Last month, out in the toy soldier studio, I built this clutter-concealing cabinet.
my eyes fell upon this corner...a riot of clutter and cast-off furniture. It was time to get to work and actually finish the space.
The first step was to clear the corner.
The work began in earnest. Usually I like to make use of salvaged materials that I have lying around, left over from previous projects, but when I went to the woodshed...the well was dry, so it was off to the home improvement store.
The goal was to build a workbench with an under-the-counter cabinet with sliding doors. The bench surface was specifically built to acommodate a large self-healing cutting mat.
The toughest calculation of the whole project was designing a cut-out to fit around the existing window sill.
Getting the thing into place took three hands, unfortunately, I only have two. Cleats screwed to the walls made the process much easier.
I made a very robust corner leg as the main support. Every thing was level, square, and plumb...unfortunately, as I went along, I found that the shed itself was none of those things.
Everything was screwed together except for two small contact points which I glued.
Next came the wainscot and sliding doors.
Before:
After:
I'm very happy with the results.
Until next time...
Soldier on!
Mannie
