I made some shelves in my vinyl room a few years back, but I realized that I am a designer rather then a "doer", so I had my Vietnam Vet buddy, Dave Skoog, build me some new, straight and level and extremely load-bearing record shelves.


As you can see, the shelves are directly behind my Best glider/swiveling chairs, so all I have to do is turn the chair around and my favorite LPs are right there. There is also a light right above the shelves.
Now I could tell you that I planned all of this, but that would be a lie. It kind of all just happened, but it works really well.
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