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so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our apartment. we have too much vinyl. anyone have any alternative ideas to the multi-colored plastic milk crates littering our place now? Andrew ajl@megsinet.net

At 11:07 AM 2/12/99 -0600, you wrote:

quoted 5 lines so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our

> >so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our >apartment. we have too much vinyl. anyone have any alternative ideas to >the multi-colored plastic milk crates littering our place now? >

The furniture store Ikea has some great cubicle shelving that is perfect for record storage. It's attractive, durable, and relatively inexpensive. Check http://www.ikea.com/ for more info. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states

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quoted 2 lines anyone have any alternative ideas to the multi-colored plastic

> anyone have any alternative ideas to the multi-colored plastic > milk crates littering our place now?

Ha! So glad this happens the world over :-) I've gotten to purloining of crates down to a fine art - then leave them bobbing in the swimming pool for about a week to get the worst of the grime off with the help of chlorine and pool chemicals. It struck me recently on visiting another music glutton friend how our homes have become shrines dedicated to our music collections... I'm still looking for a good (and portable) way to store CD's. A friend who DJ's off CD's has his packed in flight cases with built-in divisions, but they're quite expensive {sigh}. Currently all 500 of mine are spread out over shelves, shoeboxes and Tupperwares. I *

quoted 5 lines so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our

> so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our > apartment. we have too much vinyl. anyone have any alternative ideas to > the multi-colored plastic milk crates littering our place now? > Andrew > ajl@megsinet.net

this past summer...to accommodate the 2500+ vinyl collection i have...i built myself a nice shelving unit... it has three levels for the vinyl....about 4 "crates" wide...therefore i have 12 crates capacity.... each of the "crates" is wood..with a lining in there so it doesnt ruin the sleeve like the plasic milk crates do... plus each "Crate" is on rollers so i can pull out which style of music i would like to hear ... on top of this unit there are the 1200's, mixer, and speakers.... and a little hook for the headphones...on top of the unit are the amp, tape deck, cd player, etc.. it cost about 50 bucks to do....will last a lifetime if you get high quality wood... only rpoblem is the disassembling/reassembling during moving time.. *ick* the schematics were done on notebook paper...and i am w/o a scanner or else i would email you the jpg... good luck... -mikeD Distortion.Records

At 11:07 AM -0600 2/12/99, ajl wrote:

quoted 5 lines so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our

> so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our > apartment. we have too much vinyl. anyone have any alternative ideas to > the multi-colored plastic milk crates littering our place now? > Andrew > ajl@megsinet.net

If there's a Home Depot in your area, they sell inexpensive, DIY 4 shelf bookshelves that fit vinyl perfectly for about $30. Each unit should hold about 400-500 records. Joe

bricks and 2 X 4s or 2 X 6s stacked again a wall in the corner work best: *********"" "" ****************** brick brick brick//////////////// *records :)*/////////// brick *****three 2 X 4s or two 2 X 6s ******** brick ///////////// brick brick///////////// etc brick etc. i was lucky enough to find actual record shelving units from the CBC (canadian national radio) that were donated to the local salvation army and got them for half price. unfortunately i underestimated how many i needed (had twice as many records as i thought i had), but it helps a lot. Andrew :) ajl wrote:

quoted 5 lines so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our

> so, my roomate and I are trying to lower the ghetto-factor in our > apartment. we have too much vinyl. anyone have any alternative ideas to > the multi-colored plastic milk crates littering our place now? > Andrew > ajl@megsinet.net

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quoted 1 line I'm still looking for a good (and portable) way to store CD's.

> I'm still looking for a good (and portable) way to store CD's.

old 5 1/4" floppy disk storage boxes (if you can find any...) Cheers, Jon