Shallow and tall BD storage units?

[blindcat87]

I currently have two storage units behind the door of my HT room. They are inexpensive pressboard shelves from Wally World but they have been quite adepuate until just recently when I started to run into their limitations because they are too short and have a non-adjustable middle shelf that leads to at least two shelves being too short to hold BDs or DVDs in a standard vertical row requiring me to use two horizontal rows that waste a good amount of space and cost me about a third, maybe even a half of the space on those shelves.

The reason I went with those shelves is that they were the only ones I could find that were shallow enough to fit behind the door and still allow it to open most of the way and that had a stabilizing board at the base in front of the units thin enough to allow the door to pass over them despite the carpet thickness.

So, I am looking for shelves that are that shallow, with thin stabilizing boards that are a lot taller and that either have non-adjustable shelves the right size for DVDs and BDs or adjustable shelves that hopefully will allow me to store movies in vertical rows on each shelf. I think the depth is an even 5.3" since movies fit almost exactly in them. If pressed solidly against the back of the shelf, there is basically a hirline of shelf out in front of the cases. This depth is perfect since it fits the cases and allows the door of the room to open almost all of the way. I don't care if the shelves are pressboard, plastic, wood or wire. Width isn't a big deal, if they are narrower I will just buy more. I think the current ones are between 24 and 30 inches. As for height, the taller the better, more shelves are good. I think the current ones are around 48 inches.

I've looked locally, and can't find anything that will work at any of the limited sources for such things here. I would love to find something at Amazon since I am a Prime member, but need them enough to pay shipping if I can find something elsewhere. I've tried searching at Amazon and other stores, but most sites I've looked at depend on you checking out the images to see if you have found what you are looking for and that doesn't help me since I can't see the images. I've tried searching by experimenting with entering different measurement groupings into the sites' search fields but that never works since they all use different formats and don't seem to be set up to display based on measurement searches. So, any help would be appreciated.Right now I have my entire BD collection piled in four stacks on top of these two units and the arrangement gets more precarious every week. One stumble at the wrong moment and I am going to have nearly 500 Blu-rays falling down on my head. If I can get a few more shelves worth of storage and rearrange some other things I can fit everything properly into shelves and have some room to grow again. I just have to find shelving units that will fit the bill.

TIA,

Chris

[citizen]

something that is suggested most of the time if you have the tools and skills is building your own, im in the process of this myself and it is so much cheaper and satisfying, assuming you start with the needed tools. and shelving is about one of the easiest things to make

i got a ridiculous deal on my tv stand/media storage at a furntiture warehouse, for $69, i got a real wood low buffet type table which would have cost 3-400 online somewhere, so if you have some patience you may save yourself some money

[blindcat87]

I've thought of this, but the only tools I have easy access to that are blind safe right now are a wood lathe and some hand tools that I really stink at using. I used to know someone locally that had an entire shop full of woodworking tools that had been adapted for the blind, band and table saws and belt sanders and such with safety lines engraved to tell you where you should stop moving your fingers and such, but he is no longer in town.

I've thought of trying a flexy rack design since a drill press is the only tool I would need access to and those are pretty blind safe by design, but it has been so long since I did anything remotely handy and I am not sure how it would turn out. Being left handed, clumsy and accident prone, I was never that handy when I had all of my vision. I learned to be pretty decent with the lathe after I was already legally blind, but most other things I've tried came out nearly as bad as they did when I was fully sighted. Quite a number of people that lose sight as adults or teens can actually gain better skills in such things since they no longer use their eyes for measurements and judging lines and angles, but I seem to just be inherently unable to measure and cut a straight line blind or sighted. Too bad since I've also always wanted to try some DIY with speakers and subs.

Thanks,

Chris

Originally Posted by citizen

something that is suggested most of the time if you have the tools and skills is building your own, im in the process of this myself and it is so much cheaper and satisfying, assuming you start with the needed tools. and shelving is about one of the easiest things to make

i got a ridiculous deal on my tv stand/media storage at a furntiture warehouse, for $69, i got a real wood low buffet type table which would have cost 3-400 online somewhere, so if you have some patience you may save yourself some money

[Glee7007]

I had recently picked up some Oskar shelves that are pretty good at holding a lot for not too much money. I got mine at Hastings, but they have them on Amazon as well. I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here's a link to amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-38435...8270683&sr=8-2

They weren't really what I was looking for at first, but they are pretty good on space and have a pretty thin foot at the bottom to keep itself upright.

[GRIFMTL]

I am using two of the following. They can hold about 280 DVD/BD each but I don't know if the feet on these will be low enough for your door.

http://www.racksandstands.com/Wood-Shed-705-WS1033.html

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Glee7007

I had recently picked up some Oskar shelves that are pretty good at holding a lot for not too much money. I got mine at Hastings, but they have them on Amazon as well. I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here's a link to amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-38435...8270683&sr=8-2

They weren't really what I was looking for at first, but they are pretty good on space and have a pretty thin foot at the bottom to keep itself upright.

Thanks for posting the link for that. I've been looking for something like that for all my movies and games. They're overflowing the bookcase I have them in now.

[rkolinski]

I use Boltz steel shelves because they have a small footprint and you can expand them whenever you want!

http://www.boltz.com/cd-dvd-vhs-mult...age-racks.html

[blindcat87]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I guess I should have mentioned budget. $100 is probably max right now total for one or two units. Under $60 would be even better. I'm on a bit of a shoestring right now. I did some more measuring and figured out that if I go more than a little deeper than what I have now I will end up blocking drawers on a desk opposite the door where my curint units are, so the depth limit is pretty much the depth of a BD/DVD case which I believe is 5.3 inches. Five and a half would likely fit, but much beyond that gets risky. Wish I had a bigger room, but I'm stuck with what I've got, an odd L shaped room with storage and stuff in one part of the L and the system in the other. All of the suggestions so far fit my wants and likes in one way or another, but are either just a bit too deep according to the measurements on the site or out of the budget range. Keep the suggestions coming. As has already been shown, even if it doesn't end up working for my weird situation, it could help someone else who has been looking for something like this but didn't know what to ask about.

Thanks,

Chris