10 CD Storage Ideas to Organize Your Collection in Style (2024)

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  Embrace Color

  

  While stacks of CDs add their own pop of color, why not embrace color fully? This vibrant room has built-ins that are painted the same deep royal purple as the walls, and they lead into a room of mustard yellow and bubblegum pink. All of these colors brilliantly popping off the walls let the CDs become just another colorful detail in the larger scheme. The color distracts from them, while also letting them become a focal point of the room.

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  Incorporate CDs Into Your Bookcase

  

  This perfectly stacked bookcase, full of colorful titles, fonts, and pattern, provides a playground for CDs stashed in its shelves every way. The CDs blend right in, filling in the gaps where there is room for more color and lines. Plus, where they're stacked horizontally, it provides a geometric foil to the vertically lined up books.

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  Go Totally Retro

  

  If you're going to use an older method of listening to music, why not go all in on the retro theme? CDs have basically gone the way of vinyl records, though perhaps not with the same level of cool (yet), so this room uses them all in their listening set up. A piece of modern shag wall art hangs on the wall, while a midcentury-inspired lamp sheds light on the entire music library.

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  Use Floating Shelves

  

  Floating shelves are a minimalist way to keep your CDs right at arms reach and eye level. Hang sleek shelves that are designed specifically to house CDs for a look that's practically custom.

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  Create a Boom Box Zone

  

  This CD setup is reminiscent of the backdrop you might see on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts. It's somewhere between jumbled and organized and looks like a grown up take on a college radio station. The CDs are neatly stacked, interspersed with shelves of books, and look intentionally stylish.

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  Display CDs Like Art

  

  Artists put a lot of thought and effort into choosing just the right cover for their albums, so why not show them off? These CDs displayed thoughtfully on an open shelf read more like art than function, giving a graphic pop to a white wall.

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  Install a Built-in Drawer

  

  Depending on your budget or DIY ability, a built-in drawer that pulls out to reveal storage sized just right for CDs is perhaps the most discreet solution. You can pull them out when you want to select new music and tuck it away when not in use.

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  Go for an Old Fashioned Card Filing System

  

  Don't have a lot of room but want to keep things organized? Use a tried and true card filing system to sort your CDs alphabetically. Depending on your mood and the occasion, you'll easily be able to flip right to Taylor Swift and then find Tiesto right behind her.

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  Go Retro With Bookends

  

  CDs are easy to scan when they find a home on a perfectly sized open shelving. You can organize them by artist or color and quickly scan to find the one you want to play. But they get an extra touch of retro appeal when you add bookends that are made of old records, giving the entire setup a jukebox appeal.

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  Repurpose an Old Library Card Catalog

  

  If your elementary school still had an old school card catalog, then this CD organization trick is for you. Here, a vintage card catalog was used to organize CDs in its drawers, providing lots of opportunities for clever organization by alphabet and genre. This is perfect for nostalgia and library lovers alike.