A good friend of mine bought the RED racks and he's delighted with them. They are an efficient way of storing large numbers of CDs & DVDs.

http://www.reddisplays.com/

I've got the ikea - they're all in the study, behind me. I might feel differently about them if they were in the front room, but I don't mind them

used to do some nice ones.

Billy bookcases here, which are fine to be honest. However there are usually a couple of companies advertising in the back of various music mags who i'm sure could relieve you of a few quid

My local pine shop knocked me up a bespoke bookshelf for £200, with an oak stain. Of course, it depends whether that kind of style fits with the rest of your stuff.

in this thread do all sorts of music storage
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/feeling-oldsearching-a-7-vinyl-cas...

I got a chippy in to make some. Worked out about £300 for shelving with capacity for 5000 CDs. I looked around but couldn't find a cheaper option.

I have 3 pieces of their furniture in my front room. 2 are packed full of Cds.

http://www.john-austin-furniture.co.uk/

I got some knocked up by the local Pine 'n' Oak shop. The Red are nice but worked out uber expensive.

Another option is I found is there seems to be a lot of second hand shop fitting dealers around with light racking and are cheap as chips.

...to buy a load of these Case Logic CD Wallets and decant my CDs and the booklets into them...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@085...

The jewel cases now reside in the loft. Of course, there are some compromises - box/book sets and ltd editions like some of my Aimee Mann CDs and certain digipacks remain in the cupboard but it's really cut down the size of the storage space needed for my CDs. After all, they're being stored not displayed and most of the size is taken up by the jewel case. One tip though. When filling up the cases leave plenty of room for additional purchases.

I got a really nice cd storage chest from Shimu (google them), who specialise in Chinese furniture. They do various sizes and woods. My 16 drawer one, about 500 CDs, cost about £500 and it is lovely. After months of searching they were the only ones that fitted the bill for me

I have 5 of the Red units. They were the only thing I found that had the combination of strength and functionality. I tried other units that simply couldn't cope with the weight of a run of CDs. The problem I found was that units wide enough for say 70 or 80 CDs on one shelf just bend under the weight. The problem I found with shorter shelves is that they become unwieldy to keep stuff in alphabetical order (you know you want to)- add one CD and you have to move every other shelf to make it work.

The Red shelves are the most practical I could find without resorting to a bespoke (and therefore more expensive) solution but I have to admit that they won't suit every room

You can rely on the Word Massive... Some good tips here, Shimu or a bespoke option seem the best bets for my requirements. Will bear the Red option in mind also as some of my other CD units are beginning to sag dangerously. Keep'em coming!

A unique storage system for CDs and DVDs from http://www.abcdstorage.com allows you to convert any shelf unit or cabinet into a CD and DVD racking system which was designed to simplify alphabetical storage. It means that you can use existing furniture or choose new furniture for its appearance and then simply turn it into a really functional media storage unit. No more compromising on appearance or turning your living room into a CD shop. And when you want to move your collection to another room you've still got your furniture for other uses. Check out the website http://www.abcdstorage.com which sells through Amazon.co.uk.

If you are stuffed for space have you considered a cheap viable alternative,namely wallets.Put the disc's into the wallets,the cases into storage boxes and sling the boxes into the loft.