Ikea Eket Vinyl Records

Ikea has a new storage solution called the eket.
Ikea eket vinyl records. The cubicles fit a standard vinyl record with a standard jacket perfectly. Eket is a versatile series of modular storage cabinets in different colors that can be stacked hung and combined endlessly. But still doable and the backing in the eket is nice to keep dust away. This was replaced by kallax and then supplemented by the more upmarket nornäs.
Ikea s assorted ranges of shelves suitable for vinyl storage is well known and seemingly ever changing. Wondering if anyone has experience with both the kallax and eket ikea shelves and can help me decide which to get. I am looking to get a 2x2 unit and plan to put my record player on top of it my one concern with the eket is the boxes seems to be a tad smaller than the kallax so i worry that maybe larger record sleeves or box sets may not fit. I like the way record stores display their records on top covers facing forward so you can quickly flip through the records and find what you are looking for.
The shelves don t have doors though and if you like things to look more streamlined you ll love this hack. Vinyl doors for shelves. It gets a bit sketchy when you have a super thick gatefold though. Go small go big high low or crazy eket adapts to your style and needs.
But the vinyl factory reports that a more colourful variant called eket is upon us. And hallelujah at 35x35x35 cm roughly 13 7 inches each way the dimensions of the standard eket are pretty close to perfect for storing records. Too good to be true. 3 get modular with eket cabinets.
Display or hide your things or both. As for an alternative for the now discontinued ikea vinyl record frame americanflat sell 2 packs of a very similar black frame for vinyl. In any case records still fit the kallax perfectly. Expedit was a dj s favourite both as storage and as a dj table.
I collect vinyl records and i use the ikea kallax as a vinyl record storage cabinet. Drop your ideas and suggestions in the comments below. Pretty nice alternative to the popular ikea kallax for storage. Ikea was careful to maintain the dimensions of kallax s cubby holes though they shrank the outer dimensions.