They are inexpensive look and work great but they have a limitation.
Ikea kallax vinyl records.
You can place it on the floor on a wall or as a room divider to completely transform your living area.
The kallax is the best shelf for storing vinyl records and not just because its dimensions are big enough for vinyl record storage.
Ikea was careful to maintain the dimensions of kallax s cubby holes though they shrank the outer dimensions.
It s cheap seriously this can t be underscored enough.
There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed.
Vinyl doors for shelves.
I collect vinyl records and i use the ikea kallax as a vinyl record storage cabinet.
You can fit around 50 60 records in each cube in a kallax which means a 2x2 model can hold 200 records.
According to the picture it was setup with the cross member boards going vertical instead of horizontal but still thats scary when you are trusting your investment in.
In any case records still fit the kallax perfectly.
Kallax is available in many different sizes and colors and is easily personalized with a selection of doors inserts boxes and baskets.
These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records.
The shelves don t have doors though and if you like things to look more streamlined you ll love this hack.