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Walnut Entertainment Center

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Walnut entertainment center – finished with Waterlox. Upper doors slide in like Barrister doors… lower very big drawers, are waiting for hardware to be selected by client. What would you pick?

-- Gail, http://www.hometownwoodworking.com


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oscorner

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posted 485 days ago

This is an awesome piece.

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Bob Babcock

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posted 485 days ago

Beautiful! Nice details. Tough choice on the hardware…something simple I think. Rectilinear, maybe a simple wrought iron. Anything bright and/or brassy would clash with the silver of the flat screen. In a different setting I might go with a nice brushed brass. The piece has an asian/mission feel but the bottom looks almost colonial.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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MsDebbieP

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posted 485 days ago

not what I was expecting when I read the title. Wonderful!! The front is very unique.. and the top.. oh my .. how beautiful!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Damian Penney

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posted 485 days ago

Just lovely, I love the plama reflecting in the perfectly finished top. I’d have probably put some frosted glass, or japanese paper behind the squares in the upper part (and added a small IR pass through button) but then I couldn’t have made anything that looked so great in the first place!

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

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che

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posted 485 days ago

Very nice. I’ll have to keep this in mind. I’m hoping to build most of the furniture in our family room (as time and money allow). I would love to see how you did the barrister doors.

For the hardware I would go with either a custom wood handle (ebony or walnut) or a very simple nickel handle.

-- Che.

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 484 days ago

Hi Gail;

Very nice piece. Well done.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Roger Strautman

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posted 482 days ago

I’ll agree with Lee, well done! Because of the simple straight line in this piece I would probably incorporate a walnut finger pull almost the length of each drawer located along the lower edge of each drawer. Maybe a little larger than the horizontal slates in the doors. 1” X 1” with the finger pull cut out of the back side 1/2” X 1/2”. That’s just my opinion without seeing it in person. Thanks for sharing.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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mot

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posted 479 days ago

Great piece! Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 479 days ago

Super nice! How about Stickley type drop pulls

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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pedrorc

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posted 477 days ago

Nice piece. I like the wood color

-- Pedro Rodrigues da Costa, Sintra, Portugal

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Michael Brailsford

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posted 115 days ago

I love the grill work and the finish is flawless.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

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Randolph Torres

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posted 13 days ago

You have a good eye for design, and a good hand for detail, you are going to be a wood worker trend setter.

-- another tip from cooperedpatterns

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