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By Reader Request: How To Store CDs Attractively?

by Published: March 8, 2024

Last week we received a surprising email from a reader. The subject line: “Will you be doing a piece on storing CD collections?”

“Yes, some of us still have compact discs,” the email began, before we could ask.

“And,” the inquiring reader continued, “we want to figure out how to store and use them in easy-to-use, attractive ways. My CDs and I are yearning for it.”

So: For those embracing CDs again—and those who never got rid of their collections—here are a few efficient ways to store them (and records too).

1. Statement Wall

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Above: In the home of French stylist and costumier Celine Sathal, CDs are corralled neatly and at eye level thanks to a statement-making wall-mounted shelving system. Photograph by Eefje de Coninck for Remodelista.

2. Floating Shelves

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Above: Unobtrusive floating shelves work well for storing CDs—and offer limitless options for their arrangement: Hang as many as you need in a stack, a grid, or perhaps a single long statement-making row. We suggest finding U-shaped versions like these from Tee Books; they’re sized just so for CDs, and built-in bookends keep everything in place without risk of toppling. The shelves are available in lengths of 17.71 inches and 23.62 inches (and here, they’re shown along with front-facing Vinyl Storage Wall Shelves).

3. Tabletop Display

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Above: Small CD libraries can be stored—and displayed—on tabletop stands. At left is the angled Steel Plate Desk Bookcase from Manufactum; unlike some similar designs, its narrow 6.5-inch depth makes it ideal for CDs (and paperbacks). And at right: the LP Stand in Black from Upton, designed for vinyl but good for CDs, too, and best for keeping a few most-listened-to favorites at the ready.

4. Easy-Access Drawers

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Above: If you’d prefer to have CDs within easy reach but not on view, drawers might be the answer. These drawers, in a music library, are by interior architect and furniture designer Ilke Penzlien. Photograph by Achim Hatzius, Berlin, courtesy of Ilke Penzlien.

As far as freestanding drawers go: The Can-Am CD/DVD Storage Cabinets come highly recommended by CD collectors on Reddit; we like the looks of the Stackbin Steel Drawer from Grainger Industrial for smaller collections. Store CDs spine side up for easy finding.

5. Rolling Cart

Mobile listening station, anyone? Make like libraries the world over and use a rolling cart or a book truck for handy storage. Look for a model with skinny shelf depth (standard CD jewel cases measure about 5.59 inches wide). The Slim BioFit Book Truck from The Library Store (with a shelf depth of 7.5 inches) would work well, or stack CDs with spines facing up on Ikea’s Råskog (an idea we’ve spotted on TikTok, of all places).

6. Baskets or Bins

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Above: A key takeaway from Remodelista: The Organized Home: There’s almost nothing a bin or basket can’t do. Stash CDs—again, spine side up—in baskets or bins. This works especially well for a small collection you’d prefer to keep out of sight. Shown here are Steele Canvas’s Small Canvas Storage Bins, but any well-sized, sturdy container—wire, metal, wood, or woven—will work.

7. Skinny Tower(s)

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Above: Ikea’s skinny Gnedby shelves (center) are designed specifically for CDs (and DVDs, for anyone who keeps those on hand, too). Add one to an unused corner, or line a wall with several. Each unit is $55.
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Above: Or add some CD-sized built-ins: Here, Italian architect Martino Fraschetti added shelves to make use of a skinny bit of wall beside a doorway in his own flat. Photograph by Serena Eller, courtesy of Mondador and Studio Strato.
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Above: Another benefit of built-ins: They can be designed specifically to house your collection—which, here, includes a mix of LPs and CDs. Photograph by Brian Ferry for Remodelista; styling by Alexa Hotz, from Before & After: A French-Inflected Townhouse Renovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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