We are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with our retirement house build. Weather (Michigan) and supply/labor shortages have led to nearly a year long process. It’s our retirement home and fully custom, so I guess it is to be expected.
This leads me to the record storage shelve question. Should I paint it or leave it natural? The paint color they want to use is white. I thought about this and told the trim guy I like the natural wood look of the shelves and it would be a shame to cover the wood. Also, since I readily move records around a lot in the shelves, I would eventually start scratching the white paint dealing with an eventual mess of chipped and flaked paint. The trim guy said the painter would love that, but we would need to cover the nail holes with putty. He said maybe a clear coat would look nice. I am still on the fence about doing any Stain, clear coat or otherwise. Has anyone done custom record shelves with wood and left them natural?
Here are some details about the construction for the record room. The builder is using poplar wood to build my shelves in a 11X13 X 10 room for the record “library“. we went over the length and height of the shelves and it looks like we are going with a 22” wide 1.5“ thick platforms with two 1” center strips floor to top shelve screwed together for the center dividers. The very top of shelves will be about 7 feet high. I will store my box sets on top. Each cube will be 14” high x 12.75” deep. I will post a pick later of the cabinets he built for the wife’s butler pantry. The record shelves will be similar but not need to be so ornate and fancy. Basically, the basement is the man cave so have some freedom in what I want to do. I Just want basic shelves with the ability to hold my record collection…some 10,000 records. I showed him my old library with IKEA shelves which are white and can hold 29 pounds per shelf. i do not know what staining the wood would do over a long time with frequent records being pushed in and taken out frequently. Thanks in advance.
This leads me to the record storage shelve question. Should I paint it or leave it natural? The paint color they want to use is white. I thought about this and told the trim guy I like the natural wood look of the shelves and it would be a shame to cover the wood. Also, since I readily move records around a lot in the shelves, I would eventually start scratching the white paint dealing with an eventual mess of chipped and flaked paint. The trim guy said the painter would love that, but we would need to cover the nail holes with putty. He said maybe a clear coat would look nice. I am still on the fence about doing any Stain, clear coat or otherwise. Has anyone done custom record shelves with wood and left them natural?
Here are some details about the construction for the record room. The builder is using poplar wood to build my shelves in a 11X13 X 10 room for the record “library“. we went over the length and height of the shelves and it looks like we are going with a 22” wide 1.5“ thick platforms with two 1” center strips floor to top shelve screwed together for the center dividers. The very top of shelves will be about 7 feet high. I will store my box sets on top. Each cube will be 14” high x 12.75” deep. I will post a pick later of the cabinets he built for the wife’s butler pantry. The record shelves will be similar but not need to be so ornate and fancy. Basically, the basement is the man cave so have some freedom in what I want to do. I Just want basic shelves with the ability to hold my record collection…some 10,000 records. I showed him my old library with IKEA shelves which are white and can hold 29 pounds per shelf. i do not know what staining the wood would do over a long time with frequent records being pushed in and taken out frequently. Thanks in advance.
