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In an age where music zips through the air and into your phone in an instant, a record collection is about owning something physical. If you always have album sleeves strewn about your house, now is the time to organize those vinyl presses and level up your home décor.
Whether shelved on the wall above your record player, framed, or stored away on a bookshelf, a vinyl record collection can make the look of your living space. However, how to store vinyl records is more than a question of style, proper storage is crucial to help your music stand the test of time.
How to store vinyl records
1. Show off album covers on display shelves
These shelves are functional and easy to install.
Record storage can be a statement piece. Whether adding color to the wall over a pool table or hosting a whole collection by the sound system, display shelves are natural vinyl storage. Thin display shelves add visual pop to a room, while a larger shelving system keeps your whole collection in play.
These beautiful display shelves are available to custom order. Each displays four albums.
This six-pack makes wood shelving an affordable option for your vinyl.
2. Store them with bookends
Bookends are chic and practical.
If you’ve got unused space on a credenza or you want to display your collection stacked on top of a cabinet or island next to your record player, a set of bookends will keep them orderly.
Chic is the word for these hefty, designer bookends from Craighill.
These classy looking bookends are surprisingly affordable—use them to keep your record collection standing.
3. Invest in storage racks
If shelves and bins aren't cutting it, get creative!
Record storage racks come in all shapes and sizes, from the basic to the sculptural. Some make perfect accessories on top of cabinets, while others are built for long-term storage and made to stand on their own.
This free-standing, metal vinyl stand is built specifically for records and has enough storage for a moderate collection of around 50 to 70 albums.
Designed to cradle your albums on a 45-degree angle, this metal rack holds up to 100 records.
4. House them in record crates
There's no vinyl storage as classic as a good crate.
Crates and records go together like pastrami and rye bread. Record crates protect the edges of albums, keeping art pristine and vinyl cradled comfortably in its protective sleeves.
This classic, handmade wood crate looks as vintage as your 1972 Rolling Stones print.
This affordable crate system stacks, so that it can expand with your collection.
5. Display them on your coffee table
These coffee tables make your vinyl collection the focal point of any room.
Glass living room tables make for great central displays in your home. Slip a record or three on the lower shelf of your coffee table to keep them visible and present without exposing them to spilled tea.
This simple, yet quality glass coffee table features a lower shelf, giving you space to display your vinyl where it won’t catch a spill.
Made of wood, the round lower shelf on this coffee table is an attractive canvas for your collection.
6. Frame a favorite or special edition
Showcase your favorite artists in style with these luxe frames.
It's undeniable that one of vinyl's draws is the large album art. For records that are so special they are permanently out of your rotation, then a frame is a great way to show it off.
I’ve got a framed copy of Tom Waits’ “The Heart of Saturday Night” that I’ve brought from apartment to apartment.
In splashy green, classic black, and more, these album frames dress up some of your favorite records.
Got that new special edition King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard with perfectly dyed vinyl? Show it off in a frame that displays the vinyl print as well as the album art.
7. Place them on a mixed-use bookshelf or dedicated storage shelf
These storage units are more practical than decorative but will get the job done.
Historically, the word "album" comes from the world of books. So, there’s little reason your record collection can’t live alongside your library.
If you already have an expansive bookshelf, why not let it host both? If not, here are a couple of bookshelf storage units we love for record storage.
This modular shelving system is made to house vinyl, books, and more. Build out the perfect vinyl storage shelf for your living room.
Metal shelves that are built for anything, this shelving unit can hold a sizable vinyl collection along with the rest of it.
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