When you're just getting started collecting records, the traditional milk-crate / Yaffa block / giant bin is your most likely storage solution. As you start getting more records, you come to a point where you ask 1 - Should I keep getting these plastic things? or 2 - Should I get a dedicated shelf for my albums? This middle area is where a lot of people end up - too few records for a shelf, too many to have milk-crates all over the place.
We thought it would be great to have something better than a milk-crate but that you could grow with as your collection grows. Right now, we're working with a friend of ours that designs furniture as a hobby here in New York to come up with a modular solution for ourselves.
We're finalizing the design and will share the process of a prototype in the coming months.
What do you think? We would be interested in hearing your thoughts in the comments on how you store your records and how many you have.