First, I'd like to thank everyone who helped me answer my numerous questions as I started this project. My wife wanted a curio for her Asian doll collection so I looked for plans but didn't see anything I wanted so I made my own simple design. It is a little over 6 feet tall and the sides are 17". The only thing I didn't like about it at the end is that I didn't have more space where she wanted it. So I am not happy about the right side coming flush with the existing molding. But that is all the space that I had. Ideally I would like a little wall showing through before the sliding door molding. But it would be too small so I had no choice.
I went with 2 different types of wood, one dark and the other light for the good contrast. Also so that it would match my cabinets and dining table. The woods are curly Maple with curly Koa and also Koa ply. The lights are LED so they won't come too hot and are energy wise.
The first picture is of the scale model I constructed first to get the right dimensions and the last one shows how it looks in the dining area. And BTW, I used the Domino in most of the joints. Worked great. Thanks Paul for all your advise.
Again, thanks for all your comments and suggestions as I built this. Thanks for looking,
Rob
I went with 2 different types of wood, one dark and the other light for the good contrast. Also so that it would match my cabinets and dining table. The woods are curly Maple with curly Koa and also Koa ply. The lights are LED so they won't come too hot and are energy wise.
The first picture is of the scale model I constructed first to get the right dimensions and the last one shows how it looks in the dining area. And BTW, I used the Domino in most of the joints. Worked great. Thanks Paul for all your advise.
Again, thanks for all your comments and suggestions as I built this. Thanks for looking,
Rob
