u/Cheddarific

I have a big bookshelf that I love. It’s not a classic from IKEA, but it was bigger, cheaper, and matched the desk that’s in the same room. It has a number of shelves that are 11 inches deep, 22 inches wide, and 14 inches tall. I appreciate that each shelf has a backstop that prevents things from falling behind the shelf. It works wonderfully for all my large boxes and medium boxes from behemoths like Eclipse Second Dawn or Onward or Smash Up Bigger Geekier Box down to LotR Duel for Middle Earth or Root or Hey That’s My Fish. The shelving has reached maximum capacity and I have a small stack of games I’m trying to sell to keep everything contained.

BUT the problem is that it’s a real mess for my small games. I have dozens of games ranging from the size of a deck of cards (Nana or Wizards Cup) up to Tag Team or QE or Sushi Go Party. I can stack these in columns based on their size, but the thinner columns are quite unstable. When I stack, I’m either leaving a ton of space between the column and the wall or else I have a stack behind and another in front, which makes the back stack invisible and inaccessible.

I’ve seen this problem solved in kitchen cabinets through the use of sliding drawers, which lets you pack a drawer all the way to the back and then access everything in it when you slide it out. Some drawers are shallow like for silverware while others can have multiple shelves that can be accessed from the side. This interests me, but you’ll notice in the image that my bookshelf has no wooden sides that would allow for simple installation of drawers.

I’ve also considered drawers that sit under the bottom shelves and slide out like under-the-bed storage, but I find no products of an appropriate size.

I’ve considered baskets, but these will either be very tall and then the games will be stacked deep, making the bottom games invisible and inaccessible, or else the basket will be short and then I lose a lot of room on my shelf.

Lastly, I’ve considered adding some sort of small shelves to the sides of the bookshelf such that someone would the end of the bookshelf and have a spice pantry kind of view of my smallest games. But here too the lack of a wooden side makes things difficult. The metal bars and existing shelves do leave room for creativity, like some kind of 3d printed rack that hangs from the horizontal bars or something.

Anyway, I wonder whether anyone has been in my same position and found a good solution. I’d love photos!!