Studio Cubby/Bookcase

[tiralie]

A customer an artist/illustrator asked me to build some shelves to match some existing ones in her house.
Here is her room before I put the Cubby in:

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Here is the drawing over layed on the photo of the room:

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I designed it to match some other cases in her house.

Final installed cubby/bookcase:

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The cubby was all MDF, and because of the weight (almost 200lbs), parts were cut and painted with (roller) a coat of primer and then a coat of BM Aspen White Natura eggshell before assembly. The walls and dividers were Dominoed, flat packed and taken to the site. On site I assembled the parts and the back was attached with screws and glue.  It was hung on the wall with a french cleat and then the painted face frame (pocket screwed) and crown was then attached with glue and 18gauge nails.
Tim

 

[peter halle]

Tim,

Great planning!  Looks good also!

Peter

 

[tiralie]

Tim,

Great planning!  Looks good also!

Peter

Thanks Peter.
Just trying to catch up on some over due posts.
Tim

 

[GhostFist]

Great Little post from planning to execution. Nice work!

 

[honeydoman]

tim,  looks good and it fit the area very well

 

[frodo]

Looks good Tim,

Thanks for sharing the process you took in your build and finish. I am learning so much on this site!

 

[itchy]

Nice design and a good use of space, thanks for sharing.

 

[Michael Kellough]

The cubby was all MDF, and because of the weight (almost 200lbs), parts were cut and painted with (roller) a coat of primer and then a coat of BM Aspen White Natura eggshell before assembly. The walls and dividers were Dominoed, flat packed and taken to the site. On site I assembled the parts and the back was attached with screws and glue.  It was hung on the wall with a french cleat and then the painted face frame (pocket screwed) and crown was then attached with glue and 18gauge nails.
Tim

Why didn't you spray the parts?

 

[tiralie]

Michael:
In retrospect I should have.
The texture of the finish would have been different and I thought it was important to match the rest of the cabinets in the house and they were all painted with a roller. It's a detail I think is important.
It did match the wall and existing trim a lot better than spray would have.
Tim

 

[semenza]

Nice. The drawing looks like it was originally going to have a cool angled end?

Seth

 

[tiralie]

Nice. The drawing looks like it was originally going to have a cool angled end?

Thanks. Ya, it does look a bit weird.
The point is a result of the distortion from the lens (16mm? I think) in the photo of the room. The distortion increases because the length of the cabinet (7ft.) moves that end so far away from the center point of the original photo.  When you use the "photo match" feature to draw your cabinet in a photo you line up the perspective lines to follow what was created in the original photo.
The clients son took the original photo because my camera battery died.
After I did the drawing, I emailed the client and they approved the project.
Tim