TV Stand

We felt the need to build a TV stand that fits the rest of the room after we couldn’t find what we wanted at an affordable price. This was a quick and fun project for JT, I did not participate in the project other than when he needed my opinion on the design. He started with a computer sketch and then moved on to a cut list. The project took 5 hours to build.  We hardly bought any materials for this project because we used left over white melamine shelf boards from the wall-to-wall built-in storage. We are happy with how it turned out. Enjoy

JT's Design (He even included my favorite TV Show)

JT's cut list

Boards getting ready to be cut and assembled

TV Stand assembled

Peg board installed behind to allow air in 

Making wall mount for Sport Center decal

 

Testing the fit for the storage cubes

Light installed in TV stand

Final TV Stand Reveal 

Dining Room Wall - DIY Floating Shelves and Cabinets

This year we took on one of the many projects that had been bothering me for a while! Our Kitchen / dining area had gone through multiple transformations already but none of them pleased us.

Dining room wall before

We wanted to redecorate with storage and décor in mind so automatically the ugly storage cube had to go.  The only item we wanted to keep was the large painting we got from one of our many “moms” as a house warming gift. JT came up with an idea that I was not initially on board with but since he was providing the labor and had his mentor “Papa T” to guide him, I figured we could give it a shot. We decided to add floating shelves to the sides of the painting and built-in lower cabinets for additional storage. 

We got the floating shelf idea from shanty2chic and used prefabricated upper cabinets as base cabinets. The project took us 3 weekends to complete and it turned out to be one of the best updates we have done to the house. Enjoy the pictures.

Prewiring for floating shelf lights and outlets

JT was very particular about having a clean connection so we don't have wires showing

Floating shelf frames in 

Ready to install cabinets to the wall

Base for cabinets and toe kick

Floor cabinets installed

Face plates for floating shelves routed

Light wiring inside floating shelf

Checking the fit of the shelf board

 

Stained shelves and counter top (yup I did some work too)

Dining room wall now (I LOVE IT)

Can you tell I really love this space!!!!!!!!!!!