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Our Church youth group is having a Valentine's Day dinner/silent auction. I
missed out last year but wanted to help out this year. I made one of these
for our house a few years ago, but DTed the sides on that one. It also didn't
have molding or a back. It's a pretty simple project and the shutters dictate
the overall size HxW. The depth of the cabinet is sized to fit your largest roll
of toilet paper.
--I picked up the shutter doors from the Habitat Restore.
--The shelves are milled down from reclaimed oak flooring also from the
Restore. They are adjustable.
--The back is hardboard veneered with cherry veneer.
--The top/bottom/sides are resawed from one piece of 5/4 cherry I got off
Craigslist for a steal. The lot of cherry had been stored outdoors under a
plastic tarp covered with snow. This board had spalting in one corner which
you can see in one of the pics. The board also had a crack in it which I
incorporated into the top and bottom.
I was originally going to join the sides to the top and bottom with biscuits
but I couldn't get the nut off my biscuit joiner to use the small FF blade. I
ended up using trim screws to secure the sides to the top and bottom. To
hide the screws, I milled up some molding. A 1/2" cove on top and a 1/2"
round over on the bottom. The miters are nice and tight. The molding is
glued along the leading edge and only in the front corner on the side. Pin
nails hold it onto the rest of the cabinet.
The back floats in a groove. And there's a support strip under the top, that
keeps the whole thing square and also serves as the place to screw the
cabinet to the wall. The finish is spray can lacquer followed by antique pine
wax. If I had more time, I would have used a wipe on finish, but the spray
came out pretty nice. The finish is smooth as a baby's bottom.
I didn't invest a lot of time or money into the project (the spray can was
probably the most) and I'm never optimistic about how much silent auctions
will bring, but I hope someone will pony up at least $50 for it. I think it's
pretty nice. I'm not crazy about the pulls, though, and I'm debating adding
a magnetic catch at the top. However, if I put a felt pad at the bottom so
the bottom is kicked out after install, the doors shouldn't swing open.
Thanks for looking,
Paul
missed out last year but wanted to help out this year. I made one of these
for our house a few years ago, but DTed the sides on that one. It also didn't
have molding or a back. It's a pretty simple project and the shutters dictate
the overall size HxW. The depth of the cabinet is sized to fit your largest roll
of toilet paper.
--I picked up the shutter doors from the Habitat Restore.
--The shelves are milled down from reclaimed oak flooring also from the
Restore. They are adjustable.
--The back is hardboard veneered with cherry veneer.
--The top/bottom/sides are resawed from one piece of 5/4 cherry I got off
Craigslist for a steal. The lot of cherry had been stored outdoors under a
plastic tarp covered with snow. This board had spalting in one corner which
you can see in one of the pics. The board also had a crack in it which I
incorporated into the top and bottom.
I was originally going to join the sides to the top and bottom with biscuits
but I couldn't get the nut off my biscuit joiner to use the small FF blade. I
ended up using trim screws to secure the sides to the top and bottom. To
hide the screws, I milled up some molding. A 1/2" cove on top and a 1/2"
round over on the bottom. The miters are nice and tight. The molding is
glued along the leading edge and only in the front corner on the side. Pin
nails hold it onto the rest of the cabinet.
The back floats in a groove. And there's a support strip under the top, that
keeps the whole thing square and also serves as the place to screw the
cabinet to the wall. The finish is spray can lacquer followed by antique pine
wax. If I had more time, I would have used a wipe on finish, but the spray
came out pretty nice. The finish is smooth as a baby's bottom.
I didn't invest a lot of time or money into the project (the spray can was
probably the most) and I'm never optimistic about how much silent auctions
will bring, but I hope someone will pony up at least $50 for it. I think it's
pretty nice. I'm not crazy about the pulls, though, and I'm debating adding
a magnetic catch at the top. However, if I put a felt pad at the bottom so
the bottom is kicked out after install, the doors shouldn't swing open.
Thanks for looking,
Paul
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