mxv Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I never did post a photo of my record room after selling my old shelves (that everyone here loved but sadly they outlived their usefulness due to space constraints and the fact that my fiance demanded that i keep the vault contained to one room). Here's the new room as of a week or so ago. I redid the room last spring, my lady liked the expedits in white so we went out and grabbed enough to fill the room. At some point that 2x4 is going to be replaced by a 4x4 when I run out of room in the existing shelves. I don't give a shit about that window being blocked as I have never opened it. The current total count of records is a little shy of 10,000. I think I will have a party to celebrate when I hit the 10k mark. Most of the old shelves are still in service over at Logan Hardware in Chicago. I kept a couple of them up in my office for the mailorder stuff. faithnolife, dickcritter, Rapidfiretollbooth and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfrancese5 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I never did post a photo of my record room after selling my old shelves (that everyone here loved but sadly they outlived their usefulness due to space constraints and the fact that my fiance demanded that i keep the vault contained to one room). Here's the new room as of a week or so ago. I redid the room last spring, my lady liked the expedits in white so we went out and grabbed enough to fill the room. At some point that 2x4 is going to be replaced by a 4x4 when I run out of room in the existing shelves. I don't give a shit about that window being blocked as I have never opened it. The current total count of records is a little shy of 10,000. I think I will have a party to celebrate when I hit the 10k mark. Most of the old shelves are still in service over at Logan Hardware in Chicago. I kept a couple of them up in my office for the mailorder stuff. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidfiretollbooth Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I never did post a photo of my record room after selling my old shelves (that everyone here loved but sadly they outlived their usefulness due to space constraints and the fact that my fiance demanded that i keep the vault contained to one room). Here's the new room as of a week or so ago. I redid the room last spring, my lady liked the expedits in white so we went out and grabbed enough to fill the room. At some point that 2x4 is going to be replaced by a 4x4 when I run out of room in the existing shelves. I don't give a shit about that window being blocked as I have never opened it. The current total count of records is a little shy of 10,000. I think I will have a party to celebrate when I hit the 10k mark. Most of the old shelves are still in service over at Logan Hardware in Chicago. I kept a couple of them up in my office for the mailorder stuff. jtcohenour and dickcritter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks incredible. Do you have a chair or couch in that room? Seems to be the only thing missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serious business Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Beautiful. Are you going to put a backing on the one by the window when you get the bigger one? I'd worry about fading/heat coming through from direct sunlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxv Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That room is connected to my living room (I stood in the opening to shoot that photo). I my main stereo that I play my records on is in that room and I have a big couch in there for sitting. That turntable in the record room is hooked up to an old receiver and laptop to digitize records to put on my iPod so it doesn't get used much. I have plastic over the window now for winter because that window is drafty (the windows are over 20 years old at this point and will have to get replaced in the next few years) which I'll just leave on there permanently to keep drafts or heat away. Heat isn't really an issue back there because I keep the place cool in summer and I have a ton of trees in the backyard so the sun never beats down on that part of the house anyway. I also build backs for those expedits to make them sturdier and to keep the records from slipping out the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serious business Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That room is connected to my living room (I stood in the opening to shoot that photo). I my main stereo that I play my records on is in that room and I have a big couch in there for sitting. That turntable in the record room is hooked up to an old receiver and laptop to digitize records to put on my iPod so it doesn't get used much. I have plastic over the window now for winter because that window is drafty (the windows are over 20 years old at this point and will have to get replaced in the next few years) which I'll just leave on there permanently to keep drafts or heat away. Heat isn't really an issue back there because I keep the place cool in summer and I have a ton of trees in the backyard so the sun never beats down on that part of the house anyway. I also build backs for those expedits to make them sturdier and to keep the records from slipping out the back. Nice! I figured you had it all figured out anyway, considering your record room, just making sure. mxv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I hope to have something similar when we get a bigger place. Preferably with record store style shelving but a room full of expedits looks really nice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickcritter Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I never did post a photo of my record room after selling my old shelves (that everyone here loved but sadly they outlived their usefulness due to space constraints and the fact that my fiance demanded that i keep the vault contained to one room). Here's the new room as of a week or so ago. I redid the room last spring, my lady liked the expedits in white so we went out and grabbed enough to fill the room. At some point that 2x4 is going to be replaced by a 4x4 when I run out of room in the existing shelves. I don't give a shit about that window being blocked as I have never opened it. The current total count of records is a little shy of 10,000. I think I will have a party to celebrate when I hit the 10k mark. Most of the old shelves are still in service over at Logan Hardware in Chicago. I kept a couple of them up in my office for the mailorder stuff. paynegretzky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fettt Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I REALLY like this room. Congrat! mxv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not used to having such a small apartment, but ended up making it work dethrock, hippielauryn and TFP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejc625 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not used to having such a small apartment, but ended up making it work Love the use of the alphabetical spacers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Without them I would go insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I like that room color, MXV. I might steal it. mxv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
converge88 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Without them I would go insane Where did you pick those up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Made them from free junk records from my friends shop, some glue, and a pack of adhesive letters piky0032 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piky0032 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Made them from free junk records from my friends shop, some glue, and a pack of adhesive letters I made the same things.........really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuck Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 rand mcnally Isn't that the country where people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people? I don't know why people didn't up-vote the shit out of this, or even acknowledge it, but thank you for being awesome. topher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Did a bit of a rejig yesterday TFP and dethrock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That's my spot. That's my set-up. That's my records. Blaine, dickcritter, dethrock and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That's my records. You don't really NEED all those copies of Deathconsciousness, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 The TT actually slides out on the shelf its in. I can get a pic of the TT/shelf pulled out if anyone wants to see it. gabpower, hippielauryn, bruch023 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 You don't really NEED all those copies of Deathconsciousness, do you? Well NEEDING them all might be a bit of a stretch, but I don't regret a single thing and love all four of them equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbbrew22 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 The TT actually slides out on the shelf its in. I can get a pic of the TT/shelf pulled out if anyone wants to see it. I am definitely interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtcb Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm currently in a "bin" set up which I love for digging through records, but it takes up SO much space. I keep almost moving to an Expedit/spine set up instead but I just can't bring myself to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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