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Frans

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On this page, you'll read the DIY story of Frans, who made his own TV cabinet from cherry wood furniture panel. Frans shares his experience and the steps he took to build this beautiful cabinet. He describes how he measured, cut, and assembled the wood to create a sturdy and stylish TV cabinet. Frans provides handy tips for finishing and adding functional details. With his homemade TV cabinet, Frans has created a unique piece of furniture that perfectly complements his interior. Follow his guide and make your own TV cabinet from cherry wood furniture panel.

Description by Frans

New "TV cabinet" after a rearrangement of the living room. Equipment can be placed out of sight behind the TV. Shelves are placed around a protruding wall to mask it. Space to display decorative items. Cherry wood panel chosen because some furniture pieces are made of cherry wood.

How I Made This Project

Had shelves and upright cut to size from 26mm thick cherry wood furniture panel
Made a template from 10mm thick MDF to mark the protruding wall accurately. The template was made slightly larger than the wall to measure the wall accurately. The wall is not very precise in terms of dimensions. As a result, each shelf is slightly different
Made furniture connectors from cherry wood
Upright provided with 5 furniture connectors mounted with 10mm dowels. Shelves fixed to the furniture connectors with Directa screws from Hettich to prevent the shelves from tipping
Used Directa screws from Hettich to mount furniture connectors on the wall. First made 10mm holes in the wall, inserted plugs, marked drill holes on the furniture connectors with center points of a dowel set. Also here fixed the shelves against tipping with Directa screws.
All screws slightly countersunk and covered with a wooden-colored plastic plate
Couldn't make blind mounting due to lack of professional tools
After fully assembling, the "TV cabinet" was disassembled again to complete everything, sand, and lacquer. Applied 3 layers of Glitsa furniture lacquer. First layer applied with a brush and the other two layers with a roller. The lacquer was thinned with 5% water to create 3 thin layers. Then reassembled the "TV cabinet."