My sister was doing some updates to her living room including pulling up her carpet to reveal some old oak floors and making the switch from a free-standing media cabinet to built-ins flanking the fireplace on both sides. She had the floors contracted out and finished with a dark stain. The built-ins were left to me.
My sister's direction for the cabinets was that she wanted something low profile and with some sort of "X" design on the doors. I drew up some specs and dedicated one cabinet to store movies in pull out drawers that remain covered by the outer decorative doors. The other cabinet was divided so that one half could store audio/visual and stereo components, with the other having drawers for storage similar to the cabinet on the other side, only half the size.
For the doors we really wanted the X design to pop, so we decided to build them to have mirrored glass inserts. Then we went with a clean white latex paint and some acrylic hardware knobs to finish it off. The pictures of the finished product at the bottom have the stereo, DVD/Blu-ray, and DVR equipment on the left and media storage on the right.
My sister was very pleased with the modern aesthetic of her new cabinets. I may even have to incorporate the style touches to future project designs!
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For future projects where a/v and stereo equipment is
being stored I would recommend using two-way mirror. This allows remote
controls to send signals through the glass without having to leave the
door open while still maintaining a clean and stylish look |
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