Building An Entertainment Center With Kitchen Cabinets

Margarido entertainment center a wall of white gives this space a modern edge and in the process makes the entire room feel more spacious.

Building an entertainment center with kitchen cabinets.

Lighted open shelving provides space to display photos and books while cabinets doors hide away the electronic clutter. Majority of the time stock entertainment centers do not suit your specific needs. It is wise to arrange cabinets so there s ample space in the center for your tv. You can use semi custom kitchen cabinets to build a state of the art entertainment center as well.

So for this project i had a face frame for the center section and each of the side sections. Kitchen cabinets are like smaller building blocks you can use to build an entertainment center exactly the way you d like whether you reuse old cabinets or start fresh with new ones. So using kitchen cabinetry is a lovely and clever solution. Remove the baseboard molding from the wall where the entertainment center will go.

Here s how to build your own custom unit using stock cabinets. Here s a little hack i made from ikea grimslöv kitchen cabinets turning them into a shiplap entertainment center. Sliding doors with white back painted glass inserts artfully conceal the contents inside while open cubbies and vertical shelves create nooks for displaying collectibles framed photos and first editions. 2 12 w cabinets 2 36 w and 2 30 w.

Installing wall cabinets on the floor with a base supplies. This is a bit different than buying box cabinets that each have an independent face frame. Then install a 3 inch high platform also called a toekick for the cabinets to sit on. Step 1 install the toekick photo by donna moser alderman studio.

Our wall is 164 long so we decided upon the following for the base. See the instructions for this diy entertainment center. When building built in cabinets i like to make a single solid face frame for each section of the cabinetry. We initially wanted our favorite carpenter friend to build a custom wall unit for us but he was too busy at the time.