Sometimes in life, you just can't find what you want, or you can, and you can't afford it. That is the case with our living room, and an entertainment center. When we bought our house, we also bought ourselves a fairly nice TV, a projection 57" DLP TV. And I love it. the problem is, right now, it is just sitting on an ugly base, and all of the audio/video components are just sitting on the floor, wires everywhere, and it just looks bad. We have wanted an entertainment center for the room for a while, but can't find one that we like and that we can afford. Most of the pieces we find now, are designed around flat panel TV's, that don't weigh as much. Our TV would sit too high on most of those, if they could even hold the weight. So, after being tired of not finding anything, I decided to design, and build my own.
This is the fruit of my labor. It is not done yet, I still need to do all of the finish work.
I am very happy with how it came out, I can stand on top of it, and it does not budge. It should provide great support for our TV, and hide all of the wires and cables. I designed into it, a large pocket in the back to hide all of that stuff, so that none of it is visible. This weekend I will be trying to get it finished up. I think that my next projects...will be end tables and a coffee table, since we have not found those that we really like either.
2 comments:
Props to you! You are much more handy than I. I don't think I've endeavored to build anything since I quit playing with legos. What are your finish plans - stained, painted, etc? Post pictures for us when it's finished.
It will be painted, since moving to stain grade quality wood would have double the price. And, since our living room design colors are in flux, I chose to stay neutral.
I finished it over the weekend, will post a picture. later.
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