is a good solution for me. I don't want to see all of my plastic jewel cases on display!
Downloading is NOT always a solution. As a classical musician and listener, I rely heavily on liner notes, texts and translations, and other printed information. And artwork, besides sometimes being nice, is part of how I remember and find each "album". And conniosseurs (sp?) of sound say there is a significant dropoff of quality from a cd to a download. As Mark Swed (the classical critic for the LA Times) wrote, "the kids are wrong this time".
So I'm left with about 400 cds, and growing. We have Ikea Bonde covering a wall in our dining room, and a whole row ( 10 feet wide) is CDs. They have nifty shelf inserts that make each cubby into a two-level shelf.
And I still have all my vinyl (on another shelf, upstairs).
As appealing as the minimalist mindset is, it isn't practical for me, at least when it comes to music. (And let's not even talk about the shelves of printed scores, which aren't going away anytime soon.)
BTW, I still would like to see an AT series on pianos, which can complicate interior design, to say the least...