Pictures Of Your Magazine Collection

[SLFC]

Hi guys!

I have been following this thread forever, but I was too shy to share my collection. I am so glad to have found a community that have the same obsession for fashion magazines. I have been collecting magazines since 2009 (Vogue Paris and French Numero are the one that I have been collecting consistently, but generally I love magazines that have interesting covers/rare).

I moved to Tokyo about 5 years ago, but sadly I couldn't bring them with me (my parents are guarding for me at the moment ) Here is my current collection (with extra secret shelves)

PS. I have also recently moved to a new neighbourhood and I thought that 9 boxes was a lot, but you guys beat me
I was wondering how much it cost you to ship (in my case, it was about 250USD including everything else)

Love you guys, and happy New Year to you all

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Amazing collection! That is a nice shelf, could be a replacement of that one that will be in my future room.

 

[skelly]

Amazing collection! That is a nice shelf, could be a replacement of that one that will be in my future room.

Thank you!

It is from low-ya. I immediately fell in love with the secret doors.

 

[SLFC]

Thank you!

It is from low-ya. I immediately fell in love with the secret doors.

Oh cool thanks, they look really reasonable too, though since they appear to be japanese the shipping probably isnt very cheap and it looks like I probably cant get it.

 

[mikel]

So I moved last week. So many boxes. I finally unpacked all of my magazines:



Now the mammoth task of sorting them all and putting them in bookcases.

 

[SLFC]

So I moved last week. So many boxes. I finally unpacked all of my magazines:



Now the mammoth task of sorting them all and putting them in bookcases.

jesus, dont hurt your back lol. That would take me a good few days.

 

[mikel]

jesus, dont hurt your back lol. That would take me a good few days.

It will definitely take me a couple of days too

 

[ellastica]

Is there a thread on magazine storage, shelving?

I've been looking for 'open' bookcases with adjustable, sloping shelving. But it's been insanely difficult simply searching for this type of shelving unit online! Using search terms like 'angled', 'sloped', 'tilted' bookshelf, I keep getting ladder shelves or other kooky sideways angled units.

Something in the spirit of this modular system by WOGG (design-milk.com) or Vitsoe 606 by Rams inspired but ya know apartment friendly
but not the price of my apartment! End result: book and magazine covers are displayed, facing forward.

Free standing bookcases with periodical style angled shelving: (remodelista.com)

NOT like this ladder shelf with angled legs (familyhandyman.com)

Nor tip-turned shelf (decorpad.com)

 

[Phuel]

So I moved last week. So many boxes. I finally unpacked all of my magazines:



Now the mammoth task of sorting them all and putting them in bookcases.

This actually looks awesome displayed just like it is...

 

[mikel]

This actually looks awesome displayed just like it is...

Haha you’re right. I should just leave it as it is. Saves me the trouble of sorting everything. All I need is a couch and the living room is done.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Reminds me of yesteryear’s bookshops that were lined with books from floor to ceiling, and where the magazine section were sprawled out just like you have here on tabletops.

Enjoy it like this for a little while longer if you can. (You know, if you level out to an even plane, put a piece of heavy glass on it, you’d have yourself a nice huge coffee table…)

 

[SLFC]

Technically I have mine in boxes stacked inside my desk cabinets and under my desk, its not very practical considering it prevents me from using my pedals, but it sort of hold up my desk.

 

[mikel]

So I moved last week. So many boxes. I finally unpacked all of my magazines:

Now the mammoth task of sorting them all and putting them in bookcases.

I finally did it!!!! My entire collection. I started in March 2003.

 

[russianelf]

Here's my shelf that's running out of space!

Serious question though - it's in my bedroom and I was thinking of getting an air humidifier. Do you guys know if it can ruin the magazines? Or are humidifiers harmless for them? Maybe somebody has similar experience.

 

[mikel]

Looks gorgeous Russianelf!

 

[SLFC]

You guys are making me envious. My collection just pales in comparison and I still dont have my room to show them all of yet

 

[velvetandsilk]

Here's my shelf that's running out of space!

Serious question though - it's in my bedroom and I was thinking of getting an air humidifier. Do you guys know if it can ruin the magazines? Or are humidifiers harmless for them? Maybe somebody has similar experience.

https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/CHAPTER4.pdf
This article is about museum, but you find basic information about most important factors which impact of destruction process. Of course, your room is not museum, but this knowlage is very important if you want magazine colletions in good conditions. You should focuse on informations about paper. Magazine collection is not a very important for musuem and find informations about glossy paper is a very hard.
For example @mikel should cover up the magazines which are next to windowsill due to outflow of light. Acid-free paper is very popular in conservation, but i had only experience in photos storage.

 

[mikel]

https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/CHAPTER4.pdf
This article is about museum, but you find basic information about most important factors which impact of destruction process. Of course, your room is not museum, but this knowlage is very important if you want magazine colletions in good conditions. You should focuse on informations about paper. Magazine collection is not a very important for musuem and find informations about glossy paper is a very hard.
For example @mikel should cover up the magazines which are next to windowsill due to outflow of light. Acid-free paper is very popular in conservation, but i had only experience in photos storage.

Yeah you’re right! Sunlight is my nemesis’s in this case. But I’m going to get curtains soon.

 

[SLFC]

So I still havent moved into my room yet but we're making some fast progress now and should be all set in a few weeks(as you can see with all the other misc stuff lying around). So now I am taking stock of all that I have. I was concerned that it all may not make it into the book shelf but I think they just might all fit. Most of this I have collected all throughout last year. Let me tell you, it wasn't cheap, but I had the expendable income.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Loving the scattered, disheveled and the messiness!

I finally did it!!!! My entire collection. I started in March 2003.

Lovely, mike. Very archival room; the no-nonsense clinical shelves add to the clean lines perfectly. But, I'm missing the old bookstore pile vibe of the mess before!

 

[SLFC]

Took me a long time to pack it up. I was only able to finished putting it all back today