I last posted about what to do with my CDs now that I’m running out of room in the family room for them. I had thought about binders, but realized I wanted all the cover art including the back covers.
I looked around on the Slim Devices forums and saw many people were happy with sleeves from Jazz Loft. They’re plastic sleeves that accomodate both the front and back liners of a jewel case, and fold in such a way you can still read the spine label by pushing gently when the CD is in the rack. You also get about a 4:1 compression ratio, so I will only need a few shelves to store everything. Very nice. The process of transferring all of them will take a few weeks (I’ve only done about 100 at this point) but I am ready for it.
Also along the same theory is the JewelSleeve but it’s a little more expensive and you have to write the CD title on the tag to see it on a rack.
I’m still left with the issue of what to do with the digipaks, jewel case covers, boxes, and other custom boxes. I’ll probably store them someplace special. For now I’m storing jewel cases in our old entertainment center (a chest of drawers painted black with shelves where the drawers were–worked really well) that is now in our basement helping to wall off the sump pump. It’s wasted space now so no big deal.