Story behind this is we got a 52 inch flat screen a while back for $50.
Buddy at work's TV quit working and we both agreed it was probably the power supply. I said we could probably find one cheap online and he said "Nope, this excuse to get a 4 K!"
Told me I could have it if I wanted. So I did some Google-fu and found a power supply for $50, and it was on the porch the next day. 45 minutes of "how do I get the back of the TV off and replace this" later and I was the proud owner of a like-new 52 inch flat screen.
Told my wife, took it home (with a nice wall mount bracket) only to find out she didn't want to mount it on the wall. BUT our existing TV stand wasn't meant for this.
Off we go shopping for a new console. And predictably we both can't agree on something. Spent hours online shopping, still nothing.
Finally she said "Why don't you and Marshall just make one?" (Marsh is my oldest brother.)
OK, what do you want it to look like and what kind of wood do you want, I ask.
"I don't care, just not pine."
Oooohhh...a blank check!
Told my brother, who asked what kind of wood she wanted. When I said "not pine", he laughed and said "tell her I don't do pine!"
And indeed he does not.
Anyway, we finally got started a few weeks ago (it's a weekend project, whenever I have time to come up... so far, two weekends this past couple months). I had ordered mahogany plywood earlier last year, and found some lizard drawer pulls (lizard stuff being something my wife collects), and we sketched out something I liked.
The top is 60 inches long, plenty big enough for our flat screen and to allow for larger if we get another... without the console being too big for where it's going.
Six drawers, each of which are sized to hold two rows of DVDs (about 40 or more), so my wife can organize some of the DVDs we have.
Center part will have at least the top shelf on a drawer slide and another adjustable shelf behind smoked glass.
The console is framed up now, in the pics below. Next visit will get the drawers cut out and assembled and drawer slides in. Shelves made, too.
The top will have to be routed, the baseboard trim cut and installed, and the glass door installed.
Then the final sanding and finish work. That alone will be at least a full weekend... maybe a couple.
Buddy at work's TV quit working and we both agreed it was probably the power supply. I said we could probably find one cheap online and he said "Nope, this excuse to get a 4 K!"
Told me I could have it if I wanted. So I did some Google-fu and found a power supply for $50, and it was on the porch the next day. 45 minutes of "how do I get the back of the TV off and replace this" later and I was the proud owner of a like-new 52 inch flat screen.
Told my wife, took it home (with a nice wall mount bracket) only to find out she didn't want to mount it on the wall. BUT our existing TV stand wasn't meant for this.
Off we go shopping for a new console. And predictably we both can't agree on something. Spent hours online shopping, still nothing.
Finally she said "Why don't you and Marshall just make one?" (Marsh is my oldest brother.)
OK, what do you want it to look like and what kind of wood do you want, I ask.
"I don't care, just not pine."
Oooohhh...a blank check!
Told my brother, who asked what kind of wood she wanted. When I said "not pine", he laughed and said "tell her I don't do pine!"
And indeed he does not.
Anyway, we finally got started a few weeks ago (it's a weekend project, whenever I have time to come up... so far, two weekends this past couple months). I had ordered mahogany plywood earlier last year, and found some lizard drawer pulls (lizard stuff being something my wife collects), and we sketched out something I liked.
The top is 60 inches long, plenty big enough for our flat screen and to allow for larger if we get another... without the console being too big for where it's going.
Six drawers, each of which are sized to hold two rows of DVDs (about 40 or more), so my wife can organize some of the DVDs we have.
Center part will have at least the top shelf on a drawer slide and another adjustable shelf behind smoked glass.
The console is framed up now, in the pics below. Next visit will get the drawers cut out and assembled and drawer slides in. Shelves made, too.
The top will have to be routed, the baseboard trim cut and installed, and the glass door installed.
Then the final sanding and finish work. That alone will be at least a full weekend... maybe a couple.