Sideboard

[Joelm]

When we moved into our new house 2 years ago my wife wanted me to design and build a sideboard to go in our dining area.

Tonight I finally finished. It took several months as we have 2 small kids in school. Plus as I was painting the piece my wife decided that I needed to paint the dining area a rich blue to contrast with the white of the sideboard.

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The carcass is something called Turboply and is pretty straight forward. All of the legs are cherry. I wanted to feel like they are imbedded into the sideboard so I designed all of the legs to slot into the carcass. All of the hardwood work was done with hand tools.

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Here is my original sketchup design that met the boss's approval

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[luvmytoolz]

Vert nice job, looks great!

 

[woodbutcherbower]

That looks really good. I’ve never seen a countertop raised up on legs like that before - it looks very stylish indeed. The blue is a great colour choice, and complements the cabinets and floor very well.

Criticisms? Only one - you need to sharpen your photography skills. All your pictures are out of focus  [big grin]

Great job buddy.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

That looks really nice. I like the design, very unique. It sure makes for a PITA if someone ever wanted to re-paint it or change the color/stain on the legs... but that's future someone's problem isn't it.  [unsure]

Of course this assumes that you did the parts separately and assembled "finished" parts. Otherwise, you have already experienced that  [blink]

 

[sancho57]

very nice well designed and looks very clean

 

[Muttley000]

Cool project, looks great!

 

[Joelm]

Thanks everyone.
I'm glad the design got mentioned, that was definitely one of my favorite stages of this project.