We've seen bookshelves turned record storage and vice versa. We've also seen them turned into desks, as well as other types of workable surfaces. But what about a window seat? This is where Instructab...
Q - Does anyone have a recommendation on a (cheap) way to put my electronics (dvr, dvd, surround sound system, printer) in a closet and use infrared receiver/wireless to control them? Searched on AT s...
Janel over at Apartment Therapy Chicago takes a look at how to display that collection of media in the home with a great roundup of well presented collections. We've rid ourselves of most media excep...
For those of you with valuables to hide, we've shown you how to hide a 'safe' inside of a vintage radio. Here's another DIY storage solution that will make you feel like James Bond......
It's funny how technology dissappears. One day you're trying to collect the entire Star Wars collection on VHS tapes, and the very next day it seems like you can't even give away tapes. Our local libr...
Old sugar crates picked up from the flea market receive the caster treatment, turning them into a perfect storage solution for toys, books, DVDs, remote controllers, and more. Heck, they might even wo...
Have you adopted Blu-Ray technology into your home? After it kicked HD DVD's optical butt in this generation's version of the VHS-Betamax format war, it seems like more and more households are buying ...
We got quite a collection of burned CD-R's in our collection, the remnants of several projects from years ago, backup applications (pre Time Machine era) and miscellaneous files, some which we now hav...
While walking through the basement of a discount furniture store earlier this year, we stumbled upon a brightly colored orange vanity. It was in theory meant to have a bowl sink placed on top with a...
We've got a standing gentleman's bet with a friend in regards to the state of Blu-ray as a medium and technology. To be blunt, we think it's going to fade into a niche market after a few years. Our fr...
Be honest, did you go out and stock up all your favorite movies in HD DVD because they were gonna be the next big thing? Plenty of people dove into high-def and then one day (March 28, 2008 to be exac...
What to do when you've got a vast collection of DVDs, books, CD, cassettes, but aren't much of a cook? Flickr user jm3 reorganized his kitchen to be an extension of his media storage solution, amusing...
I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about her Indian mom who has a convenient library of home remedies stuck her in brain, kinda like the "Put some Windex on it" dad from My Big Fa...
Our media disks have a lot of everyday hazards to deal with every day. You think nothing of a closing DVD player drawer or a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but for DVDs, CDs and Video Gam...
Most of us use our TVs for watching, well, TV. But when there's nothing on you're beautiful flat screen can become a work of audio/visual art. British ambient musician Freeform has collaborated wit...
We don't have to remind you that times are tough. We're all cutting corners where we deem fit to do so. If you're one of many that has canceled your cable service in favor of using web-based TV stream...
I have an addictive habit that has decreased the change in my pockets by a little, but increased my DVD collection by leaps and bounds. On Fridays or Saturdays—or any days, really—when a f...
If you're like us, you might have a large spool of CD-Rs that fail to load or recognize on our drives after years of being stored away or that are scarred with scratches. Instead of throwing them out,...
If you're already living in a home without a VHS tape in sight, congratulations. Some others, we know, have a harder time purging old technology. If you're sentimentally hanging on to your tapes, why ...
We don't yet have kids, so we don't understand the infallible necessity of having a portable DVD player for thos long car trips—ya know, like all the way to the farmer's market across town. If y...
Finding a place for a new console in your home theater rig isn't always easy, especially when technology evolves. The consoles aren't always that pretty. LG seeks to solve this problem with their styl...
From MadreInSpain, the "Boxes Light" would be a welcome addition to any techie's home—or any movie buff's home, for that matter. Displaying the now-universal signs for play, pause, stop, record,...
What's the perfect gift for the person who has everything? How about a way to organize it all? The Groqit personal inventory system scans, labels and records bar codes, all in a handy pen-shaped carry...
So we've almost completely rid ourselves of our CD collection, converting hundreds of the CDs we owned into digital files for space saving purposes. And now we're doing the same with our DVD collectio...
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