I think one of the reasons I really like this guy is he simply tells, and shows, me how to do something I could never do. Even with this cool video, it would be a train wreck.
But if you are an adamant do-it-yourselfer, enjoy! Send us a pic of your finished product!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Media Holders - Stylish Decor For Your Home Entertainment Collections
By Anne Clarke
Media organizers are practical furniture, as well as great accessories to accentuate virtually any home décor. There are several styles of media organizers available on the market right now, just look around and you will likely find great deals on high quality equipment. The internet offers excellent merchandise in a wide variety of styles you can look at just by browsing from home. I have seen some incredible items online and in specialty stores that are more enticing than I could have possibly imagined. You can enhance virtually any kind of home décor motif with this both alluring and practical new development in home furniture.
Match your furniture! For example: if you have a teak-framed glass-top coffee table, you can purchase a media holder with a similar design. Whether it is a cubic, stack-like design or a nice swirly pattern, an unusual style or something with a more antique appearance, there are a huge variety of media holders to choose from. So why not add the beauty to your home while you organize your things? I’ve said it before and I will say it again, because I know from plain old human experience: you need stuff holders for your stuff, and decorative stuff holders are the best.
The greatest part is when you can take care of two objectives at once: organize your media collection, accessorize your home décor, and improve the ambiance of your home. In other words, those plywood shelves (or any plain wooden shelves) on which to stack your ever-improving DVD or CD collection are not nearly as pleasing to the eye as some of the other, inexpensive yet incredibly attractive media organizers. There many items that will surprise you available on the market today – and you can find high quality furniture and other accessories for an inexpensive price if you look around in the right places. You will have an incredible-looking living room, displaying all of your favorite media items in a way that certainly makes a statement.
Whether rustic or modern styles: the furniture designed to hold your media items (CD’s DVD’s or whatever else) can be found in high quality and be extremely satisfying to best suit your personal taste. Many of the newer kinds of media holders will blow you away. In my experience, I have seen the most skeptical people find exactly what they want when they take a look around at what is on the market right now. With everything available in antique design to modern design, you may just find great ideas for your media organization furniture and / or home décor accessories.
Most of the most popular styles of media organizers are those made of metal or thick wire. They do not fit all in one specific category of home décor, however, these metal home accessories for your home media collections are popular in many, many different styles. For you to find the perfect antique, modern, abstract, or even just a simplistic design is actually a lot less difficult than you might assume. Look around and see what is available where, you can find high quality media merchandise at less expensive prices if you know where to look. From personal experience, I can tell you that online is a great place to start – even if you are just browsing images for ideas.
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background includes teaching, gardening, and fashion. For more of her articles on home decor, please visit homedecorworld.com, supplier of high quality Nursery Room Decor and Bath Decor.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Product Info: JewelSleeve.com
As you know by now there are plenty of options for storing your CD collection, or any other kind of music media in an attractive way. But what if you still need to save space in your home or apartment? While surfing the web recently I came across the JewelSleeve.com site which boasts their product allows you to store four discs in the same space you used to store one. The secret is their rather basic approach of keeping all CDs in clear plastic sleeves instead of the original cases you bought them in. Yes, this little pocket sleeve has room for the album notes, but if they are very thick you’re out of luck.
The bottom line on Jewel Sleeves is they are pretty much available, albeit in different names, at any office supply store. If you have a CD drawer that can easily hold these sleeves it may present a great way for you to save space and have easy access to your music collection.
The bottom line on Jewel Sleeves is they are pretty much available, albeit in different names, at any office supply store. If you have a CD drawer that can easily hold these sleeves it may present a great way for you to save space and have easy access to your music collection.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
DIY Media Storage
Usually I prefer longer articles over short intros and a video, but in this case I am making an exception. This is a great do it yourself project on making a CD storage rack for your home.
Basic CD Media Storage Options
With a music collection of any size, you may find yourself wondering how you can best keep all those compact discs in storage. Certainly CDs are much more durable that cassettes or even vinyl records, but they still need to be stored in a safe and climate controlled way for maximum life. Maybe you have noticed that when a CD is kept in a car, and happens to be under direct sunlight for a few hours it can become discolored and scratch more easily. The same thing happens to discs if they are stored in a garage or other area that is not air conditioned.
In order to avoid ruining your CD collection you may want to invest a one of the many different furniture options there are that store CDs, tapes and other entertainment media.
CD racks are probably the most popular kind of storage for music collections as they are relatively affordable and easy to find at your local Target store. Most CD racks can hold between a hundred and five hundred discs, and sell for about fifty-bucks. Of course you can find many higher quality units by visiting a special media storage store, or looking online.
Another popular form of furniture that is used to keep collections safe and organized is known as a CD cabinet. You have probably seen a variety of these when shopping, but may not know how stylish they can be. Many companies specialize in making custom CD cabinets that will fit with your current home décor. When using a cabinet with glass doors you can truly feel like your music collection and case are a bonus to whatever room you decide to put it in.
Finally one of the other common CD storage furniture items are the CD towers you can find in almost any retail store that sells items for the home. Many of these taller storage units are actually very flimsy and easily fall over when sitting on carpet. When considering a CD tower make sure you keep in mind how top heavy it may be once filled with discs in your home.
In order to avoid ruining your CD collection you may want to invest a one of the many different furniture options there are that store CDs, tapes and other entertainment media.
CD racks are probably the most popular kind of storage for music collections as they are relatively affordable and easy to find at your local Target store. Most CD racks can hold between a hundred and five hundred discs, and sell for about fifty-bucks. Of course you can find many higher quality units by visiting a special media storage store, or looking online.
Another popular form of furniture that is used to keep collections safe and organized is known as a CD cabinet. You have probably seen a variety of these when shopping, but may not know how stylish they can be. Many companies specialize in making custom CD cabinets that will fit with your current home décor. When using a cabinet with glass doors you can truly feel like your music collection and case are a bonus to whatever room you decide to put it in.
Finally one of the other common CD storage furniture items are the CD towers you can find in almost any retail store that sells items for the home. Many of these taller storage units are actually very flimsy and easily fall over when sitting on carpet. When considering a CD tower make sure you keep in mind how top heavy it may be once filled with discs in your home.