#DIY MEDIACENTER TV#

This cabinet was composed of two side panels, a middle stationary shelf that the TV sill sit on, a divider panel, and two bottom panels. I drilled pocket holes as needed in order to assemble the middle entertainment center carcass. This thing was HUGE, so I couldn’t fit it in my K5 pocket hole jig because it hit the ceiling. Step 5: Build Middle Cabinet Carcass BoxĪt this point in the plans, it’s time to add shelves and a door, BUT I did things out of order and moved onto the middle cabinet and just made all the doors and shelves at the same time later in the project. I also wanted the chair rail molding to match up between all three pieces of this project, so I made sure to measure from the floor and line up the molding on each piece to make sure they will all be on the same level. (This isn’t necessary for the crown…just the chair rail and baseboard.) See what I mean? Since these cabinets will butt up against the middle cabinet sides, I only wrapped the molding around the front outside corners of each cabinet and I left the chair rail and baseboard ends where it will meet the middle beveled at 45 degrees. I attached some crown molding on the tops, some baseboard around the bottom and some chair rail molding along the middle. Now it was time to decorate them up with some fancy moldings. Step 4: Add Trim and Molding to Side Cabinets If you wanted, you could also use ¾” pocket holes and screws to attach this from the inside of the cabinet OR simply screw them in from the front and putty the holes if you plan to paint.

I attached the face frames to the cabinets using wood glue and brad nailed them in place. You can find all the dimensions and details of this entertainment center project in the downloadable plans. I used pocket holes and screws again to assemble the face frames for these cabinets. Now that the cabinets had a back, I began trimming 1×3 and 1×4 boards to put the face frame together. Step 3: Attach Face Frame to Side Cabinets of DIY Entertainment Center So just a helpful hint-splurge for the birch. I purchased underlayment plywood for this because it was cheaper, but it was much rougher than ¼” birch plywood. Once the two carcasses were together, I cut ¼” plywood backings to staple onto the back sides.

Diy mediacenter