Kallax For Vinyl Records

In any case records still fit the kallax perfectly.

Kallax for vinyl records. You can fit around 50 60 records in each cube in a kallax which means a 2x2 model can hold 200 records. Ikea kallax 4 shelving unit black brown the ikea kallax shelves are fairly well built and easy to put together. Vinyl doors for shelves. Kallax is available in many different sizes and colors and is easily personalized with a selection of doors inserts boxes and baskets.

It took me about 20 minutes to assemble with no tools other than the included allen key. Kallax is stylish and simple but it does many things. I have a 2x4 kallax which is almost completely full of records i am using it long side vertical standing up. The shelves don t have doors though and if you like things to look more streamlined you ll love this hack.

They are inexpensive look and work great but they have a limitation. 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. I like the way record stores display their records on top covers facing forward so you can quickly flip through the records and find what you are looking for.

I went to a home improvements store and had them cut a piece of 1 4 thick masonite pegboard to fit the bottom 4 squares of the kallax and now it is rock solid. These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records. When i first built it the stability is ok but not excellent. There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed.

The kallax is best because. 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.