Here are a couple of pictures of the shelving I cobbled together today. They're 6' long melamine boards on top of glass blocks from Lowes. The glass blocks were standard at 8"x8"x4", so they work perfectly as supports without being cinder blocks. They work for standard Blu-ray and DVD case heights, but some of the larger deluxe packaging will either have to be laid down or set off to the side.





Oh, and to discourage sliding, I cut pieces of that godforsaken shelf liner material to place between the countertop/glass blocks/shelves. It seems like it will do well enough, as long as people aren't crashing into them. No ragers here.

I am leaving spaces in there for expansion, even though I do plan on doing a purge of my collection soon. That's mostly stuff I want to continue to own, but I can weed out a few. I don't think I'll be able to store all of my books and CDs since I only have space on the ledge for two more 6' sections of shelving. In the main room, that is. I think I'll also do a purge on my book collection, and hopefully that will all fit on the ledge in the bedroom. Maybe then I can fit my CD collection out in the main room. I know it's getting weirder to keep physical media in the age of streaming, but I'll continue to have a hard time letting it go.