Shelving

So I caved and picked up a cheap bookshelf for $30 at Big Lots. I looked at the media stands places like Best Buy and Ikea had and was not impressed. I have somewhere in the 500+ range for DVD's and storage is a bitch. For a while my storage was five garbage bags shoved in my closet.

The thing I picked up is around 6 feet tall, give or take a few inches. You can fit stacks of DVD's in the long way 3-wide, and while it's not inherently meant for this it was the bet solution I tracked down. I was willing to wait and spend some actual cash--and I still am--but even the units for like $150 that Best Buy had would fall short of what I'm looking for.

This unit ended up taking in the equivalent of 300-350 DVD's.



I pieced it together late last night, stealing a hammer from the basement to nail the back on (sorry Jesus) only to find that I had inverted the long sides and the holes for the pegs were fucked. So then I pulled the nails out and unscrewed the sides, one at a time, to flip them around and re-nail the back on. Fucker. I was not pleased. But I'm stubborn and stayed up until about 3AM fixing it.

I think I might pick up a 2nd one like this because I think I could fit two in the space I have to work with. But what I'm debating now is...



Not to purchase, but to build. The M&M's have the know-how and the how-to, Mike had already suggested if I pay for the supplies and wait a couple months he could probably make a big enough shelving unit for me. It's fairly simple stuff since it's all straight, even lines and it could probably be built to disassemble for future dwellings. Same reasoning it wouldn't be too rough to install because we'd just carry in small pieces.

Mike and Maya themselves have these pretty cool metal wall units that hold about 25 dvd's a pop, they're just not feasible for the number of items I have. But, any thoughts? Either on suggestions for good storage or on building the Greatest Bookshelf Ever?