DVD Storage

Since Nick and I aren't in a place in life where it makes sense to buy much real furniture, we have some major storage issues. One that has been bugging me for a while is DVDs. I LOVE movies, but I don't love seeing them piled up everywhere creating a cluttered look on our bookshelf and every drawer we could stuff them in! I have organized and re-organized them about 20 times in the last year trying to find a set up that would work.

So, I have been shopping around for a long time to find a good storage solution. I finally found a great sale on a case that looked just right for what I wanted. They are from the Case Logic's Home Collection and are usually $25, but I got them on sale for $11 a piece on Amazon.com after Christmas! For some reason they list the brown cases as being only 64 capacity, so I bought two, but they really were the 96 capacity. They look great on the shelf and hold all our movies and TV series with room to spare. These are great because grandpa's house is old and VERY dusty. The cases with zippers didn't look nice enough to be displayed, but the regular books didn't protect much from the dust. These are books that slide into leather-covered cases so we get the best of both! I just boxed up the cases and have them tucked out of the way.

Here are most of our movies before:

Here are our movies now:

*A tip I ran across for those of you with kids who love getting into the movies and end up scratching them or losing them. Put the DVDs in a case like this that you can keep out of reach, then put the DVD covers in another book that you can keep on their level. When the kids want to watch a movie, they can flip through the pictures to choose the one they want, and you can get the DVD for them.