04-29-2016, 11:22 PM
We've cleared out my office room which was a hodge podge of misc. tables & furniture. Plan is to put kitchen cabs around the walls - cheapens painted ones we can get from the BORG or Lowes (it needs to be done now). My idea is to make the tops for the bases from some 5/4 or 6/4 wood. Just edge glue them until I get to the 24" or so that I need. I figure using table top clips to hold the top down will keep it from moving too much. For the actual desk portion I'll just suspend a section using cleats fastened to the cab sides. So good idea or bad idea?
Wood choice: The floor is a brand new walnut veneer engineered product - nice dark brown with sapwoody pieces scattered around. To keep costs down I was thinking of using poplar dyed to a compatible color. I will be building the shelving and cabs that go above the base units and LOML demands that it all match. Most of the shelving will need to be sturdy to hold my collection of vinyl LPs and a storage unit full of books. I also have several hundred Bd. Ft of 4/4 curly maple. I think it comes up short on the strength end and I don't think LOML will go for it.
So what sayeth the collective wisdom here?
Wood choice: The floor is a brand new walnut veneer engineered product - nice dark brown with sapwoody pieces scattered around. To keep costs down I was thinking of using poplar dyed to a compatible color. I will be building the shelving and cabs that go above the base units and LOML demands that it all match. Most of the shelving will need to be sturdy to hold my collection of vinyl LPs and a storage unit full of books. I also have several hundred Bd. Ft of 4/4 curly maple. I think it comes up short on the strength end and I don't think LOML will go for it.
So what sayeth the collective wisdom here?
Thanks, Curt
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