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Custom Media Cabinet: Complete Wrap Up

The TV stand is finally done.  During the week I wrapped the bottom of the cabinet with some baseboard molding using the same procedure we used on our first built-in.  The only thing I may still do to the cabinet is re-coat the top and shelves with some cabinet grade enamel paint.  The latex paint […]

November 24th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 11: Cabinet Installed

So I was going to make another video of the cabinet installation, since we were already at that point.  Then I realized, I’d be showing a 30 second long clip of me screwing the cabinet to the wall.  (I just secured the cabinet to the wall with a couple of 2″ drywall screws.  The screws […]

November 18th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 10: Cabinet Assembly

This is part 10 in our series on building a custom TV stand. There won’t be a part 12, I promise. Maybe a wrap up post, but that’s it. We’re almost, almost done. The cabinet is pretty much all built. I just have to attach the doors and install it. In today’s video I show […]

November 13th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 9: DIY Cabinet Doors

So our Custom Media Cabinet is nearly complete.  I’m hoping to get it painted and then assembled this weekend.  Instead of putting it together and then painting it, I’m going to try painting most of it first and then gluing it up.  It was a major PIA to paint our built-in once it was finished. […]

November 7th, 2013
Reverse Osmosis System Review One Year Later

Happy Tuesday! Instead of hitting you with the next installment in our TV stand build, I wanted to do a few posts here and there on some other unrelated home improvement projects. Wasn’t originally my intention of doing 8 furniture posts in a row, but that’s just kind of how it worked out. I haven’t […]

November 4th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 8: How to Make Dado Cuts

Two videos in one week.  I’m starting to feel like Steven Spielberg, sans the ability and talent.  Although let’s be honest, my scripts are WAY better than the Star Wars prequels.  Am I right? If you’ve been following this build along, so far you’ve seen us come up with the concept design and do the […]

October 30th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 7: How to Cut Plywood

After a busy week and a half here at home, things are finally getting back to normal.  I had a midterm in my night class and things at work got nuts for a bit.  Rather than scramble to throw a post together, I thought it would be best just to wait until things cooled off. […]

October 27th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 6: Face Frame Construction

During my three day weekend, I managed to finally get some woodworking done.  I built the face frame for our custom media cabinet.  As promised, I whipped up a tutorial video.  Let me know if you have any questions.  You’ll see it’s not all that difficult to cut the pieces to their finished length and […]

October 15th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 5: How to Buy Lumber

Happy Columbus Day!  Or as my Italian wife refers to it… “Better than St. Patrick’s Day.”  We hope you all had a great weekend.  We made some solid progress on our media cabinet.  The face frame is built and I’ll be starting on the cabinet boxes shortly.  I filmed almost all of the face frame […]

October 13th, 2013
Custom Media Cabinet Part 4: Cut Sheets

Happy Friday!  This weekend I’m hoping to make some major progress on our custom media cabinet.  Really looking forward to getting back into the workshop.  Once this cabinet is done, we’re going to finish off the decor in our sitting room, which is pretty much the entire point of these recent furniture builds. In our […]

October 10th, 2013
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